India has banned all exports of hydroxychloroquine - an anti- malaria drug that is being used in the treatment of Covid-19. India has banned exports of a host of medical devices, including sanitiser, all types of ventilators and surgical masks. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 The Indian ...

The Supreme Court (SC) has asked the governments of Kerala and Karnataka to amicably settle the dispute over the closure of roads linking Kasaragod district (Kerala) to Mangaluru (Karnataka). The SC bench took up via video conferencing an appeal against the Kerala High Court order directing the ...

A team of researchers of Pune based Centre for Materials for Electronics Technology (C-MET) has developed a low-cost indigenous prototype of polymer swab which can be used for collection of samples for coronavirus (Covid-19) testing. If it is approved for production, the country will not need to ...

The International Olympic Committee has set June 29, 2021 as the new deadline for the qualification period of the Tokyo Olympics, which has been rescheduled to next year in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic. The decision was made after discussion with the National Olympic Committee (NOC) Presidents, ...

The UEFA Champions League have made a move towards clearing the decks for the return of club football by announcing that all international matches that had been pushed back to June have now been postponed until further notice. This includes the play-off matches for UEFA Euro 2020 and qualifying ...

National Maritime Day in India is observed on 5 April every year. First time it was celebrated on 5 April, 1964. The day creates awareness to support intercontinental commerce and the global economy as the most well-organized, safe and sound, environmentally responsive approach of transporting ...

The Food Corporation of India (FCI) has set a new record in single-day movement by moving 70 rakes carrying 1.93 Lakh Metric Tonnes continuously for two days on April 3 and 4. It aims to ensure that enough food grain stocks are made available in every part of the country during the countrywide ...

United Nations celebrates April 5 as International Day of Conscience .International Day of Conscience serves to remind people to engage in self-reflection to improve themselves and their communities, stimulating a crucial turning point for transforming our world.  April 5, 2020, is mark the ...

FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup has postponed by the football's world governing body due to the worsening COVID-19 pandemic. The women's age group showpiece was to be held at five venues in India from November 2-21. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 The decision was taken by the ...

The country right now is fighting with novel corona virus at many levels. Eighteen operational Technology centres, autonomous bodies under Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME), are also playing their role and contributing in the fight with COVID19. Daily Current Affairs Quiz ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked citizens to turn the lights off in their homes for 9 minutes on Sunday (5 April) starting at 9pm. This is simple gesture for households to follow but the national electricity grid which meets India’s power needs has a lot of work to do maintain reliable power ...

The Department of Agriculture Cooperation and Farmers Welfare, Government of India is taking several measures for smooth harvesting of Rabi Crop and sowing of summer crop for ensuring that the farmers do not suffer from any adverse fall out during the lockdown period. The conference was conducted ...