The World Wildlife Day is celebrated on 3rd March every year to promote the existence of wildlife on the planate Earth. The animals and plants that live in the wild have an intrinsic value and contribute to the ecological, genetic, social, economic, scientific, educational, cultural, recreational ...

The world economy is facing its worst performance since the financial crisis more than a decade ago as the spread of the corona virus increasingly dashes hopes of a swift rebound. Bank of America Corp. economists warned clients that they now expect 2.8% global growth this year, the weakest since ...

Astronomers have discovered the biggest explosion seen since the begining of the universe, originating from a super-massive black hole. The blast is the biggest explosion seen since the Big Bang — the cosmologial model to describe a rapid expansion of matter and energy that created the observable ...

The retirement age of Punjab government employees will be reduced to 58 years from 60 years currently, a move intended to offer more employment opportunities to young people. The announcement in this regard was made by state Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal while presenting a Rs 1.54 lakh ...

The Zero Discrimination Day is celebrated on 1 March. On this day People celebrate the right of everyone to live a full and productive life—and live it with dignity. Zero Discrimination Day highlights how people can become informed about and promotes inclusion, compassion, peace and, above all, a ...

The Forest Man of India, Padma Shri Jadav Payeng has conferred with the prestigious Swami Vivekananda Karmayogi Award on February 29 in New Delhi. The arward is instituted by My Home India for his consistent efforts in creating a real man-made forest through massive reforestation. Daily Current ...

The Bihar Assembly unanimously passed a resolution requesting the Centre to hold the 2021 census on the basis of caste. This is the second time Bihar has passed this resolution in the recent past. On February 18, 2019, too, it had passed the same resolution. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 ...

Bengaluru has accounted for the highest number of digital transactions in India in 2019, followed by Chennai, Mumbai and Pune, while United Payments Interface (UPI) was the most preferred mode of payment. Bengaluru was the leading city in digital transactions in 2018 as well. Daily Current ...

The Union Cabinet has approved the Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2020, on 26 February. The Bill will allow widows and divorced women to be surrogate mothers. The Bill has incorporated all recommendations made by the Rajya Sabha Select Committee. The amended Bill is the reformed version of the draft ...

The Government of India (GoI) announced the mega event, RAISE 2020- ‘Responsible AI for Social Empowerment 2020,’ to be held from April 11-12 in New Delhi. RAISE 2020 is India's first Artificial Intelligence summit to be organized by the Government in partnership with Industry & Academia. The ...

The government on decided to lift the nearly six-month-old ban on export of onions in a bid to protect the interests of farmers as prices are likely to fall sharply due to bumper rabi crop. Since the price of onion has stabilised and there is bumper onion crop, government has decided to lift ban ...

The United States has surpassed China to become India's top trading partner. It shows greater economic ties between the two countries. The trend is expected to continue in the coming years as India and the US are engaged in further deepening the economic ties. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 ...