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The famous ‘Bhut Zolokia’ Nagaland’s chilli was exported for the first time from the Gateway of North East Region- Guwahati to London. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The ghost pepper also known as bhut jolokia is an interspecific hybrid chili pepper cultivated in Northeast India. It is a hybrid of Capsicum chinense and Capsicum frutescens

The Union Government has reduced the import duty on masur dal to zero. It has also cut the Agriculture Infrastructure Development Cess on the lentil or masur to 10 per cent from 20 per cent. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The move will boost domestic supply and check its price rise. A notification in this

Union Cabinet recently approved the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme for specialty steel. The duration of the scheme will be five years, from 2023-24 to 2027-28. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 With a budgetary outlay of Rs 6322 crores, the scheme is expected to bring in investment of approximately Rs 40,000 crores and capacity addition

India has emerged as the fifth largest foreign exchange reserves holder in the world after China, Japan, Switzerland and Russia. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 In a written reply in Lok Sabha, the Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary said the country’s forex reserves stood at around 609 billion Dollars on 25th of last

The Government had signed loan agreement with the World Bank to develop Green National Highway Corridors (GNHCP). Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The project includes Upgradation of about 781 km length of various National Highways passing through the states of Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh. Out of total length of 781 km,

The Bilateral trade between China-India in the first half of 2021 rose by a record 62.7%, the highest increase among China’s major trade partners with total two-way trade surpassing the pre-pandemic levels. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Though Indian exports to China picked up with 69.6 per cent year on year increase, the trade deficit,

India’s exports rose by 48.34 per cent to $32.5 billion in June, 2021 on account of healthy growth in shipments of petroleum products, gems and jewellery, and chemicals, even as trade deficit stood at $9.37 billion. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Imports in June too rose by 98.31 per cent to $41.87 billion, leaving a

Banned Chinese fashion brand Shein is making a comeback in India through marketplace Amazon. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The e-commerce platform that was extremely popular for its affordable and fashionable clothing will be re-launching on Amazon during their annual Prime Day sale. The site was also later banned by the Home Ministry as part

The Union Cabinet decided to hike the Dearness Allowance to Central Government employees and Dearness Relief to pensioners from the existing 17 percent of the Basic Pay and Pension to 28 percent. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The DA and DR instalments are due for four periods namely January 1, 2020, July 1, 2020, January