Current Affairs Quiz - January, 2020

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The Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (ILBS) is an autonomous Institute established by the Government of Delhi. It is super-speciality hospital for liver and biliary diseases located at New Delhi. It has also been given the status of University by the University Grants Commission.
Recently, the President of India, Ram Nath Kovind, attended and addressed the tenth foundation day of the Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (ILBS) in New Delhi. He suggested to establish liver transplant programs in more public hospitals across the country and to spread awareness about organ donation.

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Western Railway zone of the Indian Railways connects Mumbai, the financial capital of India with Gujarat and some parts of Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, with its headquarters being the Churchgate station of Mumbai.
Alok Kansal, a 1983-batch officer of the Indian Railway Service of Engineers (IRSE) has been recently appointed as the General Manager of the Western Railway zone. The previous General Manager was Anil Kumar Gupta, who retired on November 2019

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Retired Surgeon, Alejandro Giammattei was recently sworn in as the President of the Central American Country, Guatemala. During the power transfer ceremony held at the Guatemala City, the outgoing President, Jimmy Morales handed over the presidential band to Giammattei.
Guatemala is one of the most populous and the poorest countries of the continent, with a very low Human Development index. Notorious for corruption, the country also finds place in the most violent nations of the planet.

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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.

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The Union Chemicals and Fertilizers Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda recently launched the ‘APNA UREA – Sona Ugle’ brand and logo of Hindustan Urvarak and Rasayan Limited (HURL).
HURL is a Joint Venture Company, which is promoted by the three PSUs and Maha Ratna Companies – Coal India Limited, NTPC Limited and Indian Oil Corporation Limited. HURL has undertaken the revival process of three sick Urea plants, situated at Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh), Barauni (Bihar) and Sindri (Jharkhand). The plants are to be commissioned in February 2021.

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The 26th edition of the annual Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards were presented recently. The ‘Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a motion picture’ was won by Renée Zellweger for featuring in the movie titled ‘Judy’.
Renée Zellweger recently received the Golden Globe award for her performance in the biopic of ‘Judy’. The ‘Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role’ in a motion picture was presented to Joaquin Phoenix for the movie ‘Joker’. The South Korean film-Parasite became the first foreign-language film to win the Award for best performance by a cast in a motion picture.

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The state-owned aerospace and arms manufacturing company and a leading Public Sector Undertaking, Bharat Electronics Ltd has recently commissioned the first phase of the real time train information system (RTIS) for Indian Railways.
RTIS provides a real-time information about the position of locomotives to the Railways. The train controllers can track the location and speed of the RTIS-enabled locomotives and trains. With the technical guidance of Space Applications Centre of ISRO, the system has been built through the Centre for Railway Information System (CRIS).

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The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the proposal of the Department of the Financial Services (DFS) for appointing Challa Sreenivasulu Setty as the Managing Director of the State Bank of India (SBI).
Challa Sreenivasulu Setty, who is currently serving as the Deputy managing director of the country’s largest lender, has been appointed as the MD of the SBI for a period of three years. Last year, an MD of SBI, Anshula Kant was appointed as the MD and Chief Financial Officer of World Bank.

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The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet appointed Sanjiv Chadha as the Managing Director and Chief Executive of the public sector bank, Bank of Baroda. Chadha was serving as the Deputy Managing Director at SBI Capital Markets.
Another two key appointments were also made, which includes Lingam Venkat Prabhakar as MD & CEO of Canara Bank and Atanu Kumar Das as MD & CEO of Bank of India. While Lingam Venkat Prabhakar was the Executive Director of Punjab National Bank earlier , Atanu Kumar Das was Executive Director at Bank of India who will be promoted to the post of MD& CEO.

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Geneva-based International Labour Organization recently released its flagship report titled ‘World Employment and Social Outlook: Trends 2020’ (WESO).
As per the report, unemployment is estimated to increase by nearly 2.5 million in 2020. In addition to the 188 million unemployed people around the world, 165 million people don’t have enough paid work and 120 million have either given up job-search or lack access to the labour market. The report assessed that more than 470 million people are affected worldwide.