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Christmas Star

Christmas Star

Jupiter and Saturn will align in the night sky on 21 December 2020 in an event astronomers call the “great conjunction” — also referred to as the “Christmas Star” — marking the planets’ closest encounter in nearly 400 years. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points On the day almost all the viewers across the world

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What is SolarWinds hack?

What is SolarWinds hack?

The ‘SolarWinds hack’, a cyberattack recently discovered in the United States, has emerged as one of the biggest ever targeted against the US government, its agencies and several other private companies. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points This is being called a ‘Supply Chain’ attack: Instead of directly attacking the federal government or a private

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Adoption of E20 fuel

Adoption of E20 fuel

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has published a draft notification GSR 757(E) dated 11th December 2020, seeking comments from the public for adoption of E20 fuel, i.e, blend of 20% of ethanol with gasoline, as an automotive fuel and for the adoption of mass emission standards for this fuel. Daily Current Affairs Quiz

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Defence Minister handed over DRDO systems to Armed Forces Chiefs

Defence Minister handed over DRDO systems to Armed Forces Chiefs

Defence Minister has handed over three indigenously developed Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) systems Indian Maritime Situational Awareness System (IMSAS) to the Chief of Naval Staff , ASTRA Mk-I Missile to Air Chief Marshal and Border Surveillance System (BOSS) to Army, Navy and Air Force at a function held in DRDO Bhawan. Daily Current

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PSLV-C50 successfully launched CMS-01

PSLV-C50 successfully launched CMS-01

India’s communication satellite CMS-01 was successfully launched by PSLV-C50 on December 17, 2020 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR, Sriharikota. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points CMS-01 is envisaged to provide services in the extended-C Band of the frequency spectrum that will cover the Indian mainland, the Andaman and Nicobar and Lakshadweep Islands.

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SpaceX Crew-3 mission

SpaceX Crew-3 mission

Indian-American US Air Force Colonel Raja Chari has been selected as the Commander of the SpaceX Crew-3 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) by NASA and the European Space Agency. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The Indian-American will command the mission, which is expected to launch in the fall of 2021. Earlier this

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