Ever since scientists started tracking the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19, it has become a cause for concern that the virus has developed multiple variants that began emerging in the fall of 2020. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Of the three, the latest South African variant known as 20H/501Y.V2 or B.1.351 appears to be more […]
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a bill repealing a controversial law known as the “Walking While Trans” ban, which has been widely criticised for disproportionately discriminating against transgender people of colour. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 ‘Walking While Trans’ ban is the colloquial name for a law, which was originally passed in 1976 with
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After strong opposition from trade unions across the country, Sri Lanka has unilaterally pulled out of a 2019 agreement with India and Japan for developing the strategic East Container Terminal (ECT) at the Colombo Port. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 In 2019, India and Sri Lanka signed a memorandum of understanding for “co-operation on economic
Eleven US soldiers fell sick after accidentally drinking ethylene glycol, a chemical found in antifreeze. According to a Reuters report, the soldiers from Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas were completing a 10-day field training exercise when the incident occurred. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Ethylene glycol is an industrial compound found in consumer products
The UK is opening a special visa scheme that will allow lakhs of Hong Kong residents a chance to migrate and eventually apply for British citizenship. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The visas will be issued to those in Hong Kong who hold a British National (Overseas) passport and their immediate dependents, and will offer
Iran has begun construction on a site at its underground nuclear facility at Fordo amid tensions with the U.S. over its atomic program. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant (FFEP) is an Iranian underground uranium enrichment facility located 20 miles northeast of the Iranian city of Qom, near Fordow village. It
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The United States has once again included India in its monitoring list of countries with potentially “questionable foreign exchange policies” and “currency manipulation”. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points This comes a year after India was removed from the watchlist in the US Treasury Department’s semi-annual foreign-exchange report to the US Congress. The term ‘currency
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The first Trilateral Working Group Meeting between India, Iran and Uzbekistan on the joint use of Chabahar Port was held virtually. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The Meeting was jointly chaired by Secretary (Shipping), Government of India, Deputy Minister of Transport, Uzbekistan and Deputy Transport Minister of Iran. During the meeting, the participants discussed
Israel and Morocco agreed to normalize relations in a deal brokered with U.S. help, making Morocco the fourth Arab country to set aside hostilities with Israel in the past four months. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points A former Spanish colony, Western Sahara is a vast, arid region in northwest Africa. It is mineral rich:
The Movimiento San Isidro, or the San Isidro Movement (MSI), started two years ago to protest state censorship of artistic works, and has now become a platform for Cuban dissidents both within and outside the Caribbean nation. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The movement started in September 2018, when the Cuban government sought to
