The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) held a meeting to discuss the possibility of preparing a common voters’ list for elections to all local bodies, state assemblies and Lok Sabha in a move that ties in with the idea of simultaneous elections in the country. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 ...

Prime Minister Modi has inaugurated the college and administration buildings of the Rani Lakshmi Bai Central Agricultural University in Jhansi on August 29. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The RLB Central Agriculture University is located in Jhansi and is a prominent institute ...

The 14th India-Singapore Defence Policy Dialogue (DPD) was held via video conferencing which was co-chaired by Defence Secretary Dr Ajay Kumar and Permanent Secretary (Defence), Singapore Mr Chan Heng Kee. Both sides held discussions on a number of issues of bilateral defence engagements ...

India has co-sponsored a Security Council resolution that calls for full, effective and meaningful participation of women personnel in peacekeeping operations. India is proud to co-sponsor the resolution which was put forth by Indonesia. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points UN ...

Government has set up to develop three Bamboo Clusters in Jammu, Katra and Samba areas for making of Bamboo basketry, Agarbatti and Bamboo Charcol. It will provide direct employment to nearly 25 thousand people. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Apart from this a Mega Bamboo ...

Electronics and IT Minister has launched next-generation startup contest `Chunauti'' which aims to encourage startups and software products with special focus on Tier-II towns. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The government has earmarked a budget of over 95 crore rupees over a ...

Ministry of Civil Aviation has approved 78 new routes under the 4th round of Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS)- UdeDesh Ka AamNagrik (UDAN). This will further enhance the connectivity to remote and regional areas of the country. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The North ...

Defence Ministry has launched the Directorate General National Cadet Corps (DGNCC) Mobile Training App. The App will assist in conducting countrywide online training of NCC cadets. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The DGNCC Mobile Training App aims at providing NCC ...

Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) has completed six years. The scheme was launched on 28th of August in 2014 with an aim to provide universal access to banking facilities to the people in the country. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points While launching the programme, Prime ...

The National Health Authority (NHA) has released the Draft Health Data Management Policy of the National Digital Health Mission (NDHM) in the public domain. The draft has been released on the website of the NDHM and will be available for public comments and feedback till September 3. Daily ...

Pension Payment Order (PPO) can now be stored in 'DigiLocker' by the central civil pensioners. This move comes after it was noticed by the Department of Pension and Pensioners' Welfare (DoPPW) that several pensioners, over a period of time, misplace the original copies of their PPO. Daily ...

AstroSat, India’s first multi-wavelength satellite that has five unique X-ray and ultraviolet telescopes working in tandem, has detected extreme UV light from a galaxy called AUDFs01, 9.3 billion light-years away from Earth. Key-Points A global team led by scientists of the Inter University ...