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Daily Current Affairs Quiz: October 09, 2020

1. Which city was the venue of the Meeting of the Foreign Ministers of QUAD countries held in October 2020? [A] Beijing[B] Sydney[C] Tokyo[D] New Delhi Show Answer...

October 9, 2020

Amazon Quiz Answers – 9 October, 2020

1.Delhi’s IGI airport will now have India’s first and exclusive terminal for what? Private Jets 2.According to the India Happiness Report 2020, which is the happiest state in...

October 9, 2020

October 9: World Post Day

Every year, the World Post Day is celebrated by the United Nations on October 9. This is being celebrated on October 9 to commemorate the establishment of Universal...

October 9, 2020

UPSC Prelims Mini Mock Test: 581

123451. India is “Union of States” this expression was borrowed from the following constitution?CanadaFranceAustraliaUSA2. Who among the following elect the ex-officio Chairman of the Council of States? Members...

October 9, 2020

World Trade Organization to be led by a woman for first time

Established in 1995, the World Trade Organization has not yet had an opportunity to run under a woman director. For the first time, in its history the WTO...

October 8, 2020

Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan passes away

On October 8, 2020, the Union Consumer Affairs Minister Shri Ram Vilas Paswan passed away at the age of 74. He underwent a heart surgery at Delhi’s Fortis...

October 8, 2020

CSIR-CMERI transfers technology of community level Water Purification

On October 8, 2020, the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research transferred “High Flow Rate Fluoride and Iron removal” technology to a Howrah based private firm. The technology...

October 8, 2020

RBI bans FDI establishments from Mauritius-Reasons, Causes, Impacts

The Reserve Bank of India recently said that companies cannot set up Foreign Direct Investment from Mauritius. The apex bank has also banned FDI from jurisdictions similar to...

October 8, 2020

Nobel Prize in Literature, 2020

The Nobel Prize, 2020 was awarded to Louise Gluck for her poetry. She is the first female poet to win the prize since Wislawa Szymborska in 1996. Though...

October 8, 2020

US stops funding relocation projects from Protected Areas: Effects on India

The United States recently stopped its 12 million USD funding to World Wildlife Fund, Wildlife Conservation Society and other conservation NGOs. Why the stoppage? According to the United...

October 8, 2020

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