India reported its first positive case of Novel Coronavirus (nCoV) in Kerala on 30 January. The hospitals have made isolation wards and readied to face any contingency. Personal Protection Equipments and masks are available in adequate quantity in all the States/UTs. Daily Current Affairs Quiz ...

The Union Cabinet has given its approval to the amendments in the National Commission for Homoeopathy Bill, 2019. The draft Bill seeks to set up the National Commission for Homoeopathy and replace the Central Council of Homoeopathy by amending the Homoeopathy Central Council (HCC) Act, 1973. ...

The Indian Navy has launched the 'Operation Vanilla' to assist the population of Madagascar affected by Cyclone Diane. Indian Navy diverted a large amphibious ship viz. INS Airavat carrying clothing, medicines, and other relief material to provide assistance and support in the relief operations. ...

India is observing the 72nd death anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. This Day is observes as Martyrs' Day or Shaheed Divas every year on January 30. It also observed to pay homage to the freedom fighters who laid their lives for the country's independence. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 ...

Bengaluru takes the top spot this year with drivers in the southern Indian city expecting to spend an average of 71 per cent extra travel time stuck in traffic. Of the top five most choked cities in the world, three are from India, Bengaluru, Mumbai and Pune. In Europe, Moscow is the most ...

The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) has signed a licensing agreement with Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) Futures Europe, an operator of global exchanges and clearing houses. India is one of the largest consumers and importers of crude oil in the world, and Brent crude is highly co-related with the ...

National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) launched Police related Citizen centric services on CCTNS platform. These online services will help Citizens in Searching their Missing Persons and Generating Vehicle NOC. The services are being provided through the state citizen portals and it is the first time ...

A recent cluster of pneumonia cases in Wuhan, China, was caused by a novel betacoronavirus, the 2019 novel coronavirus. The study highlighted the high mortality due to the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV infection) which caused clusters of severe respiratory illness similar to severe acute ...

The Supreme Court has allowed the Centre to introduce the African cheetah to a suitable habitat in India. The rare Indian cheetah is almost extinct in the country the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) had filed an application seeking permission for the introduction of the African ...

The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has told the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that e-commerce giants Amazon and Flipkart need to fulfil their extended producer responsibility under the Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016. According to the Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016 Primary ...

The central government, the Assam government and the Bodo groups, including all factions of the militant National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB), signed an agreement to redraw and rename the Bodoland Territorial Area District (BTAD) as the Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR), in Assam. Around ...

Indian environmental economist and UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Goodwill Ambassador Pavan Sukhdev has won the 2020 Tyler Prize, regarded as the "Nobel Prize for the Environment" for his groundbreaking "green economy" work. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 The Tyler Prize for Environmental ...