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INTERNATIONAL World Hindi Day is observed on 10 January World Hindi Day is observed on 10 January 2020. It is observed every year. The day ensures to promote the Hindi language around the world. World Hindi Day is different from National Hindi Day. The day aims to create a suitable environment to promote Hindi worldwide … Read more 10.01.20 Jammu&Kashmir (JKPSC) Daily Current Affairs
NASA’s Spitzer space telescope The Spitzer Space Telescope (SST), formerly the Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF), was an infrared space telescope launched in 2003 and retired on 30 January 2020. Spitzer carries three instruments on board: Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) Infrared Spectrograph (IRS) Multiband Imaging Photometer for Spitzer (MIPS) Arvind Krishna elected IBM CEO … Read more 30.01.20 Jammu&Kashmir (JKPSC) Daily Current Affairs
INTERNATIONAL India continues to be top sourcing market for Sri Lankan tourism India continued to be the top sourcing market for Sri Lankan tourism with Indian tourists constituting maximum 19 percent of total tourist arrivals to the island nation in 2019. The latest data released by Sri Lankan tourism revealed that … Read more 08.01.20 Jammu&Kashmir (JKPSC) Daily Current Affairs
INTERNATIONAL EU triggered dispute mechanism on Iran Nuclear deal European Countries namely Britain, France, and Germany pressured Iran to stop its violations of the nuclear deal. The EU countries stressed to resolve differences through talks on the United Nations sanctions. The three countries rejected Iran’s justification for violating the deal because the U.S. … Read more 19-20.01.20 Jammu&Kashmir (JKPSC) Daily Current Affairs
INTERNATIONAL Social Mobility Index: India ranks low at 76th place; Denmark tops India has been ranked very low at 76th place out of 82 countries on a new Social Mobility Index compiled by the World Economic Forum. Denmark has topped the charts. The report, released ahead of the 50th Annual Meeting of the … Read more 23.01.20 Jammu&Kashmir (JKPSC) Daily Current Affairs
INTERNATIONAL Scientists found the oldest material on Earth from an ancient meteorite Scientists found a meteorite that was crashed into rural southeastern Australia in a fireball in 1969 contained the oldest material ever found on Earth. The stardust predated the formation of the solar system by billions of years. The oldest of 40 tiny dust grains trapped … Read more 17.01.20 Jammu&Kashmir (JKPSC) Daily Current Affairs
INTERNATIONAL IEA released a first in-depth review of Indias energy policies The International Energy Agency (IEA) along with the country’s policy think tank NITI Aayog released the first in-depth review of India’s energy policies. The review aims to set out a range of recommendations in each energy policy area. The IEA regularly releases energy policy reviews for its member … Read more 12-13.01.20 Jammu&Kashmir (JKPSC) Daily Current Affairs
INTERNATIONAL Iran fully withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal Iran has announced its total withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) which is commonly known as the Iran nuclear deal. The exit of Iran comes after the U.S. targeted strike that killed Iran’s Quds Force Commander Qassem Soleimani in Iraq on 3 January 2020. … Read more 05-06.01.20 Jammu&Kashmir (JKPSC) Daily Current Affairs
Indian Navy launches ‘Operation Vanilla’ Indian Navy launches ‘Operation Vanilla’ to help cyclone-hit Madagascar INS Airavat has been deployed for ‘Operation Vanilla’ The ship is carrying five pallets each of victualing, clothing and naval stores along with three pallets of medicines India successfully test-fires K-4 missile On January 19, 2020, India successfully test-fired 3,500 … Read more 29.01.20 Jammu&Kashmir (JKPSC) Daily Current Affairs
Anti-Satellite (ASAT) missile capability displayed to the world as the ASAT weapon, Mission Shakthi developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) On March 27, 2019 the DRDO shot down a live satellite in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) of 300 km using a modified interceptor of the Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) system in ‘hit … Read more 26-27.01.20 Jammu&Kashmir (JKPSC) Daily Current Affairs