Current Affairs Quiz - January, 2020

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PARIVESH is a web based, role based workflow application which has been developed for online submission and monitoring of the proposals submitted by the proponents for seeking Environment, Forest, Wildlife and CRZ Clearances from Central, State and district level authorities. It automates the entire tracking of proposals which includes online submission of a new proposal, editing/updating the details of proposals and displays status of the proposals at each stage of the workflow.

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The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) has released a chart of world’s fastest growing cities based on the data provided by the United Nation’s Population Division. Malappuram, a city of Northern Kerala topped the list. Two other cities of Kerala, Kozhikode and Kollam were ranked 4th and 10th respectively.
As per the report, Malappuram has recorded 44% rise in population between 2015 and 2020. In the report, three Kerala cities were in the top 10 list while six Indian cities were placed in the top 30 list.

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The Election Commission of India has recently renewed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on electoral cooperation with its counterpart of Mauritius. The agreement between the commissions was in existence between April 2013 and April 2018.
The MoU was signed by Chief Election Commissioner of India, Sunil Arora and Electoral Commissioner of Mauritius, Mohammed Irfan Abdool Rahman, at the capital city of Mauritius, Port Louis.

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The Union Minister for Home Affairs, Amit Shah recently released a book titled ‘Karmayoddha Granth’. The book is based on the life of the present Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. During the book releasing event, Amit Shah hailed Modi for successfully transforming the Gujarat BJP organisation and his leadership qualities as the Indian Prime Minister.
Narendra Modi is the 14th and the incumbent Prime Minister of India since 2014. Prior to that he was the Chief Minister of Gujarat since 2001.

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The Union Ministry of Steel is to launch a program called ‘Purvodaya-Accelerated Development of Eastern Region through an Integrated Steel hub’. The Union Minister for Steel and Petroleum & Natural Gas, Dharmendra Pradhan will launch the program.
The Eastern states of India such as Odisha, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal and Northern Andhra Pradesh possess a huge share of reserves but lag in development. This proposed Integrated Steel Hub in the Eastern region would lead to an inclusive socio-economic development in the region.

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The State Government of Uttar Pradesh recently announced that special text-books would be prepared for the children of the state, who have learning disabilities.
The children with intellectual disabilities due to disorders such as Down syndrome, Attention deficit disorder (ADD), Autism and Dyslexia will be enrolled in the primary and secondary schools run by the state. Textbooks for classes 1 to 5 on the subjects of English, Hindi and Mathematics are being designed.

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The ruler of Oman and one of the longest serving rulers in the Middle East countries, Sultan Qaboos bin Said al Said recently passed away. He was not keeping well for a long time and was undergoing medical treatment in Belgium last month.
After his demise, the former culture minister of Oman, Haitham bin Tariq was named as the successor of Sultan Qaboos. It is mandatory to name the successor of the vacant throne within three days, as per the constitution of Oman.

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Veteran Kannada Scholar and writer Chidananda Murthy, also nick named as Chi Mu passed away recently. He has authored several literary works in Kannada and also earned his Doctorate for his research on a Kannada poet.
He played a very crucial role in securing Classical language status to Kannada and in the campaign to protect ancient monuments in Hampi. As per Murthy’s demand, the Hyderabad Karnataka region was recently renamed as Kalyana Karnataka.

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Fouaad Mirza was recently qualified to represent India in the Tokyo Olympics, in the equestrian event. The 27-year-old sportsman is the first Indian rider to qualify for the Olympics in equestrian sports. The only other rider was Imtiaz Anees, who was given a wildcard in Sydney Olympics
He is also the first Indian to win an individual medal in Asian Games since 1982, when he won the silver medal in the Team event in Asian Games 2018. The International Federation for Equestrian Sports recently confirmed his participation in the Olympics.

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The Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) in New Delhi. The centre involves a project cost of Rs. 416 Crores and it would deal with all cyber crimes comprehensively. Many states and Union territories will also set up their Regional Cyber Crime Coordination Centres.
The Union minister also launched National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal, with the URL of www.cybercrime.gov.in. All citizens can report cyber-crimes online through this portal, which will be redressed by the concerned authorities.