The External Affairs Ministry has announced a training programme on COVID-19 from April 17 for healthcare professionals from SAARC countries. The training programme will be carried out by the Central government's Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) programme. Daily Current Affairs ...

The government decision to divide all districts across the country into hotspots, nonhotspots and green zones will help in managing the Covid-19 pandemic as well as partial opening up of economic activities during the extended period of the nationwide lockdown. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 ...

The government assured the Supreme Court that WHO guidelines for the safety of health workers were being followed in all cases, involving doctors, nurses and other health staff and sanitation workers, and that they were being equipped with PPEs, and their concerns addressed. Daily Current ...

North Korea launched multiple short-range anti-ship cruise missiles into the sea and Sukhoi jets fired air-to-surface missiles as part of its ongoing military exercises. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The missile test was launched at around 7 am on 14 April. The anti-ship ...

Union Home Ministry making the act a punishable offence under the strict Disaster Management Act in its revised guidelines for lockdown issued to contain COVID-19. The guidelines issued by the ministry also make wearing of face masks in public places mandatory. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 ...

The government has made an action plan for strengthening of surveillance network to monitor the spread of COVID-19 in India. In a daily press briefing, the ministry said that a n action plan has been made prepared on strengthening surveillance with the help of WHO's national polio surveillance ...

State-owned CIL will hold a meeting with stakeholders through video conferencing to deliberate on model bid document for development and operation of underground mines. To augment its dry-fuel output, Coal India Ltd has decided tot coal through mine operators. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 ...

Recently, the Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare addressed the National Conference on Kharif Crops 2020 through a video conference. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points All States were directed to achieve the Kharif target as doubling of farmers' income should be ...

Department of Science and Technology of Government of India has created an Integrated Geospatial Platform out of available geospatial datasets, standards-based services, and analytic tools to help decision making during the current COVID-19 outbreak and aid devising area-specific strategies to ...

IMF head Kristalina Georgieva has reported the international lender plans to use all its USD 1 trillion lending capacity to support countries across the world battling the deadly outbreak. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points In the first-ever virtual annual spring meeting of the ...

A team of researchers of IIT Guwahati has developed affordable antimicrobial (antiviral/antibacterial) spray-based coating for Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and 3D printed Ear Guard for comfortable use of face masks by healthcare workers. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points ...

The government is set to exempt imported personal protection equipment (PPE), ventilators, sanitisers, masks and other medical equipment from integrated goods and services tax (IGST). Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Currently, GoI levies 12% IGST on most of these products. Upon ...