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UN Investment Promotion award to Invest India
Context in Current Affairs: The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) recently declared “Invest India” as the winner of the United Nations Investment Promotion Award, 2020. The award recognizes outstanding achievements of investment promotion agencies spread all over ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2020
Daily Current Affairs Quiz: December 08, 2020
1. Which is the knowledge partner of Microsoft for the India edition of the Imagine Cup 2021? [A] National Skill Development Corporation[B] NITI Aayog[C] myGov[D] Door Darshan Show Answer Correct Answer: A [National Skill Development Corporation] Notes:Microsoft India and the ..
India Mobile Congress – Update (December, 2020)
Context in Current Affairs: PM Modi is to address the India Mobile Congress on December 8, 2020. The Department of Telecommunications and Cellular Operators Association of India are organizing the Indian Mobile Congress. It is being organized under the theme ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2020
Feminisation of Red Sea Turtles
The turtle population in Red Sea is turning female due to rise in sea temperature. A Team of researchers from the Saudi Arabia King Abdullah University of Science and Technology conducted a study. They selected five sites in the region that ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2020
Amazon Quiz Answers – 8 December, 2020
1.India’s longest river bridge will be built by L&T over which river? Brahmaputra 2.In November 2020, Renu Devi became the first woman Deputy Chief Minister of which state? Bihar 3.Which company operated NASA’s first full-fledged mission ferrying a crew into ..
UPSC Prelims Mini Mock Test: 641
12345 1. Who among the following coined the term zero hour? Constitution assembly Dr. B R Ambedkar Indira Gandhi Press 2. Economic Planning comes under which of the following lists ? Union List Concurrent list State List None of them ..
Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act
Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 seeks to promote educational and cultural exchange between the US and other countries in a bid to enhance mutual understanding of the US people and the people of other countries. The US ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2020
UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs
The UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs, which comes under the UN Economic and Social Council, is the apex drug policy-making body within the UN. It has vital functions in the international drug control conventions. This commission’s 53 member states have ..