Param Siddhi, the high performance computing-artificial intelligence (HPC-AI) supercomputer established under National Supercomputing Mission (NSM) at C-DAC has achieved global ranking of 63 in top 500 most powerful non-distributed computer systems in the world released this week. Daily Current ...

Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, a severe type of muscle weakness that usually begins at an early age and worsens quickly, may soon have a new strategy of treatment through genetic regulation. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a severe type of ...

World Philosophy Day is celebrated every 3rd Thursday of November. It was first celebrated on 21 November 2002. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points World Philosophy Day was introduced by UNESCO to foster philosophical analysis, research and studies on major contemporary issues, so ...

Recently, Karnataka has announced that it would declassify 6.64 lakh hectares (nearly 67%) of the 9.94 lakh hectares of deemed forests in the state and hand it over to Revenue authorities. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points While the concept of deemed forests has not been clearly ...

Former Governor of Goa, Mridula Sinha passed away at the age of 77. A prominent figure, she made extensive contributions to the world of literature with her writings. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Mridula Sinha (1942 – 2020) was an Indian writer and politician who served as ...

Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan addressed the 33rd Stop TB Partnership Board meet in New Delhi and stressed on the need to create a mass movement for elimination of TB with strategized advocacy, thought leadership, disruptive social entrepreneurship, powerful, societal and political commitment. ...

World Toilet Day is observed on 19 November each year to create awareness about sanitation and encourage people to use toilets. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The theme of this year's World Toilet Day is sustainable sanitation and climate change. Severe effects of climate ...

Over 27 lakh 33 thousand applications have been received under Pradhan Mantri Street Vendor’s Atma-Nirbhar Nidhi- PM- SVANidhi Scheme. Out of the total applications received, over 14 lakh and 34 thousand have been sanctioned and about 7.88 lakh loans disbursed. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 ...

The first direct flight operations from Kalaburagi, Karnataka to Hindon Airport, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh were flagged off under the RCS-UDAN (Regional Connectivity Scheme – Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik). Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Commencement of the flight operations on the ...

Arunachal Pradesh recorded the best sex ratio in the country with 1,084 females born per thousand males, followed by Nagaland at 965 females and Mizoram at 964. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The three northeastern states top the 2018 report on “Vital statistics of India based ...

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and his Australian counterpart Scott Morrison have signed a landmark defence deal in a bid to counter China's growing influence in the South China Sea and over the Pacific island nations. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Reciprocal Access ...

A Supreme Court Bench headed by Chief Justice of India S A Bobde observed that it is “trying to discourage” individuals from filing petitions under Article 32 of the Constitution. The observation came during the hearing of a petition seeking the release of journalist Siddique Kappan, who was ...