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Amazon Quiz Time Answers-5th June 2020

1.Neeraj Chopra, recommended by the AFI for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, is associated with which event? Answer: Javelin Throw 2.The digital rights of which of these movies was recently sold to an OTT platform for a staggering sum ..

Top GKToday’s News Headlines-5 June 2020

Here are the Top GKToday’s News Headlines-5 June 2020 INDIA Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Australian counterpart Scott Morrison hold online summit India, Australia sign Mutual Logistics Support Agreement (MLSA) that will allow their militaries to use each other’s ..

UPSC Prelims Mini Mock Test: 455

12345 1. Which among the following amendment acts is also called as a Mini constitution? 52nd Amendment Act 1985 42nd Amendment Act 1976 1st Amendment Act 1951 44thnd Amendment Act 1978 2. Consider the following statements: The Market Stabilization Scheme ..

June 5: World Environment Day

Every year the World Environment Day is celebrated on June 5. This year the day is being celebrated under the theme Theme: Celebrate Biodiversity Highlights This year, in 2020, the day is to be hosted in Colombia in partnership with ..

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India-Australia sign landmark Defence Agreements

On June 4, 2020, Indian PM Modi and the Australian PM Scott Morrison held India’s first virtual bilateral summit. The leaders signed several agreements during their meet and also discussed about the COVID-19 measures being implemented in their respective countries. ..

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TULIP internship programme

On June 4, 2020, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development and the Ministry of HRD (Human Resource Development) launched an internship learning programme called “TULIP”. Key Features The programme has been launched for fresh engineering graduates. Under the programme, ..

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World Economic Forum to hold Twin Summit

On June 3, 2020, the World Economic Forum announced that it is to host its next summit in Davos under the theme “The Great Reset”. The forum has named the summit as “A Unique Twin Summit”. Highlights The 51st annual ..

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India joins virtual Global Vaccine Summit

India is to join the UK-led virtual Global Vaccine Summit. India will be one among the 50 countries participating at the summit. Highlights The summit is being held to raise at least 7.4 billion USD of funds for GAVI, the ..

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What is KisanRath?

KisanRath is a mobile app developed by the National Informatics Centre to help farmers and traders in the primary and secondary transportation of their agriculture and horticulture produce in times of pandemic. Through this app, transport can be availed from ..

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WHO resumes Hydroxychloroquine Study

On June 4, 2020, the World Health Organization resumed its clinical trials on exploring whether the Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) drug is effective in treating COVID-19. Highlights The clinical trial on Malaria Drug HCQ was earlier put on hold by the World ..

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