Top GKToday’s News Headlines-24 June 2020

Here are the Top GKToday’s News Headlines-24 June 2020 India India asks Pakistan to reduce High Commission staff by 50% within a week ‘YUKTI 2.0’ platform to help Higher Education Institutes in assimilating technologies Economy Sellers on GeM asked to ..

UPSC Prelims Mini Mock Test: 474

12345 1. Which among the following is the most suitable common word for roaring forties, furious fifties and stormy sixties ? Trade winds Cyclones Westerlies Polar winds 2. The top three largest produced oilseeds in India are__: Groundnut, Soyabean and ..

China has decided to join the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)

The people’s Republic of China will join the multilateral Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), this was decided during a three-day meeting from 18th June to 20th June of the top lawmaking committee in China- Legislative Affairs Committee. China was one of ..

Month: Current Affairs - June, 2020

President Aleksandar Vucic’s SNS-led Coalition registers landslide win in 2020 Parliamentary Election

Since the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak in March 2020, Serbia on 21st June 2020 became the first country to conduct National Elections in Europe. The Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) coalition, under the leadership of the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic registered ..

Month: Current Affairs - June, 2020

Financial Assistance of Rs 4957 Crore provided to 17.5 Million Building & Other Construction Workers

In order to help the Building & Construction workers to overcome the financial impacts of COVID-19 lockdown, on 24th March 2020, the Chief Minister of all States and Union Territories were advised by the Union Minister of Labour and Employment ..

Month: Current Affairs - June, 2020

Rajasthan Government to launch ‘Indira Rasoi Yojna’

To provide pure and nutritious food to the economically weaker sections of the society,  the Chief Minister of Rajasthan, Ashok Gehlot on 22nd June 2020 announced ‘Indira Rasoi Yojna (Indira Kitchen Scheme). Under the scheme, food will be available at ..

Month: Current Affairs - June, 2020

U.S. Russia talks on new Nuclear Disarmament Treaty begins without China

Delegations from the United States led by Marshall Billingslea and the Russian Delegation under their Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov begin their 2-day talks on 22nd June 2020 at the capital city of Austria, Vienna.  The talks for extending the nuclear ..

Month: Current Affairs - June, 2020

Last Satellite of China’s BeiDou Satellite System 3 (BDS-3) Launched

In an effort to compete with the United States Government’s NAVSTAR Global Positioning System (GPS), Russia’s GLONASS, and the Galileo Systems of the European Union,  China completed the launch of its final satellite on 23rd June 2020. The satellite was ..

Month: Current Affairs - June, 2020

Bill to Rename ‘Tonoshiro’ to ‘Tonoshiro Senkaku’ triggered tensions between Japan and China

A group of Islands without inhabitants located at the South China Sea has been a point of disagreement between Japan and China since 1972. The island is known by the name Senkakus in Japan, while in the People’s Republic of ..

Month: Current Affairs - June, 2020

Rs 2000 Crore from PM CARES Fund allocated for 50,000 Made-in-India Ventilators

The Government of India on its way to create an AtmaNirbhar Bharat had allocated Rs 2000 crore for 50,000 Made-in-India ventilators. The entire sum of Rs 2000 crore was allocated from PM CARES Fund Trust. These ventilators will be supplied ..

Month: Current Affairs - June, 2020