Current Affairs Quiz- September, 2019

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The Happiness Department of Madhya Pradesh government has decided to set up a Time Bank that would lend currency to an hour, which could be exchanged to learn a new skill without the need for any paper money. It’s a reciprocal service exchange which uses units of time as currency. Under the scheme, people who have the time can also volunteer help needy people.  The time banks will enable person-to-person, person-to-agency and agency-to-agency transactions. The first Time Bank was set up in Japan in 1973. 

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The Union Government has constituted a 3-member committee to look into distribution of assets and liabilities of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) between Union territories of J&K and Ladakh, which will officially come into existence on October 31. The committee will be chaired by former defence secretary Sanjay Mitra.

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The 7th edition of bilateral Maritime Exercise ‘SLINEX 2019’ between Indian & Sri Lankan Navies has recently started in the Bay of Bengal off the Vizag port (Visakhapatnam) in Andhra Pradesh. The aim of the exercise is to enhance co-operation and to further strengthen mutual trust and interoperability between the two Navies.

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The first conference on military medicine for Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) member states is scheduled to be held in New Delhi from September 12 to 13, 2019. The aim of the conference is  to share best practices in the field of military medicine, build capacities and overcome common challenges.

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Gaurvi Singhvi (16) from Udaipur has made India proud by becoming the world’s youngest open water swimmer to cross the English Channel in 13 hours and 26 minutes in August 2019. The Channel is a water body that separates southern England from northern France and links southern part of North Sea to the Atlantic Ocean.

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Dr. Pawan Munjal, CMD of Hero MotoCorp, will be inducted into the 2019 Asia Pacific Golf Hall Of Fame on 6th November 2019. With this, He will join legendary golfers such as Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player and more on this list. Besides his two-wheeler business, Dr. Munjal is one of the biggest promoters of golf, football, field hockey and cricket not only in India but around the globe as well.

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For the first time, the astronomers at the University College London have discovered water vapour in the atmosphere of an Earth-size planet called K2-18b. They used data from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. The exoplanet “K2-18b” is 8-times the mass of Earth and known as a super-Earth. It orbits a red dwarf star 110 light-years away from Earth in the Leo constellation. The planet was first discovered in 2015 by NASA’s Kepler spacecraft. An exoplanet refers to a planet beyond our solar system.

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UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has bestowed the First Class Order of Zayed II award on Indian Ambassador Navdeep Singh Suri. The award is given in recognition of his contribution to the development and strengthening of friendly relations and co-operation between the two countries. It is a rare honour given to any diplomat.

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In Cycling, Ronaldo Laitonjam from India has won his 4th gold medal at the 2019 Track Asia Cup competition at the Indira Gandhi indoor stadium in New Delhi. He also created a new Asian record by clocking 10.065 seconds in the qualifying round of the men’s junior 200m time trial event in the tournament. Previously, the record was held by China’s Liu Qi. Overall, India topped the medals tally with 10 gold, 8 silver and 7 bronze.

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IPS officer Chhaya Sharma, who led the investigation into the brutal 2012 Nirbhaya gangrape, has been chosen for the 2019 Asia Society Game Changers award along with six others for redefining the role of female police officers. The award identifies and honours true leaders who are making a positive contribution to the future of Asia. This is the first time that all the awardees are women since the awards were launched in 2014.