Current Affairs Quiz - February, 2020

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The 17th edition of Asia’s largest biotechnology and life sciences forum, ‘BioAsia 2020’ recently commenced in the city of Hyderabad, Telangana.
The three-day event began with the theme of ‘Today for Tomorrow’. More than 2000 delegates from as many as 37 countries. A massive exhibition with 175 exhibitors and experts is also set to be organised. Switzerland, which is the partner country of this year’s conference, has sent its 40-member to participate in the event.

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Bhawana Jat is a top-rated female race walker of India. She was seen in news recently as she was qualified for the Tokyo Olympics Games in 20km Race-Walk event.
The 24-year-old Race walker from Rajasthan was declared as qualified, after she set a new national record at the seventh National Race Walk Championships, held in Ranchi. The Olympic qualification mark was 1:31.00, while she completed the race in 1 hour, 29 minutes and 54 seconds.

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The 15th Finance Commission (FFC) recently set up a High level expert group on farm exports. The group is to be headed by the Chairman and Managing director of ITC, Sanjiv Puri.
The committee comprises various members including Former agriculture secretary- Radha Singh and chairman of APEDA- Paban K. Borthakur. The committee will suggest performance-based incentives to the state governments for 2021-22 to 2025-26, to accelerate agricultural reforms and exports in the sector.

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Reliance Industries Ltd topped the domestic market capitalisation chart with Rs. 9,42,422.58 crore. It is followed by TCS, HDFC Bank, Hindustan Unilever Ltd and HDFC.
Recently, eight of the 10 most valued Indian companies together added Rs. 1.09 trillion to their market capitalisation. Except HDFC and HDFC bank, the other top-10 companies augmented their market valuation. ICICI Bank, Bharti Airtel and Bajaj Finance in the top-10 list, increased their m-cap higher.

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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 Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday announced two new schemes during its budget presentation. Under the proposed ‘Chief Minister Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (CMAPS)’, youth of the state in MSME units are to given on-job training and employment. A stipend is also to be provided.
Yuva Udyamita Vikas Abhiyan (YUVA) hubs are to be set up, to train two lakh youths under various training programmes of the UP Skill Development Mission. A provision of Rs.100 Cr and Rs.50 Cr are allocated for the schemes respectively.

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Key Starting Material (KSM) term is used for intermediates in pharmaceutical industry. These are building blocks of drug industry. India imports KSM for many medicines from China and due to Coronavirus fears, the drug industry of the country is facing recession concerns.

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Egypt has 15-20% prevalence of HCV. The country is expected to eradicate the disease by 2020 after an ambitious nationwide campaign against the disease.

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11 Indian institutions have been placed in the top 100 of ‘Times Higher Education’s (THE) Emerging Economies University Rankings 2020’, released in London. The Indian Institute of Science (IISc), India’s top-ranked institution, is ranked 16th among the top 100 universities of emerging economies.
It is followed by Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (32nd rank) and Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (38th rank). In the total of 533 universities ranked, India has a total of 56 universities in the list.

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The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi has recently approved the Phase II of the Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen) till the financial year 2024-25.
The second phase will be implemented from 2020-21 to 2024-25, with main focus on Open Defecation Free sustainability and Solid and Liquid Waste Management, collectively called as ODF Plus. The total outlay of the scheme is Rs. 1,40,881 Crores.