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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIR 29 / 04 /2020

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Today's current Affair -  QUESTION - Who was the 1st India to win Oscar Award ? please comment if  you know and if you don't , answer is given at the end of my blog. 1-  India's terror ranking issue -  # This issue originated because an Australian based institute ranked India as the seventh worst terrorism affected country.  And India's ranking was ahead of countries like Democratic Republic of Congo , South Sudan , Sudan , Palestine and Lebanon . # Last year India's ranking was 8th according to Global Terrorism Index (2019). # Countries ahead of India are - Afghanistan , Iraq , Nigeria , Pakistan ,Syria and Somalia . 2- RBI's move to assign rupees 50,000 crore to commercial banks - # RBI has assigned rupees 50,000 crore exclusively for commercial banks to lend to mutual funds . # RBI wants to tap down any liquidity crunch  in the country .  # The reason of this move of RBI was because of a company named Franklin Templeton mutual fund wind...

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIR 28/april /2020

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TODAY's NEWS - 1- B2B firm Udaan fires more than 3,500 contract workers - # Udaan a business to business firm fired around 3.500 of its employees in last 3 days . # As per labour norms and as per government advice which was given on 20 march " not to terminate any worker weather that worker is contractual or permanent" - the company has violated the rules . # B2B stands for business to business . # From my point of view - company is in great revenue loss but the action is extremely inhuman and they should have done something else - choosen mid path like deducting some percent of salary specially to those who earn more than 30k and asked government for help .And if  you guys have any other suggestion please comment below . 2- Liquor sale - # Liquor and beer makers have reached out to state government to allow alcohol sales outside containment zone , with strict social distancing guidelines . # The Alcoholic beverages industry contributes over Rupees 2 lakh cr...

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIR 27/ APRIL /2020

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1- SAUDI ARABIA abolishes flogging as punishment - flogging meaning -  a punishment in which the victim is hit repeatedly with a whip or stick.( जिस्मानी सज़ा) # Saudi court used to order 100 of lashes which is now ended. 2- Online matchmaker sign ups increases 30% - # Bharatmatrimony and Shaadi.com etc. are leading match making sites . # At least 30 % increase in profile acquisitions and interactions between existing members.  # Fake profiles are also at a hike of 400 % . 3- Immigration ban and its impact in US -   # US president tweeted an order to suspend legal immigration ( आप्रवासन) into the U.S. for 60 days . It could be increased as per requirement . # This order came to protect jobs for local people in USA as it was under Trump's campaign during 2016 presidential election . # But according to WHITE HOUSE some exemptions will be made for certain categories of essential workers related to health care and defence . 4- SANA MIR a PAKISTAN ...

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIR 25/ APRIL/ 2020

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Hello everyone , today's news - 1- 65 % of stranded workers have not received any government support - # A survey was conducted in delhi with 506 "group leaders " representing 8870 workers between April 10 and April 18 . # Majority of those who got food support told that it was inadequate . # 54% do not have cooking oil . #  51 % do not have atta. 2-  No plan to ease fiscal deficit - N.K.Singh - KEYWORD - 1) Fiscal deficit -  A  fiscal deficit  is a shortfall in a government's income compared with its spending. The government that has a  fiscal deficit  is spending beyond its means. 2) N.K.Singh - Chairman of 15th Finance Commission . The  Finance Commission  (   Vitta Āyoga ) was established by the President of India   in 1951 under  Article 280  of the INDIAN  CONSTITUTION . It was formed to define the financial relations between the central government of India  and the ind...

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIR 24/ APRIL /2020

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Hello everyone....... today's news - 1- National Panchayati Raj day - # From 2010 , 24th April is always celebrated as national panchayati raj day. # Then P.M. Manmohan singh    declared the first National Panchayati Raj Day on 24 April 2010.   He mentioned that if  Panchayati Raj Institution  (PRIs) functioned properly and locals participated in the development process, the Maoist threat could be countered. Addressing the Elected Representatives, Prime Minister Narendra Modi  on 24 April 2015 called for an end to the practice of "husbands of women sarpanches" or "sarpanch pati" exercising undue influence ( अवांछित प्रभाव)  on the work of their wives elected to power. 2- Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package - # More than 33 crore people received financial assistance of Rupees 31,235 crore under the PMGKP scheme. the money is distributed to - Women Jan dhan Account - 10,025 cr. Old aged, widows and disabled - 1405 cr. ...

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIR NEWS 23/APRIL/2020

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Hello guys, I know I am late today ,but because of my online classes i won't be able to post in morning. So from today onwards i will publish my blogs on  around 2 pm .  So today's TAZZZA KHABAR------ 1- Global remittances will see a sharp fall : WORLD BANK- Because of COVID -19 pandemic ,Global remittances are projected to experience a sharp decline of around 20 %.  # migrant workers will lose their job and wages.  And it is also going to happen because of decrease in oil prices.  #  In India, remittances is likely to fall around 23% , to $64 billion . ($83 billion was given last year) KEYWORDS- REMITTANCE and WORLD BANK  * Remittance ( प्रेषण) - meaning is a sum of money sent in payment or as a gift. * World bank -   The  World Bank  is an  international financial institution  that provides loans and grants to the governments of poorer countries for the purpose of pursuing capitals project.  FORMED - ...

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIR NEWS 22 /APRIL/2020

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hello guys,  today's taza khabar ... 1- Odisha government declaration - Naveen patnaik (CM Odisha)  # Doctors & Health Professionals who lose their lives while treating Covid 19 patients will be considered as martyrs. ( शहीद) # Compensation of 50 lakhs Rupees. # Continue salary till the date of retirement. 2- Matterhorn - # is a mountain of the alps. # situated at border between Italy and Switzerland # It was in news because Indian tricolour of more than 1,000 meters in size was projected on matterhorn mountain,Zermatt. Switzerland to express solidarity to all Indians in the fight against Covid 19 3- Use of saliva in cricket may be banned. # Because of corona virus pandemic ICC banned the use of saliva to polish the ball. 4- Safest car in India as rated by global NCAP - # Mahindra XUV300 is the safest car on roads reported by NCAP while testing around 40 cars. 5- India launched @COVIDIndiaSeva - # Union Health minister Harsh Vardhan launched ...

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIR NEWS 21/ April /2020

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Hey guys , I hope every1 is safe in their respective residences.  so today's taza khabar.... 1- CID to probe (investigate) Palghar mob lynching case  # 2 local religious leaders from Kandivali and their driver were lynched to death by the people of Gadchinchale village in Palghar (Maharashtra ). 2- K.D. Tripathi is a new secretary to President. 3- Between 1-14 april 19,828 new cases of TB in India are found. keyword - TB # Tuberculosis  ( TB ) is an  i nfectious disease   usually caused by Mycobacterium Tuberculosis  (MTB)  b acteria . # Symptoms -   chronic cough  with blood - containing   mucus  , fever , n ight sweats  , and weight loss. 4- Today is Civil Services day - # It is celebrated on 21st April every year. #It is choosen because on this day our 1st Home Minister of Independent India (Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel ) addressed the probationers(trainee) of Administr...

QUESTION ANSWER REVISION 20/APRIL /2020

Hey guys, today the whole newspaper is nearly filled with those news which we have already covered. So today i will ask some question so that we could revise whatever we have learnt till now. And i hope you guys will answer the question in the comment section . 1- Who is the founder of Tablighi Jamaat? 2- Where is Bronx zoo which was in news because of Covid 19? 3- Narmada river origin place ? 4- Under whose leader ship Jungle Satyagraha started in MP? 5- Who is the current chief election commissioner of India ? 6- When Viswanathan Anand got Rajiv Gandhi Award ? 7- When wa World Wildlife Fund (WWF) was established ? 8- Amabie (mythological spirit) is the mascot of which country for covid 19? 9- In which year UPSC formed? 10- In which state Chauri Chaura incident took place? thank you- plz answer the questions in comment  section below .....