Source: PIB, PTI, The Hindu, The Indian Express, DD News, Lok Sabha Channel, All India Radio INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR DISASTER RISK REDUCTION International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction was observed on 13 October 2020. The International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction was started in 1989, after a call by the United Nations General Assembly. Held …
Source: PIB, PTI, The Hindu, The Indian Express, DD News, Lok Sabha Channel, All India Radio RBI MONETARY POLICY 2020 The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Reserve Bank of India kept the repo rate unchanged at four percent and decided to maintain its accommodative monetary policy stance to support growth amid the pandemic. RBI …
Source: PIB, PTI, The Hindu, The Indian Express, DD News, Lok Sabha Channel, All India Radio KYRGYZSTAN Over the past few days, Kyrgyzstan, has seen violent protests. Thousands of participants clashed with police forces in the country’s capital, Bishkek last week. Often referred to as the only democracy in the region, the country is witnessing …
Source: PIB, PTI, The Hindu, The Indian Express, DD News, Lok Sabha Channel, All India Radio FURRY PUSS CATERPILLARS Months after the Asian giant hornet — a vicious predatory insect popularly dubbed the ‘murder hornet’ — was first spotted in the US state of Washington, health officials in Virginia are now warning residents to watch …
Source: PIB, PTI, The Hindu, The Indian Express, DD News, Lok Sabha Channel, All India Radio ARTHRITISWorld Arthritis Day is observed on October 12, every year since 1996. The theme of the World Arthritis Day 2020 is “Time2Work”. World Arthritis Day is observed to raise awareness about Arthritis around the world. Arthritis is not a single …
Source: PIB, PTI, The Hindu, The Indian Express, DD News, Lok Sabha Channel, All India Radio ECONOMIC STIMULUSUnion Finance Minister announced two sets of measures to generate consumer demand and boost capital spending in the economy. 1. Under Leave Travel Concession (LTC) Cash Voucher Scheme, the Government has decided to give cash payment to employees in lieu …
Source: PIB, PTI, The Hindu, The Indian Express, DD News, Lok Sabha Channel, All India Radio RAPEBangladesh Cabinet approved a draft law to include the death penalty as the highest punishment for rape. 1. The decision to amend the Prevention of Women and Children Repression Act-2000 was announced after the Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime …
Source: PIB, PTI, The Hindu, The Indian Express, DD News, Lok Sabha Channel, All India Radio ASIA-PACIFIC GROUP (APG) ON MONEY LAUNDERING Taking note of Pakistan’s “meagre progress” in combating money laundering and terror financing, the Asia-Pacific Group (APG) on Money Laundering retained the country on its ‘Enhanced Follow-Up’ list. APG is a regional …
Source: PIB, PTI, The Hindu, The Indian Express, DD News, Lok Sabha Channel, All India Radio NATIONAL SUPER COMPUTING MISSION National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli has signed a MoU with Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), Pune for installing a state of the art super computer in the process of becoming part of …
Source: PIB, PTI, The Hindu, The Indian Express, DD News, Lok Sabha Channel, All India Radio PHILATELY DAYIndia Post, Mumbai will Launch Stamped Mask on Philately Day (13th October). These are the masks, with images of postage stamps imprinted on them. Philately is the study of postage stamps and postal history. It also refers to the …
