The Prime Minister Narendra Modi has unveiled ‘Statue of Peace’ to mark the 151st Birth Anniversary celebrations of Jainacharya Shree Vijay Vallabh Surishwer Ji Maharaj. The Statue unveiled in the honour of the Jain acharya, has been named as ‘Statue of Peace’. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 ...

Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) and Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) have granted conditional exemption to the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics(ICRISAT), Hyderabad, Telangana for the deployment of drones for agricultural research activities. Daily ...

Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM) signed an agreement with World Bank. Under the agreement, World Bank is to provide advisory services to DIPAM for asset monetization. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points DIPAM is mandated with facilitating monetization of ...

Information and Broadcasting Ministry has requested compliance of policy on FDI in digital media within a month. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The Ministry issued a public notice to facilitate eligible entities involved in uploading and streaming of news and current affairs ...

The Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IIT-G) researchers have formulated efficient 'pincer' catalytic systems that transform industrial/biomass wastes into valuable chemicals. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Tiny amounts of these “pincer catalysts” repeatedly convert ...

The International Day for Tolerance is celebrated on 16 November each year which was declared by UNESCO in 1995 to generate public awareness of the dangers of intolerance. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points This action followed the adoption of a Declaration of Principles on ...

National Press Day is celebrated each year on 16 November to commemorate the institution of the Press Council of India. November 16 is observed to acknowledge and honor the Press Council of India, a statutory and quasi-judicial establishment. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points ...

Recently, Kabartal in Bihar’s Begusarai district was recognised as a wetland of international importance, the first such wetland in the State, under the Ramsar Convention. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points India has 41 wetlands, the highest in South Asia, with two more added to ...

The Uttar Pradesh (UP) government has decided to develop the Vindhyavasini Mandir Corridor at Vindhyachal in Mirzapur district. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The Vindhyavasini corridor is modelled on the lines of Kashi Vishwanath Corridor in Varanasi. It will have a ...

The United States left the Paris Climate Agreement, three years after President Donald Trump announced his intention to undo what had been seen as a key achievement of his predecessor Barack Obama. Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden has announced that his administration would rejoin the ...

SpaceX Crew-1 is the first crewed operational flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft. It is also the first crewed night launch by the United States since STS-130. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The Crew Dragon spacecraft Resilience, launched on 16 November 2020 on a Falcon 9 from ...

The United States territory of Puerto Rico has voted in favour of statehood, and thus be treated at par with the current 50 states of the country. On November 3, the same day US voters chose Joe Biden over Donald Trump in the US election, a majority of Puerto Ricans voted yes in a non-binding ...