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Current Affairs Quiz: February 15, 2020

1. ‘Apiary on Wheels’ is an initiative of which statutory body of India? [A] National Commission for Women[B] National Commission for Minorities[C] National Green Tribunal[D] Khadi and Village...

February 15, 2020

Rajinder K Pachauri passes away

Rajinder K Pachauri, who recently passed away, was the founder and chief executive of the New-Delhi based research institute, the Energy Resources Institute (TERI). He was elected Chairman...

February 15, 2020

Rishi Sunak becomes first Indian-origin Finance Minister of UK

Rishi Sunak, the 39-year-old MP from Richmond in Yorkshire has been recently appointed as the Finance Minister of the United Kingdom. It is the second most important position...

February 15, 2020

Manpreet Singh named ‘Player of the Year for 2019’

The captain of Indian men’s team Manpreet Singh was recently named ‘Player of the Year for 2019’, by the International Hockey Federation (FIH). Manpreet became the first Indian...

February 15, 2020

‘Pravasi Bharatiya Kendra’ and Foreign Service Institute renamed after Sushma Swaraj

To pay tribute to the late external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj, the government has renamed ‘Pravasi Bharatiya Kendra’ as Sushma Swaraj Bhawan and the Foreign Service Institute (Delhi)...

February 15, 2020

Debasish Panda appointed as Finance Secretary

Debasish Panda, who is currently serving as the Special secretary in the Department of financial services, Union Finance Ministry has been appointed as the new Finance secretary of...

February 15, 2020

INS Jamuna to conduct hydrographic surveys in Sri Lanka

Hydrographic Survey Ship, INS Jamuna of Indian Navy is set to conduct detailed hydrographic surveys in Sri Lanka for next two months. The ship has arrived in Colombo,...

February 15, 2020

Rajiv Bansal appointed as the Chairman and Managing director of Air India

Veteran bureaucrat Rajiv Bansal was recently appointed as the Chairman and Managing director of Air India. He has been appointed as the head of the national carrier for a second time. Rajiv...

February 15, 2020

Bihar launches ‘Pyaar ka Paudha’ campaign

The Department of Environment and Forest of the Bihar state government has launched a campaign to promote planting of trees in the state. The campaign was launched ahead of the...

February 15, 2020

MSME minister inaugurates ‘Apiary on wheels’ initiative

‘Apiary on wheels’ means ‘Collection of bees on wheels’. The ‘Apiary on Wheels’ initiative is designed by the Indian statutory body, ‘Khadi and Village Industries Commission’. The initiative...

February 15, 2020

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