The Ministry of Information & Broadcasting has issued an advisory to all electronic and print media journalists covering the COVID-19 crisis asking them to take precautions to safeguard their health. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The advisory asked the management of media ...

Iran successfully launched its first military satellite Noor-1 (“light”) into low-earth orbit and simultaneously announced its parallel military space program run by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard’s Corps (IRGC). Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Satellite reached an orbit of ...

The 2020 edition of The Global Report on Food Crises describes the scale of acute hunger in the world. It provides an analysis of the drivers that are contributing to food crises across the globe, and examines how the COVID-19 pandemic might contribute to their perpetuation or deterioration. ...

Indian herpetologists have discovered a new species of viper family in Pakke Tiger Reserve in Arunachal Pradesh and named it after Salazar Slytherin, a fictional character in JK Rowling’s Harry Potter series. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The viper called Trimeresurus ...

India has dropped two places on a global press freedom index to be ranked 142nd out of 180 countries in the annual Reporters Without Borders analysis. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Paris-based Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF), or Reporters Without Borders, is a non-profit ...

India sent 23 tonnes of essential medicines to Nepal to help it fight the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic which has infected 45 people in the country. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The country’s Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli thanked his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi for ...

Government has refuted claims that Centre is preparing to procure thousands of wristbands which will be embedded with its Arogya Setu app to monitor movements of COVID-19 patients in hospital and home quarantine. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points These bands will help medical ...

Adam Higginbotham's "Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster" has won a $5,000 prize. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The award is named for the late CIA director William E. Colby. In 1999, the Colby Award was established. Previous ...

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has created a dashboard link on its website for providing list and details of Dhabas and Truck repair shops available across the country by various organisations like NHAI, States, Oil Marketing companies. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points ...

The Economic Advisory Council of the Fifteenth Finance Commission will meet on 23-24 April, 2020. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The Members of the Advisory Council discussed the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the national lockdown on the Indian economy. The officials ...

The Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Shri Narendra Singh Tomar launched the All India Agri Transport Call Centre at a function in Krishi Bhavan to facilitate inter-state movement of perishables in the current situation of lockdown due to the COVID-19 threat. The Call Centre ...

The Board of Governors (BoG) of the New Development Bank (NDB) held its Fifth Annual Meeting virtually on April 20, 2020. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points NDB's efforts to deliver its mandate successfully by taking a more sustainable and inclusive approach were highlighted. ...