Current Affairs Quiz - February, 2020

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The Delhi High Court in 2010 had ordered the Indian government to provide permanent commission to women officers of the Indian Army.
After the Central government challenged the Delhi high court’s ruling in the Supreme Court, the apex court recently directed the government to grant permanent commission to women officers who have already worked as Short service commission officers in the Indian Army. This is to be provided irrespective of their years of service.

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India’s top-rated Chess player and World Rapid chess champion- Koneru Humpy recently clinched the title at the Cairns Cup chess tournament.
In the second edition of the tournament, Humpy won the title with six points from nine rounds, ahead of the reigning world champion Ju Wenjun, who finished at the second place. Last year, Koneru Humpy won the coveted ‘2019 women’s World rapid chess championship’.

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Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra has been named as the nominee for the proposed Delimitation Commission for Jammu and Kashmir, by the Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora, after a request from the government.
As per the J-K Reorganisation Act, 2019, the number of Legislative Assembly seats of Jammu and Kashmir UT shall be increased from 107 to 114, and delimitation of the constituencies shall be determined by the Election Commission of India.

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The 3rd High Level Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety has been recently hosted in Stockholm, the capital city of Sweden.
India’s Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways and MSMEs, Nitin Gadkari is to represent India. The theme of the conference is ‘Achieving Global Goals 2030’. The Global Conference is co-sponsored by the World Health Organization (WHO).

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The United Kingdom recently witnessed a devastating storm named ‘Dennis’, after which the weather agency of the country issued a Danger to life warning.
There were widespread flooding and heavy winds across the country. In the last 48 hours, as many as 594 warnings and alerts had been issued. The places which were affected include South Wales and parts of western England. The storm also hit some parts of France.

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The organisers of Tokyo 2020 recently released the theme of this year’s Olympics and Paralympics as ‘United by Emotion’. The theme reflects the unifying power of sports, as per the organisers.
The official Olympic motto is ‘Citius, Altius, Fortius’ which means ‘Faster, Higher and Stronger. Each host city chooses its own motto in every Olympics edition. The opening ceremony of Tokyo 2020 games is scheduled on July 24.

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The second estimate of food-grain production has been released by the Agriculture Ministry. As per the data, total food-grain production is estimated at a record 291.95 million tonne for the 2019-20 crop-year.
It also stated that India is set to harvest a wheat production of 106.21 million tonne in the 2019-20 crop-year due to good rains in the country. Wheat is the major rabi crop of India.

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American social network company Twitter has recently acquired California-based Chroma Labs, known for its ‘Chroma Stories’ application.
The Labs, which develop tools for short video and creation of photos, was founded by seven Facebook and Instagram employees two years ago. Their ‘Chroma Stories’ app has various layout templates and frames for pictures. As many as 615,000 people have installed the application world-wide.

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Ahlu Sunna Waljama’a is a Sufi paramilitary group of Somalia. It is formed by moderates who are opposed to radical islamist Al-Shabaab group. The civil war in Somalia is basically the fight between these two groups.

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The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, recently gave its nod for the constitution of a 12-member “Technology Group” to advise ministries, departments and public sector undertakings (PSUs) on technology implementation. The committee will be headed by Dr K Vijay Raghavan, principal scientific advisor to PM Modi.