Centre has launched new features of National Agriculture Market (e-NAM) Platform to strengthen agriculture marketing by farmers which will reduce their need to physically come to  wholesale mandis  for selling  their harvested produce, at a time when there is critical need to ...

China will host the third edition of the Asian Youth Games in Shantou in November next year. The announcement was made by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) on 1 April 2020. The OCA has decided to hold the Asian Youth Games from November 20 to 28. The host city was decided by the OCA in 2019 but ...

The government has brought in an ordinance which provides for extension of various time limits under the Taxation and Benami Acts. It also provides for extension of time limits contained in the Rules or Notification which are prescribed/ issued under these Acts. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 ...

Union Ministry for Home Affairs (MHA) has issued an order for adaptation and modification of State Laws specific to the erstwhile State of Jammu and Kashmir, to further facilitate the application of Central Laws to the newly formed Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Daily Current Affairs ...

The government has provided for “one-time exemption in furnishing of utilization certificate” for release of the first instalment, and exemption from furnishing of audit certificate for release of the second instalment under the Members of Parliament Local Area Development (MPLAD) Scheme. This ...

The transporters have raised concerns over potential penalties arising from expired electronic way (e-way) bills. Since 15th March, 2020 when states started to lock their borders down culminating in a national lockdown announced by the Centre, hundreds of truckers have been stranded across the ...

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has extended the realisation period of export proceeds and Ways and Means Advance (WMA) limit of state governments. Further, the central bank has provided relief to the banking sector’s capital requirements. These steps have been taken to cushion the economic impact ...

World Autism Awareness Day is observed on 2 April. It aims to raise awareness about autism and to educate people about it. This year 13th World Autism Awareness Day is celebrated. World Autism Awareness Day makes people understand and accept people with autism, foster worldwide support and inspire ...

SpaceX just released a users' guide for Starship, the reusable spaceship-rocket combo the company is developing to help colonize Mars. As the guide makes clear, Starship is designed to be a flexible transportation system, one capable of delivering both people and payloads to a variety of off-Earth ...

New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) reported that over 40 vaccines against the Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV2) are in various stages of development across the world. One of these vaccines is being developed by the Serum Institute of India (Pune, Maharashtra). Out of 40, only two vaccines are ...

Jammu & Kashmir Union Territory has become 12th State where the Price Monitoring & Resource Unit (PMRU) has been set up by National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA).  PMRUs have already been set up by NPPA in 11 States, including, Kerala, Odisha, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Punjab, ...

The Supreme Court of India has directed the Media, including print, electronic and social media, to maintain a strong sense of responsibility and ensure that unverified news capable of causing panic is not disseminated. The apex court has noted that the migration of large number of labourers ...