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General awareness 8 SEPTEMBER 2020  🔷 8 September : International Literacy Day 🔷 Theme 2020 :  “Literacy teaching and learning in the COVID-19 crisis and beyond.” 🔷 Apple’s first ‘floating’ store to be launched in Singapore 🔷 ADB inks $500 Million Loan agreement with India for Delhi-Meerut RRTS Corridor 🔷 Govind Swarup, Pioneer of Radio Astronomy in India, passes away  🔷 Veteran Telugu actor Jaya Prakash Reddy passes away  🔷 Fitch Ratings Projects Indian economy to contract 10.5% in FY21 🔷 Prime Minister virtually inaugurates Patrika Gate in Jaipur 🔷 The gate is built on the busiest Jawaharlal Nehru Marg of Jaipur 🔷 AIM partners with Freshworks to provide robust support to innovators and entrepreneurs in India 🔷 World Bank approves USD82 million loan for implementation of Himachal Pradesh State Roads Transformation Project 🔷 Oscar winning Czech director Jiri Menzel passes away 🔷 Typhoon Haishen wreaks havoc in South Korea 🔷 India and Bangladesh have agr...

1  September 2020 Daily CA One Liners  🔶 India Withdraws From Multilateral Military Exercise Kavkaz 2020  ✔️ Exercise Kavkaz 2020 To Be Held In Russia Next Month 🔶 Indian Origin WWII Spy Noor Inayat Khan Gets Honoured With Blue Plaque In London 🏅 Indian Army Dog Vida Honoured With A Chief Of Army Staff ‘ Commendation Cards ' 🏅 Army Sniffer Dog Sophie Honoured With A Chief Of Army Staff ' Commendation Cards ' 👤 Gerard Nus Appointed As Head Coach Of NorthEast United 🔶 Muthoot Finance Ltd Has Launched A CSR Initiative " Muthoot Snehasraya "  ✔️ Muthoot Snehasraya For Conducting Free Covid-19 Tests In Kerala 🔶 Karnatak Launches RORO Train Service From Bengaluru To Solapur ✔️ RORO Train Is Carrying Trucks In An Open Flat Wagon From Bengaluru To Solapur ✔️ RORO Train Enables Carrying As Many As 42 Trucks Loaded With Goods 🔶 Punjab Police Joined Hands With The SAFE To Launch The " Safe Punjab " Programme ✔️ SAFE : Safety Alliance For Everyone Society 🔶...

Current affairs with answer  1. Which state has raised India's first tribal women battalion   with a strength of 675 constables ?  A.Assam  B.Haryana  C.Bihar D.Madhya Pradesh  E.Kerala Answer - Bihar 2. Who will be conferred with the Swami Vivekananda   Karmayogi Award in New Delhi by My Home India ?   A.Arun Prakash  B.Mukesh Rana  C.Himank Singh  D.Jadav Payeng E.Atul Yadav  Answer Jadav Payeng 3. Scientists have discovered the biggest ever explosion   in the universe since the Big Bang in which of the following   galaxies ?  A.Large Magelliac  B.Ophiuchus C.Andromeda  D.Messier  E.Triangulum Answer -B.Ophiuchus 4. Name the new explosive detection device which has   been developed by scientists to detect explosives from a   stand-off distance.   A.Tracker-X  B.Raider-Y  C.Detect-X  D.RaIDer-X E.Detector-X  Answer D.RaIDer...

22 JUNE CURRENT AFFAIRS 1. A new housing estate being developed on Rockbank suburb of Melbourne will have streets named after Indian cricket greats including Sachin Tendulkar, Kapil Dev and Virat Kohli. मेलबर्न के रॉकबैक उपनगर में एक नये आवासीय परिसर का निर्माण किया जा रहा है जिसमें गलियों के नाम सचिन तेंदुलकर, कपिल देव और विराट कोहली जैसे दिग्गज भारतीय क्रिकेटरों के नाम पर होंगे। 2. Singapore-based real estate development firm Mapletree has entered into an agreement with KSH Infra Industrial Park to acquire over 7 lakh sq ft space in its logistics park in Pune for USD 40 million (around Rs 300 crore). सिंगापुर स्थित रियल एस्टेट कंपनी मैप्लेट्री ने केएसएच इंफ्रा इंडस्ट्रियल पार्क के साथ सात लाख वर्ग फुट से अधिक जगह खरीदने के लिए एक समझौता किया है। यह सौदा चार करोड़ अमरीकी डालर (लगभग 300 करोड़ रुपये) में हुआ है।  3. Former Lok Sabha MP and founder of Janalaxmi Cooperative Bank Madhavrao Patil died in Maharashtra''s Nashik district. He was 80. लोकसभा के पूर्व सांसद और जनलक्ष्मी स...

21st June 2020 CA ONELINER World Hydrography Day- 21st June Theme- "Hydrography enabling autonomous technologies" International Yoga Day- 21st June Theme- “Yoga at Home and Yoga with Family” Theme-(by United Nation)- "Yoga for Health - Yoga at Home" World music day- 21st June World Humanist Day- 21st June Bank of Baroda Shuts Down Subsidiary in Ghana Under PSB Manthan Programme Yes Bank partners Affordplan to launch co-branded cashless healthcare card IIT Palakkad has developed an automated lung ultrasound (LUS) for COVID-19 screening and monitoring through cloud-based image analysis and scoring system. Researchers at IIT Mandi have developed a herbal infusion technology as a sustainable means of income for local marginal farmers in the mid-Himalayan region. As per,‘Global Status Report on Preventing Violence Against Children 2020’ launched by the WHO, UNICEF and UNESCO Half of the world’s children, about a billion are affected by physical, sexual or psychological v...

14 JUNE, MORNING CA  1. Union Minister Jitendra Singh launched ‘COVID BEEP’, the country’s first indigenous wireless physiological parameters monitoring system for the affected patients./केंद्रीय मंत्री जितेंद्र सिंह ने कोरोना वायरस संक्रमित मरीजों के लिए वायरलेस शारीरिक मापदंडों की पहली स्वदेशी निगरानी प्रणाली ‘कोविड बीप’ ऐप की शुरुआत की। 2. The government has mandated a one cm green sticker, providing registration details, in all BS-VI compliant motor vehicles. The order will come into force from October 1, 2020./सरकार ने भारत चरण-छह (बीएस-छह) उत्सर्जन मानकों वाले वाहनों को एक सेंटीमीटर का हरा स्टीकर लगाना अनिवार्य कर दिया है। यह आदेश एक अक्टूबर, 2020 से लागू होगा।  3. Senior IAS officer Vikram Dev Dutt has been appointed as the principal secretary, Health and Family Welfare department of the Delhi government./वरिष्ठ आईएएस अधिकारी विक्रम देव दत्त को दिल्ली सरकार के स्वास्थ्य और परिवार कल्याण विभाग का प्रमुख सचिव नियुक्त किया गया है। 4. Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thack...

UP CM Yogi Adityanath launched ‘"Bal Shramik Vidya Yojana"’ for child labourers who are 8-18 years old. 🔹Aim of the yojana– To educate orphans and worker’s children or child labourers & ensure their healthy life. Financial assistance– This scheme provides financial assistance of Rs 1000 per month(pm) to boys, Rs 1200 pm to girls & children studying 8th, 9th and 10th will be given Rs 6000 per annum along with a monthly incentive.

Current Affairs 10 June 2020: India to set up first coal trading exchange 256 schools destroyed in 2015 earthquake to be reconstructed in Nepal by Govt. of India MOU between India and Denmark Energy Cooperation India, China hold top military-level talks in Maldo, Ladakh amid May 2020 standoff World Bank grants Rs. 1,950 cr loans to West Bengal to tackle COVID – 19: Mamata Banerjee RBI proposed Draft Frameworks for Sale of Loan Exposures and Securitisation of Standard Assets PhonePe along with ICICI Lombard launches ‘first of its kind’ travel insurance, domestic trip insurance Indian economy to contract by 3.2% in FY20; World Bank GEP report June 2020: Deepest recession since WWII Recykal partnered with UNDP, HCCB for plastic waste management Project Prithivi Indian Entrepreneur Renjith Kumar honoured with “NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal” Airborne Rescue Pod for Isolated Transportation (ARPIT) by the Indian Airforce Scientists discover new star Kepler-160 & planet KOI-456 t...

Labour Ministry with TCS iON offers free online skill training through NCS portal The Union Ministry of Labour and Employment partnered with TCS iON and offers free online career  skills training through the National Career Service (NCS) project to enhance the corporate etiquette, interpersonal skills, presentation skills and other softs skills of the job-seekers. NCS partnered with HireMee (online assessment and hiring service provider) to offer creation of video profiles for job-seekers. Ministry of Jal Shakti sanctions Rs. 445 crores for implementation of Jal Jeevan Mission in Chhattisgarh during 2020-21 Ministry of Jal Shakti has approved an amount of Rs. 445 crores for the implementation of the Jal Jeevan  Mission (JJM) in Chhattisgarh during 2020-21. Under this mission, Chhattisgarh state has planned 100 % Functional Household Tap Connection (FHTC) by 2023-24. 23 additional Minor Forest produce items in Minimum Support Price List announced: M/O of Tribal affairs Ministry...

 India’s Rank In Various Indexes          PEACE INDEX 2019 TOP - Iceland   INDIA - 141 INNOVATION INDEX 2019 TOP - Switzerland INDIA - 52 GLOBAL HUNGER INDEX 2019  INDIA - 102 EASE OF DOING BUSINESS RANKING 2020  TOP - New Zealand  INDIA - 63 WOMEN PEACE AND SECURITY INDEX 2019  TOP - Norway INDIA - 133 DIPLOMACY INDEX 2019 TOP - China  INDIA - 12 CLIMATE RISK INDEX 2020  TOP - Japan INDIA - 5 HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX 2019 TOP - Norway  INDIA - 129 CLIMATE CHANGE PERFORMANCE INDEX 2019 SWEDEN - 4  INDIA - 9 GENDER GAP REPORT 2020 TOP - Iceland INDIA - 112   WORLD TRAVEL AND TOURISM COMPETITIENESS INDEX 2019  TOP - Spain  INDIA - 34 SOCIAL MOBILITY REPORT   2020  TOP - Denmark  INDIA - 76 HENLEY PASSPORT INDEX 2020 TOP - Japan INDIA - 84 DEMOCRACY INDEX 2019  TOP - Norway   INDIA - 51    BREAST FEEDING SUPPORT POLICIES & PROGRAM  TOP - Sri La...

♦️Important General awareness  22 May 2020♦️ 🔶World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development 2020: May 21 🔶International Tea Day 2020, May 21 🔶National Anti Terrorism Day 2020: May 21 🔶Centre launches scheme for 100% solarisation of Konark sun temple & Konark town in Odisha 🔶Defence Ministry approves procurement of 26 defence items from local suppliers to boost ‘Make in India’ 🔶Centre gives environmental clearance for drilling & testing of hydrocarbons in Assam’s Dibru Saikhowa Park 🔶India, Bangladesh sign pact to operationalise 5 more ports of call & 2 new routes 🔶Airtel Africa with UNICEF extends e-learning support to students 🔶73rd session of the WHA held virtually; Draft resolution on COVID-19 investigation adopted; Harsh Vardhan named as chairman of WHO Executive Board 🔶Franklin Templeton appoints Kotak Bank as an advisor to assist in monetising assets of 6 Wind-up Schemes 🔶IBM ties up with Intellect Design Arena to launch iTurmeric FinClo...

BOOKS AND THEIR AUTHOR 🔹 AN EXTRAORDINARY LIFE : A BIOGRAPHY OF MANOHAR PARRIKAR  :- SADGURU PATIL  + MAYABHUSHAN NAGVENKAR 🔹 CHRONICLES OF CHANGE CHAMPIONS  :-  RELEASED BY SMIRTI IRANI 🔹 EARLY INDIANS :- TONY JOSEPH 🔹 THE TEST OF MY LIFE FROM CRICKET TO CANCER AND BACK  :-  YUVRAJ SINGH 🔹 281 AND BEYOND  :- V V S LAXMAN 🔹 NO SPIN  :-  SHANE WATSON  🔹 A CENTURY IS NOT ENOUGH   :-  SOURAV GANGULY 🔹 MIND MASTER  :- VISHWANATHAN ANAND + SUSAN NINAN 🔹 TRIPLLE  TALAQ : EXAMINING FAITH  :-  SALMAN KHURSHID 🔹150 YEARS OF CELEBRATING MAHATAMA - THE SOUTH AFRICAN LEGACY  :-  FAKIR HASSAN  🔹 KARAMYODHA GRANTH : THE LIFE OF PM MODI   :- RELEASED BY AMIT SHAH 🔹 EXAM WORRIORS  :- NARENDRA MODI  🔹 TURBULENCE AND TRIUMPH : THE MODI YEARS  :- RAHUL AGGARWAL + BHARTHI S PRADHAN 🔹 LISTENING , LERANING AND LEADING   :- VENKAIYA NAIDU 🔹 TEN STUDIES IN KASHMI...

National Technology Day 2020:  National Technology Day is observed every year on 11 May across the country.  National Technology Day will be focused on rebooting the economy through Science and Technology.  The technology includes, medical technologies, advanced technologies, and manufacturing that would enable India to fight Covid-19. 

Introduction  About Fed Cup   It is the world’s largest annual international team competition in women’s sport with 108 nations  entered in 2019 was launched in 1963.   About Fed Cup Heart Award   It is an International Tennis Federation (ITF) initiative established in 2009 to recognise players representing their countries in the Fed Cup by BNP Paribas.   About ITF   Headquarters – London  President – David Haggerty Sania Mirza has created new history by becoming the 1st Indian to win Fed Cup Heart Award 2020 for Asia/ Oceania zone.  She beats Indonesia’s 16-year-old Priska Madelyn Nugroho for this category & received the award.

The theme of International Commonwealth Day 2020 Is : Delivering a Common Future.  Sunday 24 May is the day on which  Commonwealth Day 2020 is celebrated in India Commonwealth  member countries  benefit  from  being  part of a mutually supportive community of independent and sovereign states, aided by more than 80  Commonwealth  organisations. The  Commonwealth  Secretariat, established in 1965, supports  Commonwealth  member countries to achieve development, democracy and peace.

World Turtle Day is  a holiday which  is  observed on May 23rd of each year. The purpose of this holiday  is  to  celebrate  these remarkable reptiles and to raise awareness about the American Tortoise Rescue – a non-profit organization whose mission  is  to protect  turtles  and tortoises all around the  world