To permit foreign investment up to 100% by those NRIs, who are Indian Nationals, in case of M/s Air India Ltd., the Union Cabinet has approved to amend the extant FDI Policy to permit Foreign Investment (s) in M/s Air India Ltd by NRIs, who are Indian Nationals, upto to 100% under automatic route. ...

National Safety Day is observed on 4 March and a one week campaign is orgainsed from 4 March known as National Safety Week Campaign focusing on the safety measures that need to be taken to reduce any kind of mishaps and accidents. National Safety Day/Safety Week Campaign focuses on the importance ...

Om Birla has launched a national campaign from Kota, Rajasthan on March 1, 2020, to create malnutrition-free India. Om Birla launched “Suposhit Maa Abhiyan” will support adolescent girls and pregnant women in the country. The main objective of this campaign is to keep pregnant women and newborn ...

North Korea launched two short-range ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan. The launches are Pyongyang’s first in 2020, coming after a three month break in missile testing that endured from late-November 2019. The two ballistic missiles were fired from near Wonsan, a city on North Korea’s east ...

The Minister of State of Culture and Tourism has informed Lok Sabha that India has submitted two nomination dossiers namely ‘Dholavira: A Harappan City’ and ‘Monuments and Forts of Deccan Sultanate’ for inclusion in the World Heritage List for the year 2020. It demonstrates a highly organised ...

The Minister of State for Defence gave information about the defence expenditure as a part of GDP in Rajya Sabha. The Defence Expenditure is increasing every year in absolute terms, implying higher spending. However, Defence Budget as a percentage of GDP may appear to be decreasing due to the ...

The Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) is on a name-changing spree in Jammu city has passed the resolutions to rename the Jammu Airport and the Jammu University after Hindu Dogra monarchs Maharaja Hari Singh and Maharaja Gulab Singh. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Maharaja Hari Singh was the ...

India has won a deal worth USD 40 million to supply four indigenously-built weapon locating radar systems named “Swathi” to Armenia by beating Russian and Polish firms. The deal is for supplying four Swathi weapon locating radars developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation ...

The Minister of State (IC) for Tourism & Culture has launched the multilingual Incredible India website in New Delhi. The website is currently hosted in English and Hindi is now launched in Chinese, Arabic and Spanish to attract tourists from these regions. The objective of this website is to ...

The Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Patanjali Bio Research Institute (PBRI), Haridwar at the National Agricultural Science Centre Complex. The MoU aims to foster the close interaction in research, capacity building, seed ...

Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and IISC Bangalore recently unveiled a new explosive detection device named RaIDer-X on March 01, 2020. RaIDer-X can detect an explosive from a specific stand-off distance. It can also expand its capability to detect various explosives at a time ...

The World Hearing Day is observed with the aims to raise awareness on how to prevent deafness and hearing loss and promote ear and hearing care across the world. It is celebrated annually on March 3. The 2020 World Hearing Day theme is "Hearing for Life." Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 The ...