International Day of Peace is observed on 21 September annually and is also known as World Peace Day. This day strengthens the ideals of peace, both within and among all nations and peoples. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The International Day of Peace was established in 1981 ...

Recently the Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare informed Rajya Sabha about the status of HIV/AIDS Patients in India. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points As per the latest HIV estimates report (2019) of the Government, India is estimated to have around 23.49 lakh people ...

The Election Commission of India organized an International Webinar on 21st September 2020, on the Theme ‘‘Issues, Challenges and Protocols for Conducting  Elections during COVID-19 : Sharing Country Experiences’ on its completion of one year of Chairmanship of the Association of World ...

A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the Ministry of AYUSH and Ministry of Women and Child Development in New Delhi for controlling Malnutrition as a part of POSHAN Abhiyaan. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The MoU will see some time-tested and scientifically proven ...

The Lok Sabha passed the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2020 even as the Opposition raised concerns that the legislation may be used to target political opponents and religious minorities. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The Bill seeks to streamline the ...

The Rajya Sabha descended into chaos as the House passed two contentious agriculture bills amid a prolonged outpouring of anger by the opposition parties. The two ordinances – Farmers’ and Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill, 2020 and Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) ...

The Tata CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats) test, powered by CSIR-IGIB (Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology) FELUDA, received regulatory approvals today from the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) for commercial launch, as per ICMR guidelines, meeting ...

Thousands of people in northwest China’s Lanzhou city have tested positive for a bacterial infection. The outbreak was caused by a leak at a state-owned biopharmaceutical company making animal vaccines last year. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Brucellosis is a bacterial ...

The Business Advisory Committee (BAC) of Parliament held a meeting to discuss the legislative business and other issues related to the ongoing Monsoon Session. The BAC consists of 15 members including the Speaker who is the ex-officio Chairperson. The members are nominated by the Speaker. Daily ...

Rajya Sabha passed the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (2nd Amendment) Bill, thereby temporarily suspending initiation of Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points It amends the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016. The Bill seeks to temporarily ...

Lok Sabha passed a taxation bill that seeks to provide various reliefs in terms of compliance requirements for taxpayers amid the coronavirus pandemic. The reliefs include extending deadlines for filing returns and for linking PAN and Aadhaar. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points ...

A cargo plane crashed at Aden Adde International Airport in capital Mogadishu in Somalia. The Somalia Civil Aviation Authority confirmed the incident after witnesses claimed they saw the crash. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Aden Adde International Airport is an international ...