The number of loan sanctions and number of applications received under PM Street Vendor’s AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi) scheme have crossed the mark of 1 lakh and 5 lakhs respectively within 41 days of commencement of the lending process on July 02, 2020. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 ...

The incredible journey of handlooms and weavers was shared in a webinar on Weaves of Maharashtra and Textiles of Odisha organized by Press Information Bureau, Mumbai and India Tourism, Mumbai. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The webinar focused on different handlooms and ...

The travel time from Katra to Delhi will now be reduced to around six and half hours and from Jammu to Delhi to just about six hours when the Katra- Delhi Express Road Corridor becomes operational which will be ready by 2023. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The hallmark of this ...

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has allowed registration of electric vehicles without pre-fitted batteries. In a letter to Transport Secretaries of all the States and UTs, the ministry has clarified that vehicles without batteries can be sold and registered based on the type ...

Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India has highlighted how advances in microscopy has helped in the study of complex questions of walking and flying by allowing us to witness the cells at their finest resolution and revealing the specific components of the cells as well as their ...

The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) is working on developing “mega labs” where large machines, called Next Generation Sequencing machines (NGS), which are also used for sequencing human genomes, will be repurposed to sequence 1,500-3,000 viral genomes at a go for detecting the ...

A study based on satellite data has flagged a high rate of deforestation in a major hornbill habitat in Arunachal Pradesh. Using fine-scale satellite imagery, a trio of ecologists assessed the changes in forest cover of the 1,064 sq.km. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Papum ...

Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) released the ‘Report of the Committee on Business Responsibility Reporting (BRR)’. It recommended a new reporting framework called as the ‘Business Responsibility and Sustainability Report (BRSR)’ to better reflect the intent and scope of reporting on ...

Recently, the Council of Architecture (Minimum Standards of Architectural Education) Regulations, 2020 have been notified. These Regulations shall come into force from the 1st day of November, 2020 and would supersede 1983 Regulations. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The ...

Union Minister of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare virtually launched the Krishi Megh (NARES-Cloud Infrastructure and Services) along with the KVC ALUNET (Krishi Vishwavidyalaya Chhatr Alumni Network) and Online Accreditation System for Higher Agricultural Educational Institutions (HEI) here at ...

Union Minister for Jal Shakti has launched the Swachh Bharat Mission Academy at an event as part of the ongoing week-long behaviour change campaign ‘GandagiMukt Bharat’. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The IVR based free mobile online learning course on ODF Plus will be crucial ...

Union Home Minister's Medals for Excellence in Investigation for 2020 has been awarded to 121 Police personnel, including 21 women police officers. Among the personnel receiving these awards, 15 are from the Central Bureau of Investigation. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points This ...