The Union Cabinet has approved the declaration of the airport in Uttar Pradesh’s Kushinagar as an international airport, stating it will offer improved connectivity to the important Buddhist pilgrimage site. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points  It has pilgrimage sites in ...

According to a UNESCO report released, about 40% of low- and lower-middle-income countries have not supported learners at risk of exclusion during this crisis, such as the poor, linguistic minorities and learners with disabilities. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points During the ...

'Atmanirbhar campaign' has launched in Pune to incorporate social distancing measures to ensure safety of its customers and employees. This idea was floated by the company to maintain social distance between customer and salesperson, and also to lessen the disputes that often rise while filling ...

The annual Day of the Seafarer (DotS) is celebrating its 10th anniversary on 25 June under the theme “Seafarers are Key Workers” this year. The 2020 Day of the Seafarer campaign pays tribute to seafarers, acknowledging their sacrifice and the issues they face. Many seafarers have been away from ...

The Central government of India has announced a new ₹15,000 crore infrastructure fund to provide interest subvention of up to 3 per cent to private players for setting up of dairy, poultry and meat processing units.   Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Infrastructure fund: ...

Recently, China has launched final satellite in challenge to GPS, named BeiDou Navigation Satellite System 3 (BDS-3) from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province on 23 June 2020. The $10bn (£8bn) network is made up of 35 satellites and provides global navigation ...

Through 153 nights, 17 scientists from 9 countries in Europe and Asia including researchers from Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES), Nainital took 2263 image frames and observed the changes in a very high energy gamma-ray emitting blazar ‘1ES 0806+524’ using seven ...

The United Nations weather agency is investigating media reports suggesting a new record high temperature of over 38 C (100.4 F) in the Arctic Circle amid a heat wave and prolonged wildfires in eastern Siberia. The recent temperatures seem to have been 18 degrees Celsius higher than normal in ...

The government procurement portal GeM has made it mandatory for sellers to mention ''country of origin'' on products they wish to sell through the platform. It is a move aimed at promoting Atma Nirbhar Bharat (Self-reliant India). Government e-Marketplace (GEM) has also enabled a provision for ...

Recently, Union Minister of Human Resource Development, Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, has launched the second phase of YUKTI (Young India combating COVID with Knowledge, Technology and Innovation) to help systematically assimilate technologies having commercial potential and information related to ...

Recently, India has announced to contributing 10 million US dollar to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) over the coming two years. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 United Nations Relief and Works Agency The United Nations ...

Recently, Niti Aayog vice chairman Rajiv Kumar reported that India will transform into a middle-income country from a lower middle-income economy by 2030. According to him, India will witness a recovery in investment cycle by April 2021 and beef up efforts on trade front as well. Daily Current ...