General Knowledge 2020

General Knowledge 2020: Important and Latest GK Questions Answers (General Knowledge Quiz), General Studies / General Awareness for all competitive exams like IAS, Bank PO, SSC CGL, RAS, CDS etc.

Union Budget Highlights 2020-21 Complete List of Key Facts

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget 2020-21 in the Lok Sabha on 1 February 2020. This is the second budget after Narendra Modi led National Democratic Alliance returned to power for a second term. This year’s Union Budget centers around three ideas — Aspirational India, Economic development, A Caring Society. ...

Grammy Awards 2020 – Complete List of Winners

Grammy Awards 2020 Winners — The 62th Annual Grammy Awards which was held on 26 January 2020, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. Sweeping the show with five wins, Billie Eilish grabbed awards in all top categories and claimed the Album Of The Year, Record Of The Year, Best New Artist, Song Of […]

Padma Awards 2020 – Complete List of Winners

Padma Awards 2020  Winners — These awards are conferred by the President of India at ceremonial functions which are held at Rashtrapati Bhawan usually around March/ April every year. This year the President of India has approved conferment of 141 Padma Awards including one duo case (in a duo case, the Award is counted as […]

Andhra Pradesh Passed the Disha Bill, 2019

The Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly passed the Andhra Pradesh Disha Bill, 2019 (Andhra Pradesh Criminal Law (Amendment) Act 2019). The bill provides for awarding death sentence for offenses of rape and gang-rape and expediting trials of such cases to within 21 days. Key Highlights In the Andhra Pradesh Disha Act, 2019, the Andhra Pradesh ...

India-France Signed MoU for S&T Research

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), India and the National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), France to establish a framework for cooperation between the two towards promotion and support of scientific and technological research. In view of the potentially ...

Afghanistan first country to recognize Indian Pharmacopoeia

The Indian Pharmacopoeia (IP) has been recognised formally by the National Department of Regulation of Medicines and Health Products of the Ministry of Public Health of Islamic Republic of Mghanistan on December 21, 2019. It will also be used based on the requirement as reputable pharmacopeia in the laboratory of medicines and health products ...

International Criminal Court to Probe ‘War Crimes’ in Palestine

The International Criminal Court’s Chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda on December 21, 2019 announced to launch a full investigation into alleged war crimes in the Palestinian Territories as soon as the court’s jurisdiction had been established. The announcement opens the possibility of charges being filed against Israelis or Palestinians. ICC ...

Lok Sabha Passes the Central Sanskrit University Bill 2019

A Bill to convert three Sanskrit deemed universities into Central Sanskrit Universities was passed in the Lok Sabha with a voice vote. On the passage of the Central Sanskrit Universities Bill, 2019, HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal “Nishank” stated that the purpose of the universities is to teach students Sanskrit so that they can gain .knowledge ...

PM Modi Chaired First Meeting of National Ganga Council

Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired the first meeting of the National Ganga Council in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. He stressed on a three pronged focus on ‘swachhta’, ‘aviralra’ and ‘nirmalta’. The Prime Minister urged for a holistic process where ‘Namami Gange’ evolves to ‘Arth Ganga’ or a sustainable development model with a focus on economic ...

The Recycling of Ships Bill, 2019 becomes Act

The Recycling of Ships Bill, 2019 has become an Act. It became Act after it received the assent of President of India on December 13, 2019. The government decided to bring this Act to provide for the regulation of recycling of ships by setting certain international standards and the Government has also decided to accede […]