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Indian Council for Cultural Relations joined hands withe a private company named Gamapp Sportswizz Tech Private Ltd. for launching a game application. The name of the application is "Little Guru". This is a gamified application for learning Sanskrit in a 'fun and easy' way. The interactive platform makes the learning easier.  Noura al Matroushi is named the first female Astronaut of UAE. She will receive training in NASA for its future space missions. UAE has launched a satelite to Mars in 2020. It has future plan of sending an unmanned one to Moon. BAFTA award presented in London. Nomadland is the best picture. Chloe Zhao received best director award for movie Nomadland. Best actress is also from the same movie. Frances Mc Dormand is the best female actor. As for male actor, Anthony Hopkins won the award for the film 'The Father'. In Sports Japan's Hideki Matsuyama is the winner of Masters Golf tournament. In Vietnam, Nguyen Xuan Phuc sworn in as its new ...

As part of the Global Housing Technology Challenge-India initiative PM virtually laid foundation stones to Light House projects in six cities. They are Indore, Rajkot, Chennai, Ranchi, Agartala, and Lucknow. Indian Army signed an agreement with Goa Shipyard Ltd to procure high-performance patrolling boats.  RBI introduced Digital Payments Index for measuring growth in cashless transactions in the country. International Financial Services Centres Authority which is for regulating all financial activities at IFSC's in India has become an associate member of the International Organisation of Securities Commission.  India started its two-year non-permanent membership to the UN Security Council from January 1,2021. It was elected by a whopping majority in the voting conducted during June 2020 (184 of 193 votes). This is the 8th time India has been elected as such. The first was during 1950-51. Russia, France, China, the US, and the UK are the permanent members. Other non-permanent ...

This is the current affairs for January 2nd week from 8 to 14, 2020. (daily updated) Australia proposes to cull thousands of wild camels due to a shortage of water to satisfy its needs. As a result of heavy drought, camels are roaming the streets and entering homes in search of water. The killing will take place in Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankuntjajara, a place in Southern Australia. Indian weightlifter Sarbjeet Kaur has been banned for four years in connection with a doping case.  SBI launched a Residential Builder Finance with Buyer Guarantee in order to guarantee the completion of projects in connection with SBI Home Loans.  A joint naval exercise between China and Pakistan which is the sixth between them took place in the Arabian Sea. The drill is named Sea Guardians-2020 drill which is set to boost the military cooperation between two nations and also to enhance all-weather strategic co-operative partnership. The drill also focuses on building a safe mariti...

These GK questions are taken from the current affairs of January, 2020 2nd week from 8 to14. 1) Name of earth-sized habitable planet discovered by Transiting Exoplanet Survey Statellite of NASA? A: TOI 700d 2) As per the report of British business Economic group Economic Intelligence Unit, which place in Kerala ranks the first among the top 10 fastest-growing urban areas in the world? A: Malappuram 3) Vikram Sarabhai Children Innovation center is going to be set up in which State in India? A: Gujarat 4) As per Forbes' list of 20 people to watch out for in 2020, environmental activist Greta Thunberg positions in ____place A: 15th 5) Who is the Vice Chairman of Niti Aayog? A: Rajiv Kumar 6) Chairman of SBI? A: Rajnish Kumar 7) Which Bank in India launched a Residential Builder Finance with Buyer Guarantee to protect home buyers financially against non-completion of home projects the bank has funded? A: SBI 8) Michael Levitt ...

January GK Part I (Jan 1 to Jan 7) 1) Who is the first CDS of India? A: General Bipin Rawat 2) What is the Color of the uniform of CDS? A) Olive Green 3) Who succeeded General Bipin Rawat as Chief of Army Staff in India? A: Manoj Mukund Naravane 4) Who is the Head of Parliamentary Committee on Social Justice in India? A: Rama Devi 5) Who is the Director of UNESCO Parzor? A: Shernaz Cama 6) Which UN Organisation is responsible for providing humanitarian and developmental aid to children around the world? A: UNICEF 7) Which UN organization celebrates babies born on New Year's Day? A: UNICEF 8) The first baby on new year day 2020 was born in which country? A: Fiji 9) The last baby on new year day 2020 was born in which country? A: USA 10) Name of scheme formulated by the Central Government to arrest the decline of the Parsi community population? A: Jiyo Parsi 11) Which Indian State hosts the most number of Parsis in the country? A) Maha...

This is the new series in GK Student. Learn all the current affairs monthly. One post for each month easily gives you a good glimpse of all current events across the globe in 2020. This post is daily updated which means we do not wait until February to publish January's current affairs. So stay along and learn easily. (Jan 1 to Jan 7) General Bipin Rawat became the first CDS of India. CDS is the acronym for Chief of Defence Staff. He paid tribute at National War Memorial near India Gate in New Delhi. Manoj Mukund Naravane succeded Mr.Rawat as Chief of Army Staff. He wore an Olive Green Uniform with insignia of two crossed swords, eagle, anchor and Ashok symbol. CDS will integrate all the three defense services. PM Modi spoke over telephone to heads of India's neighboring nations except Pakistan's during the new year eve. The countries were Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Bangladesh, Nepal. In tackling an armored infiltrator group from PoK, two Indian soldiers lost ...

January 4 = World Braille Day January 24 = International Day of Education January 27 = International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust February 4 = World Cancer Day February 6 = International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation February 10 = World Pulses Day February 11 = International Day of Women and Girls in Science February 13 = World Radio Day February 20 = World Day of Social Justice February 21 = International Mother Language Day March 1 = Zero Discrimination Day March 3 = World Wildlife Day March 8 = International Women's Day March 20 = International Day of Happiness                   French Language Day March 21 = International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination                   World Poetry Day                   ...