International Youth Day is celebrated on 12 August each year to mainstream young peoples’ voices, actions and initiatives, as well as their meaningful, universal and equitable engagement. The theme of the day this year is “Youth Engagement for Global Action”. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 ...

Recently, the Supreme Court reported that daughters have coparcenary rights on the property of their parents even if the latter died before the Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005 came into force. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points A bench of the apex court, headed by Justice ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin launched the world's first Covid-19 vaccine. The registration of the vaccine lays ground for mass inoculation even as the final stages of clinical trials to test safety and efficacy continue. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The announcement came ...

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has formed a five member committee under the chairmanship of former ICICI Bank CEO KV Kamath to make recommendations on the financial parameters to be considered in the restructuring of loans impacted by the Covid 19 pandemic. The Committee is tasked to recommend ...

The Election Commission of India is to collaborate with the Indian Institute of Technology to develop a blockchain system exploring the potential of using blockchain technology to enable remote voting. The aim is to overcome the geographical hurdles in voting. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 ...

ABB (ASEA Brown Boveri) India has announced the launch an online marketplace portal named eMart which will offer more than 6,000 products from its electrification business for home and industrial buyers. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points This B2B & B2C platform aims to ...

After the India China border clash, now China has claimed half of the area of a new victim - Tajikistan, the smallest Central Asian country. As per the recent reports, China has claimed the Pamir region of Tajikistan that accounts for 45 per cent of Tajik territory. In line with its modus operandi ...

Indian Railways has started to equip its Linke Hofmann Busch (LHB) coaches with 'Head o­n Generation' (HOG) system in a bid to reduce its dependency on fossil fuel. Under the HOG system electricity supply to run fans, lights, ACs and other o­n-board equipment on coaches are powered by electric ...

World Elephant Day is celebrated on August 12 every year, dedicated to the preservation and protection of the world's elephants. Conceived in 2011 by Canadian filmmakers Patricia Sims and Michael Clark of Canazwest Pictures, and Sivaporn Dardarananda, Secretary-General of the Elephant ...

Government of India has launched the online dashboard of National Infrastructure Pipeline showcasing over 6800 projects. The NIP project database will help in providing real-time updates for foreign and domestic investors on the infrastructure projects. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 ...

A massive Sunspot group, AR2770 was observed recently by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory. According to the report, a few minor space flares have been emitted by this particular Sunspot group already, which has not caused anything major other than “minor waves of ionisation to ripple through ...

The Reserve Bank of India has issued a number of guidelines/instructions/directives to banks on Priority Sector Lending. In order to enable the banks to have current instructions at one place, a Master Circular incorporating the existing guidelines/instructions/directives on the subject has been ...