The Lok Sabha passed the Companies Act (Amendment) Bill, 2020, which decriminalises a number of technical and filing-related corporate offences. It also allows direct listing of Indian companies on foreign stock exchanges and revokes the criminal provisions added to the Companies Act for ...

Hindustan Organic Chemicals Limited (HOCL), a PSU under the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers has been granted Bureau of Indian Standards - BIS certification for all its products. HOCL has been a pioneer in the manufacturing of Chemicals since its inception and quality is its motto since then. ...

Principal Secretary to Prime Minister Dr P K Mishra chaired the meeting of the High-Level Task Force constituted to improve the air quality in the National Capital Region of Delhi. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The meeting was called well in advance before the onset of ...

Mahalaya marks the beginning of the Devipaksha and the end of the Pitrupaksha according to Hindu calendar. This year, Mahalaya Amavasya will be observed on September 17, 2020. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Pitru Paksha is a 16-lunar day period when Hindus pay homage to their ...

Kerala Forest Department, becoming the first to institutionalise snake handling in the country has framed guidelines for rescuing snakes from human dominated places and releasing them in uninhabited areas. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The move to certify snake handlers comes ...

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation has developed an indigenously built signalling technology for metro trains in line with the government's flagship 'Make in India' initiative. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The i-ATS (Automatic Train Supervision) is a computer-based system that ...

Health and Family Welfare Ministry has extended the ‘Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package Insurance Scheme' for health workers fighting COVID-19 for another 180 days. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The scheme was announced on March 30 for 90 days and was extended for 90 days ...

Reserve Bank of India has proposed allowing foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) to undertake exchange-traded rupee interest rate derivatives transactions subject to an overall ceiling of Rs 5,000 crore. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Interest Rate Derivatives (IRDs) are ...

International Equal Pay Day is observed for the first time this 18 September, 2020 under an initiative by the UN, aims at highlighting the importance of achieving equal pay for work of equal value. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points On November 15, 2019, the UN General Assembly ...

The Central Government has told the Delhi High Court that marriage between same sex couples was "not permissible" as it is not recognised by "our laws, legal system, society and our values". Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, representing the ...

Neurologists, neurosurgeons and psychiatrists in India can map the brain structure of their patients and make an accurate assessment using Indian Brain Templates (IBT) and a brain atlas developed by a team of neuroscientists from NIMHANS. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The ...