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A Tanzanian mining entrepreneur was rewarded with $3.35 million after miners at his operation in the east African country discovered the two largest tanzanite gemstones ever recorded. Tanzania is the only place in the world where tanzanite is found. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 About ...

The world's first yoga university outside India has been launched in Los Angeles, offering programmes that combine scientific principles and modern research approaches to the ancient Indian practice of yoga. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The Vivekananda Yoga University (VaYU) ...

The Centre has decided to bring all urban and multi-State cooperative banks under the supervisions of the RBI to protect depositors. The Union Cabinet approved an ordinance to this effect. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points RBI’s powers on scheduled banks would be hence applicable ...

Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh has launched the IAS Civil List 2020 and its e-version in New Delhi. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The dynamic list will help in selecting right officer for the right assignment based on available profile and is a vital source of information ...

Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has relaxed the preferential allotment pricing norms for companies while tightening the insider trading regulations as part of its attempts to minimise instances of unpublished, price-sensitive information getting leaked. Daily Current Affairs Quiz ...

The International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking is a United Nations International Day against drug abuse and the illegal drug trade celebrated every year. This year it’s being observed on 26 June under the theme “Better Knowledge for Better Care”. UNODC World Drug Report 2020 was ...

The Chief Minister of Odisha has inaugurated a Product Application & Development Centre (PADC) setup by Indian Oil at Paradip, through video conference. PADC has been setup by Indian Oil at Paradip with a capex of Rs 43 crores, adjacent to its Refinery and Petrochemicals complex. There are 4 ...

Researchers from Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology (WIHG), Dehradun, an autonomous institute under the Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India, have traced the paleoclimatic history of the Indus River in Ladakh Himalaya with the help of geometric data from overlapping gravels of ...

The National Centre of Polarand Ocean Research (NCPOR) has found a dramatic decline in the Arctic sea ice due to global warming. The decline of sea ice has led to localized increase in evaporation, air humidity, cloud cover, and rainfall. Arctic sea ice is a sensitive indicator of climate change ...