Recently, the Department of Military Affairs (DMA), Ministry of Defence (MoD) has prepared a list of 101 items for which there would be an embargo on the import beyond the timeline indicated against them in an effort towards Aatmanirbhar Bharat initiative. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 ...

After 125 years researchers have identified 140 species of butterflies from Matheran, over 80km from Mumbai, during an eight-year-long study. The last checklist was by British researcher JA Betham who documented 78 butterfly species in 1894-95. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points ...

Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare has presided over a review meeting with States/UTs on the “eSanjeevani” and “eSanjeevaniOPD” platforms as1.5 lakh tele-consultations were completed on the tele-medicine service platforms of the Health Ministry. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 ...

Recently, IIT Kanpur has developed indigenous seed balls named BEEG (Bio -compost Enriched Eco-friendly Globule) which will help people and farmers in plantation with safety in Corona times and will also provide employment to people. The BEEG is developed in collaboration with Agnys Waste ...

India gets ready to participate in the Russian Kavkaz 2020 strategic command-post exercise. All the bilateral and multilateral military exercises had been put on hold due to the global pandemic of COVID-19 and now their resumption is starting gradually. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 ...

Recently, the US-based Rockefeller Foundation has selected Naandi Foundation as one of the top 10 visionaries in the world for the Food Vision 2050 Prize. The award carries a cash prize of $200,000. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The Rockefeller Foundation award recognised the ...

According to a new study, published in the peer-reviewed Taylor & Francis journal Biofuels, the plastic from used personal protective equipment (PPE) can, and should, be transformed into renewable liquid fuels. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The research describes a ...

Prime Minister of India has launched a debt financing facility under the Agriculture Infrastructure Fund with a budget of ₹ 1 lakh crore. Under this, Farmer Producer Organisation Schemes, self-help groups and agri-entrepreneurs can take loans to build infrastructure for post-harvest management and ...

The International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples is observed on 9 August each year to raise awareness and protect the rights of the world's indigenous population. This Day also recognizes the achievements and contributions that indigenous people make to improve world issues such as ...

The 78th anniversary of Quit India Movement is being observed on 8 August 2020. On 8 Aug 1942, Mahatma Gandhi gave a clarion call to end the British rule and launched the Quit India Movement at the session of the All-India Congress Committee in Mumbai. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 ...

Former Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa has been sworn in as the country's prime minister for the fourth time after his party secured a landslide victory in parliamentary elections that cemented his family's hold on power. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points He will be ...

Teams of rescuers from the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), in their orange uniforms, are now a familiar sight at most of the natural calamities or man-made disasters in India. The NDRF was raised in 2006, initially with eight battalions, and now has 12 spread across the country. Daily ...