GK & CA
Collection of weekly GK & CA since year 2016.
December, 2020
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2020 Indian agriculture reform
The Indian Farms Reforms of 2020 refer to the agricultural bills passed by the Lok Sabha on 17th September 2020. The bills collectively seek to provide farmers with multiple marketing channels and provide a legal framework for farmers to enter into pre-arranged contracts among other things. (Source: Wikipedia)
Sun, 27 Dec, 20204964
Arya Rajendran, India's youngest mayor from Kerala
The ruling CPI(M) leader and a 21-year-old graduation student Arya Rajendran is all set to become the youngest mayor ever in India after she won the Thiruvananthapuram local body polls from the Mudavanmughal ward of the city Corporation.ocal body polls from the Mudavanmughal ward of the city Corporation. (Source: India TV)
Sun, 27 Dec, 20204963
China's Chang'e-5 mission
Chang'e-5 mission has returned to Earth with the cargo of rock and "soil" it picked up off the Moon. A capsule carrying the materials landed in Inner Mongolia. It's more than 40 years since the American Apollo and Soviet Luna missions brought their samples home (Source: bbc.com)
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Kamakhya Temple
The Kamakhya Temple, also known as Kamrup-Kamakhya temple,is a Sakta temple dedicated to the mother goddess Kamakhya. It is one of the oldest of the 51 Shakti Pithas and is situated on the Nilachal Hill in western part of Guwahati city in Assam, India (Source; Wikipedia)
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Sunil Kothari
Eminent dance scholar and critic Sunil Kothari, 87, passed away on Sunday in a private hospital. He received Padma Shri award in 2001. He also received Sangeet Natak Akademi award in 1995 for overall contribution to the Indian classical dance. He was also former Uday Shankar Professor at Ravindra Bharti University, Kolkata (Source: The Hindu).
Sun, 27 Dec, 20204959
Goa Liberation Day
Goa Liberation Day is observed on 19 December every year in India and it marks the day Indian armed forces freed Goa in 1961 following 450 years of Portuguese rule.
Sun, 20 Dec, 20204958
Human-made objects to outweigh living things
Scientists say the weight of human-made objects will likely exceed that of living things by the end of the year. In other words, the combined weight of all the plastic, bricks, concrete and other things we've made in the world will outweigh all animals and plants on the planet for the first time. (Source: bbc.com)
Sun, 20 Dec, 20204957
Gurdwara Rakab Ganj Sahib
The Gurdwara Rakab Ganj Sahib is a historic gurdwara in New Delhi. The Gurdwara marks the cremation site, where the headless body of the Sikh Guru Guru Tegh Bahadur sahib who, on 11 November 1675, was martyred by beheading at Chandni Chowk on the orders of the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb for refusing to convert to Islam.(Source: Wikipedia)
Sun, 20 Dec, 20204956
Mosque, hospital to be built in Ayodhya
The Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board had formed the trust, Indo-Islamic Cultural Foundation (IICF), to construct the mosque on the plot.
The design of a mosque and a hospital to be built on a 5-acre land in Ayodhya’s Dhannipur village. (Source: The Hindu)
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Nepal PM Oli recommends dissolution of Parliament
In an emergency Cabinet meeting held on Sunday morning, Nepal Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli recommended dissolution of the Parliament and called for general election. The decision was ratified by President Bidhya Devi Bhandari in an official announcement in the afternoon. (Source: The Hindu)
Sun, 20 Dec, 20204953
Atmanirbhar Bharat Rojgar Yojana
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday gave a nod for Atmanirbhar Bharat Rojgar Yojana (ABRY) to boost employment in the formal sector and incentivise creation of new employment opportunities during the COVID recovery phase under Atmanirbhar Bharat Package 3.0. The Cabinet has approved an expenditure of ₹ 22,810 crores for the period from 2020 to 23 (Source: NDTV)
Sun, 13 Dec, 20204952
Gwalior, Orchha in UNESCO world heritage cities list
The historical fort cities of Gwalior and Orchha in Madhya Pradesh have been included in the list of UNESCOs world heritage cities under its urban landscape city programme, according to the state government. (Source: The Hindu)
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Bajrang Punia, Elavenil Valarivan bag FICCI Sports Awards
The two athletes won the Sportsperson of the Year awards in their respective categories. Tokyo Olympics-bound athletes – wrestler Bajrang Punia and shooter Elavenil Valarivan – bagged the top honours at the FICCI India Sports Awards 2020 held virtually this year owing to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Source: The Hindu)
Sun, 13 Dec, 20204950
QRMP scheme for GST payers
The government has launched the Quarterly Return filing & Monthly Payment of Taxes (QRMP) scheme for small taxpayers under the GST system. Taxpayers who have aggregate annual turnover of up to Rs 5 crore in the preceding financial year and have filed their October GSTR-3B are eligible for this scheme. (Source: The Indian Express)
Sun, 13 Dec, 20204948
Nasa to pay company $1 to collect rocks from moon
Nasa is paying a Colorado-based company $1 (£0.74) to collect a small sample of rocks from the moon.Lunar Outpost is among four firms awarded contracts to retrieve lunar regolith, or moon soil, for the US space agency, for a total of $25,001. The exercise is aimed at firms to practice extracting resources from the lunar surface. (Source: bbc.com)
Sat, 05 Dec, 20204947
Minimum Support Price (MSP)
Minimum Support Price (MSP) is a form of market intervention by the Government of India to insure agricultural producers against any sharp fall in farm prices. Following are the crops covered: Cereals, Pulses, Oilseeds, Raw cotton, Raw jute, Copra, De-husked coconut, Sugarcane, tobacco . (Source: Vikaspedia)
Sat, 05 Dec, 20204946
Parliament project set for launch
The new parliament building, to be constructed by Tata Projects Ltd. at ₹971 crore, would have a built-up area of 64,500 square metres over four floors. (Source: The Hindu)
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Ganga Expressway
The Ganga Expressway is a proposed six lane greenfield expressway project in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. The 602-km Expressway will be built in two phases, between Meerut and Prayagraj (Source: Wikipedia)
Sat, 05 Dec, 2020