Current Affairs Quiz - February, 2020

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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 first Bird-ringing station of the country, set up with support of a state government, is to be built in the state of Bihar. This is the fourth such facility in the country. The station, whose main centre is to be built at Bhagalpur, is dedicated for observation, monitoring and research on migratory birds. Rings with chips to track source and origin of birds are placed on their legs.
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was exchanged between representatives of the Bihar government and the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS), during the COP-13 CMS summit.

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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 Arab Emirates recently announced that it issued the operating licence for the first of four reactors at its Barakah nuclear power plant. It is the first ever nuclear plant in the Arab region.
The Barakah plant is located on the Gulf coast west of Abu Dhabi. It has received operating license after several delays due to safety and regulatory requirements. The nuclear power plant is expected to start its operations within a few months.

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The state government of Uttar Pradesh, led by the Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has recently enforced ‘Performance Regulation Act 2019’ for its Power department.
As per the notification issued by the government, the consumer would get financial compensation for delay in solving their grievances. Delays in repairing and non-response by call-centre of the department would also attract compensation.

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The skipper of Indian cricket team Virat Kohli recently became the first Indian to reach the 50 million followers mark on social media platform Instagram.
Globally, the official account of Instagram has the highest number of followers, followed by Football star from Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo, who has nearly 200 million followers. Virat has made 930 Instagram posts so far and earned the most number of followers, followed by Bollywood actor Priyanka Chopra (49.9 followers) and Deepika Padukone (44.1 followers).

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The 70th edition of the famous Berlin film festival “Berlinale” is set to be held from 20th February to 1st march, this year. The Ministry of Information & Broadcasting of India, in collaboration with Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), is participating in the festival.
Union External Affairs Minister of India, S. Jaishankar will inaugurate the Indian Pavilion. Three Indian feature films and a short documentary film have been selected for screening in the global event.

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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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The ‘State of India’s Birds Report 2020’ was recently released during the 13th Conference of Parties to the Convention on Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS COP 13).
As per the report, 79 per cent of Indian species of birds declined in population while the number of Indian pea fowls has significantly increased. The number of house sparrows remained almost stable across the country. The report classified 101 species in the ‘high conservation’ category.