Current Affairs - 2019-20

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Chandrayaan was launched on October 22nd 2008 and successfully reached the lunar surface on November 14, 2008. The ISRO lost communication with Chandrayaan-1 on August 29, 2009, almost a year after it was launched on October 22, 2008. It operated for 312 days.
In 2017 NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) have found India’s first lunar probe, Chandrayaan-1 which was considered lost, is still orbiting the moon.

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AB = 10cm
BD = 5 cm
∠ADB = 90°
∴ AD =




Hence option [C] is the right answer.

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Enceladus is a moon of Saturn. It’s the sixth-largest moon of Saturn, with a diameter of about 500 kilometers (310 miles). Enceladus is mostly covered by fresh, clean ice, making it one of the most reflective bodies in the Solar System.  Enceladus is Saturn’s brightest moon and has the highest albedo (reflectivity) of any body in the solar system. Scientists have discovered that there are oceans, or sub-surface oceans beneath the icy surface of the moon. The ocean should be relatively rich in dissolved phosphorus, an essential ingredient for life.  Enceladus was recently in the news after NASA’s Cassini aircraft revealed several secrets about the ongoing geologic activity on it.

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The Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) was a national agency of Government of India, which was responsible to consider or give approval to FDI in India. FIPB is now abolished as announced by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley during 2017-2018 budget speech in Lok Sabha.

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Recently, the AYUSH Ministry has inaugurated India’s first advanced Homoeopathy Virology lab in Kolkata. The cost of laboratory is Rs. 8 crore. Currently, it is the only one in India for conducting basic and fundamental research in homeopathy for viral diseases such as influenza, Japanese encephalitis, dengue, chikungunya and swine flu.

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The Olympic Committee of Kosovo was represented at the Olympics 2016 Games for the first time since its formation in the wake of Yugoslavia’s break-up. Similarly, South Sudan which was formed in 2011, made its debut at the Olympics 2016.

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As of 2023, world’s largest marine protected area is the Ross Sea Marine Protected Area, located in the Southern Ocean off the coast of Antarctica. This marine protected area covers approximately 1.57 million square kilometers (about 600,000 square miles) and was established in 2016 by an agreement among 24 countries and the European Union. The Ross Sea Marine Protected Area is intended to conserve the unique marine ecosystems of the region and to support scientific research.

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A total of 45 nations had participated in the 2018 Asian Games which were held at Indonesi

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The 2017 Short Course Worlds swimming championship was conducted by the FINA in 2017 at Windsor, Canad

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Sandra Perkovic is a Croatian discus thrower. She is a two time Olympic (2012, 2016), World Chmampion and a five-time European champion (2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018).