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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...

General awareness  07 SEPTEMBER 2020 🔷 7 September : International Day of Clean Air for blue skies 🔷 CM Arvind Kejriwal launches “10 Hafte-10 Baje-10 Minute”  campaign against dengue 🔷 Pierre Gasly (Scuderia AlphaTauri, France) wins F1 Italian Grand Prix 2020 🔷 England batsman Ian Bell announces retirement from professional cricket 🔷 Vice President Releases ‘The State of Young Child in India’ report 🔷 Vodafone Idea announced its new unified brand identity by renaming all its products under a new name and logo “Vi”. 🔷 WhatsApp partners Cyber Peace Foundation to drive cyber safety awareness 🔷 First-ever cannabis medicine project coming up in Jammu 🔷 India successfully tests its indigenously developed Hypersonic Technology Demonstrator Vehicle (HSTDV) 🔷 Flight test APJ Abdul Kalam  at Wheeler Island, Odisha 🔷 35th FAO Regional Conference for Asia and the Pacific (APRC) held under the Chairmanship of Bhutan 🔷 Japanese companies relocating from China to India, Bang...

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...

 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

For promotion of biodiversity issues  International Day for Biological Diversity  or World  Biodiversity Day  is observed every year on May 22. The United Nations has proclaimed May 22 as the  International Day for Biological Diversity  (IDB) to increase understanding and awareness of  biodiversity  issues. 

Important Appointments 2020 :-  ● Tarun Bajaj → Department of Economic Affairs Secretary. ● Arvind Kumar Sharma → Secretary in the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises. ● Preeti Sudan → Department of Health and Family Welfare. ● Amit Khare , the Secretary of the Department of Higher Education, has been given additional charge as the Secretary, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting. ● Nagendra Nath Sinha → Secretary of Rural Development Department. ● Ravi Mittal has been moved out as Secretary, Department of Sports. ● Aramane Giridhar will be the Secretary in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. ● Rameshwar Prasad Gupta has been appointed as the Secretary in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. ● Pradip Kumar Tripathi → Secretary, the Ministry of Steel. ● Tarun Kapoor → Secretary of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas. ● Leena Nandan → Consumer Affairs Secretary. ● Rajesh Verma → Secretary, Ministry of Corporate Affairs. ● Anand Kumar...

Important Days and Dates of December 2019 December 1: World AIDS Day December 2: National Pollution Control December 3: World Day of the Handicapped December 4: Indian Navy Day December 7: Indian Armed Forces Flag Day December 10: Human Rights Day; December 11: International Mountain Day December 14: World Energy Conservation Day December 16: Vijay Diwas December 18: Minorities Rights Day (India) December 22: National Mathematics Day December 23: Kisan Divas (Farmer’s Day) (India) December 24: National Consumers Day December 25: Christmas Day