The Uttar Pradesh government has recently embarked upon a scheme to take the unique culture of its ethnic Tharu tribe across the world. The intention is to put Tharu villages on the tourism map, and to create jobs and bring economic independence to the tribal population. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The community of […]
Bangladesh has begun sending Rohingya refugees to Bhasan Char, the site where from the overcrowded camps at Cox’s Bazar, is an island formed by sedimentation (char is Bengali for sediment) close to the coast. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points It is estimated that more than 8 lakh Rohingya, who fled an army crackdown in
Farmers protesting at Singhu Border have called for a Bharat bandh on December 8, ahead of their fifth round of talks with the central government over farm bills. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Singhu border has become the focal point of the protests. The farmer unions have also called for more farmers to gather
The Ministry of Home Minister announced country’s top 10 Police Stations on the basis of their performance and selected from a total of 16,671 police stations on certain parameters prescribed by the Government. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The Government of India selects best performing Police Stations across the country every year, to incentivize
An Adult individual’s right to marry a person of his or her choice is a fundamental right that cannot be denied on the basis of caste or religion by anybody, according to an observation made by a division bench of the Karnataka High Court last week. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The ruling came
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The World Malaria Report (WMR) 2020 released by WHO, which gives the estimated cases for malaria across the world, based on mathematical projections, indicates that India has made considerable progress in reducing its malaria burden. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points India is the only high endemic country which has reported a decline of 17.6%
One of the focuses of the new Science, Technology and Innovation Policy, currently being drafted by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), to be to increase the participation of women in science. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points To this end, the DST will incorporate a system of grading institutes depending on the enrolment
Union Minister for Social Justice & Empowerment e-launched a ‘National Portal for Transgender Persons’ and e-inaugurated a ‘Garima Greh: A Shelter Home for Transgender Persons’ in Vadodara, Gujarat. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Under the Scheme of ‘Shelter Home for Transgender Persons’, the ministry has decided to set up shelter homes for transgender persons
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The government launched a portal through which transgender persons can apply for gender identity certificates online. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points This National Portal for Transgender Persons has been developed within 2 months of Notification of Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Rules, 2020 on 29 September, 2020. This Portal would help a transgender person
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Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan addressed the 33rd Stop TB Partnership Board meet in New Delhi and stressed on the need to create a mass movement for elimination of TB with strategized advocacy, thought leadership, disruptive social entrepreneurship, powerful, societal and political commitment. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points India is committed to eliminating tuberculosis
