Current Affairs Quiz - January, 2020

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The Uttar Pradesh cabinet chaired by its Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath recently approved to build a new zoological garden in Gorakhpur. The zoo is to be named after the famous freedom fighter Shaheed Ashfaqullah Khan, who was sentenced after the Kakori conspiracy, 1925.
The proposed 121-acre zoo is expected to improve the tourism sector of the state and provide employment opportunities. The Government also sanctioned Rs. 234 crores for the construction of the zoo.

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After completion of extensive trials on the Shore Based Test Facility, the naval variant of indigenous Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) made its first successful landing on the aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya. The Light Combat aircraft is developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation, DRDO.
INS Vikramaditya was formally inducted into the Indian Navy on June 2014. It is a flagship air-craft carrier of the Indian Navy. Prior to this commission, it served with the Russian Navy.

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The World Future Energy Summit recently began in Abu Dhabi. The summit is the largest future energy and sustainability event of the Middle East Region, which is held annually at the National Exhibition Centre of Abu Dhabi.
The theme for the 2020 edition of the summit is “Rethinking Global Consumption, Production, and Investment”. The event is to be held for four days and several thousand participants and exhibitors from across the world are expected to take part in it. The Climate Innovations Exchange and the Future Sustainability Summit are also organised along with this event.

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Top professional golfer of Australia, Wade Ormsby recently clinched the Hong Kong Open title for the second time in last three years. Another ace golfer and British Open champion Shane Lowry finished the tour in the second place. The tournament was held in Hanling, Hong Kong.
Ormsby is a 39-year-old golfer, who had earlier won the Hong Kong Open title in 2017, which was his maiden European Tour victory. By this victory, Ormsby is only the second wire-to-wire winner of this tour.

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China recently added a significant bullet train to its Fuxing series of bullet trains. The recently added train is capable to ply with a speed up to 350 kilometres per hour. Another great feature of the train is it could run without a driver for operating the train.
The new train would connect the cities of Beijing and Zhangjiakou and is expected to be deployed during the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. Each seat of the train is furnished with a touch screen and a wireless charging port. The train also features 5G connectivity and removable seats to assist Paralympians.

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According to the second wetland bird count conducted by the officials of the Kaziranga National Park and avian specialists, ithe park recorded 96 species of wetland birds. This count is one of the highest among the other national parks with birdlife.
Kaziranga National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is located in the state of Assam. It has the world’s largest population of Indian rhinoceros also called as the one-horned rhinoceros. Several migratory birds visit the park attracting many tourists.

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Taal Volcano is the second most active volcano of Phillipnes, and is located on the Luzan island of the country.Recently, the Taal volcano emitted lava and ash clouds up to nine miles into the air. Several lakhs of people are being evacuated from the capital city of Philippines Manila, fearing a major and explosive volcanic eruption.
Ash falls, volcanic lightning and volcanic thunderstorms were observed in the island. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) has made the alert level to four, the highest being five.

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The World Economic Forum (WEF) recently released the 15th edition of its report titled “Global Risks Report”. For the first time in the history, Climate threats accounted for all of the top long-term risks (by likelihood) in the report. Other long-term risks include technological risks such as Cyber attacks and data theft, Political risks like Global governance failure and Societal risks like water crisis.
‘Economic confrontations’ and ‘Domestic political polarization’ were reported to be the top short-term risks.

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To help modernise the passenger ferry sector of Assam, the Government of India, Government of Assam and the World Bank has signed a loan agreement at New Delhi for $ 88 million.
The Assam’s passenger ferry sector operates passenger freight service in major rivers including the Brahmaputra. There are more than 360 ferry routes in Assam, and most of them cut through the Brahmaputra or serve its islands. Hence, this is a very important means of transportation in the Brahmaputra Valley. The Assam Inland Water Transport Project (AIWTP) will help the state to improve the passenger ferry infrastructure.

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In the recently held Rome Ranking Series wrestling event 2020, Indian teenage wrestler Anshu Malik won the silver medal by technical superiority. She lost the final match for gold against the Nigerian wrestler Odunayo Adekuoroye in the 57 kg category.
The 18-year-old wrestler Anshu maintained her form throughout the tournament and she won the bouts against several top-rated wrestlers of the world. Another Indian wrestler Divya Kakran missed her bronze medal, after losing to Danielle Suzanne Lappage of Canada. 2019 World Championship bronze winner Vinesh Phogat is yet to compete in the tournament.