Current Affairs Quiz - March, 2020

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As per the recent report by online payment processor Worldline India, Bengaluru accounted for the highest number of digital transactions in India in 2019.
Bengaluru, which was the leading city in digital transactions in 2018, is followed by Chennai, Mumbai and Pune this year. The report also revealed that United Payments Interface (UPI) was the most preferred mode of payment, followed by debit cards and immediate payment service (IMPS).

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The President of the central African country Cameroon for the last 37 years- Paul Biya recently won in the Presidential elections held in the country, by obtaining complete majority.
His party -Cameroon People’s Democratic Movement (RDPC) won 139 out of 167 declared seats. The Elections were cancelled in 13 other seats, in some regions and are to be held at a later date. He is the longest serving non-royal ruler of the world.

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Major General Dr. Madhuri Kanitkar is the first woman paediatrician to be elevated to the highest rank of Lieutenant General for Indian Army Doctors.
She is the former Dean of Armed Forces Medical College Pune and has been promoted to the second-highest rank of Lt. General in the Indian Army. She is also the only doctor on the Prime Minister’s STIAC (S&T) Innovation Advisory Committee.

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Recently, Norway’s Minister of International Development Dag-Inge Ulstein, during his three-day visit to India participated in Mithi river clean-up with the environmental activist Afroz Shah.
Afroz Shah is an environmental activist from Mumbai, Maharashtra. He is known for organising the largest beach clean-up drive. He was also awarded the ‘UN Champions of the Earth’ award for the same, in 2016. He had earlier been to Norway for a beach clean-up programme.

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The Punjab Food and Drug Administration (PFDA) recently announced that the state has prohibited the online supply of food without hygiene rating from food business operators (FBOs).
The state government has also prohibited the online food supply aggregators (OFSAs) from sourcing the food without rating, from FBOs. It was also announced that the prohibition orders would be effective in the state from April 30, for the period of one year.

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The ‘Zero Discrimination Day’ is observed annually across the world on March 1, by UNAIDS. UNAIDS is the leading global forum which aims to end AIDS as a public health threat by 2030.
On this day, the UNAIDS is calling to end the discrimination against women and girls and for equal rights, opportunities and treatment. This year, the focus is on ‘Zero Discrimination against Women and Girls’.

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The inaugural edition of the Khelo India University Games concluded in Bhubaneswar, Odisha on March 1. The Panjab University was crowned as Champions with 17 Gold medals among a total of 46 medals.
The second position was bagged by the Savitribai Phule University, Pune with 37 overall medals. Punjabi University was placed in the third place. Famous athlete Dutee Chand set a new National University record in 100 m race and won the gold medal in both the 100m and the 200m races.

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Tech Giant Facebook has recently launched its first grand advertising campaign ‘More Together’ in India. India is the biggest market with the largest user base and it is also the first country in the Asia Pacific region, in which the campaign is being launched.
The aim of the campaign is to reveal the potential of the users about how they can perform more things together by using their contacts on the platform. The series of campaigns will be tele-casted in eight languages over the next few weeks.

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Fitch Solutions recently lowered its forecast for India’s economic growth to 4.9 per cent in the current fiscal FY 20.
The main reason for the cut in rate was weak domestic demand and supply chain interruptions due to the coronavirus outbreak and a resulting dip in manufacturing. However, the GDP growth in in 2020-21 will recover to 5.4 per cent.

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The Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu was recently seen in news as he claimed victory in the general elections held in the country. This edition of the election is the country’s third election in less than a year.
The main exit polls indicated that Mr Netanyahu is in a strong position to form the next government. Netanyahu belongs to right-wing Likud party of Israel. The previous elections held in April and September were inconclusive.