To encourage more participation of Indian industry, including Start-ups and Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in Defence Research & Development (R&D) for achieving ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’, Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh released a new version of Defence Research and Development ...

IFFCO’s Organic Joint Venture, SIFCO (Sikkim IFFCO Organics Ltd) has started construction work on two integrated food processing units at Rangpo, Sikkim. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The work will be completed by October 2021 and it will start production afterwards. The ...

The poll spending limit for candidates contesting Lok Sabha and Assembly elections has been enhanced by 10 percent. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Centre has approved this based on the recommendation of the Election Commission that contestants be allowed to spend more on ...

Due to efforts of CSIR constituent laboratory, Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology (IHBT), Palampur, a historical shift in farming practices is in the offing with farmers of the remote Lahaul valley in Himachal Pradesh taking up cultivation of asafoetida (Heeng) to utilize vast expanses ...

Union Minister of State for Agriculture Shri Parshottam Rupala launched AYUSHMAN SAHAKAR, a unique scheme to assist cooperatives play an important role in creation of healthcare infrastructure in the country formulated by the apex autonomous development finance institution under the Ministry of ...

The Centre has amended the Jammu and Kashmir Panchayati Raj Act, 1989, to facilitate the setting up of District Development Councils (DDC), the members of which will be directly elected by voters in the Union Territory. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The District Development ...

In order to address societal challenges through digital innovation, NITI Aayog announced the establishment of a Frontier Technologies Cloud Innovation Centre, CIC with Amazon Web Services, AWS. It is the first of its kind in India. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points This CIC is ...

The 5th General Council meeting of Indian Academy of Highway Engineers (IAHE) was held through video conferencing under the chairmanship of Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Shri Nitin Gadkari. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Created in 1983, IAHE has been ...

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has laid the foundation stone for India's first multi-modal logistics park in Assam. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The multi-modal logistics park will be constructed at an estimated cost of ₹694 crore. The multi-modal logistic park will be ...

Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs held Video Conference with Secretaries of the Ministries of Petroleum & Natural Gas and M/o Coal, along with the CMDs of 14 CPSEs belonging to these Ministries, to review the capital expenditure (CAPEX) in this financial year. Daily Current ...

International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA) has introduced a Framework for Regulatory Sandbox to tap into innovative FinTech solutions. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points IFSCA has an objective to develop a world class FinTech hub at the IFSC located at GIFT City in ...

The Indian Ministry of Defense issued a release on the upcoming trilateral India-U.S.-Japan Malabar exercises, noting that this year’s iteration would include Australia. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points  The Malabar series of Naval exercises started in 1992 as a bilateral ...