Current Affairs Quiz - February, 2020

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The US-India Business Council has appointed Vijay Advani as new Chairman of its Global Board of Directors. Prior to this role as Executive Chairman, Vijay Advani served as the CEO of Investment management company, Nuveen. He had also served as the Co-President of Franklin Templeton Investments.
US India Business Council (USIBC) is the representative body of top global companies operating across the United States and India.

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At the 9th National Ice Hockey Championship recently held, the Indian Army Red team lifted the National Championship title. They defeated the Indo Tibetan Border Police team in the hard-fought final to bag the title.
The Army Red team had players from the Ladakh Scouts Regiment. 12 teams including Maharashtra, Haryana, Ladakh, Chandigarh, ITBP and the Army participated in the Ice Hockey Association of India (IHAI)-organised championship.

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Scientists in Netherlands have named a new species of land snail discovered in Brunei after Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg. Craspedotropis gretathunbergae is a newly discovered species of land snail. It was named in honour of the Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg. The snail is noted for being sensitive to droughts, forest degradation and temperature extremes. It belongs to a group of snails called Caenogastropods.

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Under the Mahatma Jyotirao Phule Shetkari Karjmukti Yojana announced by the MVA government of Maharashtra, in December 2019, crop loans up to Rs 2 Lakh outstanding till September 30, 2019, will be waived off.

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The East-West Industrial Corridor road is proposed to connect the foothill districts of Arunachal Pradesh without passing through Assam. The road will pass through the heart of the Pakke Tiger Reserve (PTR) to connect Seijosa in Pakke-Kessang district with Bhalukpong in West Kameng. The 692.70 km long industrial corridor would run along the foothills on the boundaries of Arunachal and Assam.

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President Ram Nath Kovind addressed the fourth edition of ‘The Huddle’ – annual thought conclave of the Hindu – in Bengaluru on February 22, 2020.

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During the Indian visit of the US President Donald Trump, India and the US signed a $3 billion military helicopter deal.
It includes the deal for 24 MH-60 Sikorsky Romeo multi-role helicopters and 6 Apache attack choppers. The Romeo Seahawk helicopters, which are to be deployed in Indian Navy, have state-of-the-art combat systems. The Apache choppers are already used by Indian Air Force.

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The world’s second youngest Grandmaster, India’s 13-year-old D. Gukesh has recently won the Cannes Open Chess Tournament, held in Cannes, France.
He defeated Harutyun Bargseghyan of France in the final round and scored 7.5 points. The Tamil Nadu player remained unbeaten in the tournament and had defeated the top-seeded Chongsheng Zeng of China. Gukesh had earlier won the Hillerod 110th Anniversary Open event in Denmark.

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Indian men’s doubles pair-Sharath Kamal and Gnanasekaran Sathiyan recently won the silver medal at the ITTF World Tour Hungarian Open, held at Budapest.
They lost the hard-fought final match to the German pair of Benedikt Duda and Patrick Franziska. In the semi-finals, the Indian duo has defeated top seeds of Hong Kong. Sharath Kamal had earlier won bronze medal with Manika Batra in mixed doubles.

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India’s leading Public sector bank, Bank of Baroda launched Start-up Banking’ initiative, to connect with start-up firms across the country.
The initiative, which was launched simultaneously across 15 cities in the country, was inaugurated by Finance Secretary Rajiv Kumar. This initiative aims to connect with at least 2000 start ups and will offer customised products like corporate credit cards, efficient payment gateways to them.