State-run EESL arm Convergence Energy Services Ltd (CESL) launched the Gram Ujala programme under which high quality energy efficient LED bulbs will be given for Rs 10 per piece in certain villages of five states in the first phase. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Under the programme, 7 watt ...

Broadcast Engineering Consultants India Limited (BECIL) signed a service level agreement with Labour Bureau for providing technical and manpower support to Labour Bureau in the conduct of All India Surveys on Migrant Workers & All India Quarterly Establishment based Employment Survey (AQEES). ...

Current Affairs 21 March 2021 is the most important area from which a major share of questions come in SSC, Railway, state government recruitment exams, UPSC prelims and mains. SAAMAR scheme to be launched to contain Anaemia The Jharkhand state government recently announced the launch of ...

Defence Ministry inked a contract with Defence Public Sector Undertaking (DPSU) Bharat Dynamics Limited to supply 4,960 MILAN-2T Anti-Tank Guided Missiles to Army at a cost of Rs 1,188 crores. The induction is planned to be completed in three years. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The ...

The Lok Sabha passed The Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order (Amendment) Bill, 2021, that seeks to put seven castes under one nomenclature of “Devendrakula Vellalars” with some exceptions for some of the castes in certain districts of Tamil Nadu. The castes include Devendrakulathan, Kadaiyan, ...

The Lok Sabha passed a Bill to amend the Mines and Mineral (Development and Regulation) Act (MMDR Act) through a voice vote, with Mines Minister Pralhad Joshi stating that the amendments will create jobs and allow private players with enhanced technology into the mining sector. Daily Current ...

Union Minister of State for Agriculture Parshottam Rupala, in the Rajya Sabha, questioned the methodology and data accuracy of the Global Hunger Index (GHI) report, which has placed India at 94th (out of 107 countries) rank in 2020. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The Minister said the ...

Six tigers have been unaccounted for since March 2020 in the Ranthambore tiger sanctuary, Rajasthan. However, State forest officials are not willing to label them “missing” and denied reports that they may have been poached. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The National Tiger Conservation ...

The Department of Science and Technology (DST) has funded a clinical trial at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Rishikesh, to determine if the chanting of the Gayatri Mantra, a religious hymn, and performing the Yoga practice of Pranayama, can aid the quality of recovery as well ...

India’s middle class may have shrunk by a third due to 2020’s pandemic-driven recession, while the number of poor people — earning less than ₹150 per day — more than doubled, according to an analysis by the Pew Research Center. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 In a comparison, Chinese incomes ...

Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL) has inked a pact with Israeli start-up company Phinergy, specialising in hybrid lithium-ion and Aluminium-Air and Zinc-Air battery systems, to form IOC Phinergy Private Ltd. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Top automakers, including Maruti Suzuki and Ashok ...

The Maharashtra (ATS) relied on a forensic test known as diatom tests for leads in the alleged murder case of Mansukh Hiran. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Diagnosis of death by drowning is deemed as a difficult task in forensic pathology. A number of tests have been developed to confirm ...