Current Affairs Quiz - January, 2020

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The Government of India, Governments of Tripura and Mizoram and Bru-Reang representatives signed the historic agreement in New Delhi recently, which will end the 23-year old Bru-Reang refugee crisis.
Under the new agreement, around 34,000 Bru refugees, who were displaced from Mizoram will be permanently settled in Tripura and would be given aid from the Centre to assist their rehabilitation and development, through a fund of Rs 600 crores. Each displaced family will also be given residential plots by the Tripura Government.

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The highest civilian award in the field of contribution to the unity and integrity of India is named after the first Home Minister and Deputy Prime Minister of India, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. The award is named as ‘Sardar Patel National Unity Award’. The award recognises the contributions made towards the national unity and integrity.
Recently the Home Ministry announced that the on-line nomination process for the award is open and the last date for the nominations is 30th April. The award will be announced on the National Unity Day on 31st October, which is the birth anniversary of Sardar Patel.

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The People’s Congress of Tibet recently passed a law that makes ethnic unity in the region mandatory. The regulations, which are meant to strengthen the ethnic unity are expected to come into effect from May 1st, 2020.
The new law stated that it is the common responsibility of the people of all ethnic groups to safeguard reunification of the country and strive hard against separatism. There are more than 40 ethnic minorities in the region, which constitute nearly 95 per cent of the population of Tibet. This decision is expected to improve the socio-economic development of the country.

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The construction project of the Z-Morh Tunnel, to be built in in Jammu and Kashmir has been awarded to APCO Amarnathji Tunnelway. An MoU was recently inked between National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation (NHIDCL) and the company in this regard, in the presence of Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari.
The project entails a cost of Rs. 2,379 crores and it would provide road connectivity to the tourist spot Sonamarg, in Jammu & Kashmir. The tourist destination mostly remains closed due to heavy snowfall.

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The Chief of the leading multinational online retailer Amazon, Jeff Bezos announced that the company would invest in India to create 1 million jobs by 2025. These proposed jobs will be in addition to the 7 lakh jobs which have been already created over the last six years in India, through the investments of Amazon.
Recently the Chief of Amazon attended the two-day meet of the company in New Delhi. He also announced that investments worth $1 billion would be made in India. Amazon has been alleged by small traders, for providing steep discounts to products in their platform and supporting only a particular group of retailers.

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In the recently released World Economic Forum’s Social Mobility Index, India was ranked at 76 out of 82 countries. Denmark was placed at the first rank in the inaugural edition of the index.
The index assessed the countries across five key dimensions, which are health, education, technology, work and protections& institutions and ten pillars distributed among the five dimensions. According to the index, the most socially mobile societies in the world are all European, the first five spots being held by Denmark, Norway, Finland, Sweden and Iceland.

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The Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi jointly inaugurated the Integrated Check Post (ICP) at Jogbani-Biratnagar border between India and Nepal, with the Prime Minister of Nepal, K P Sharma Oli.
The Prime Minister inaugurated the ICP through Video conferencing. This second Integrated Check Post, which has been built with the assistance of India, at Jogbani-Biratnagar, facilitates trade and movement of people between the countries. The first ICP was built in the Raxaul-Birgunj border in 2018.

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The National Bravery awards for the year 2019 were recently presented by the Indian Council for Child Welfare (ICCW) in New Delhi.22 children including 10 girls were selected for the National Bravery awards. Among them, one award was given posthumously. The highest award called Bharat award was conferred on a 15-year-old Kerala boy Adithya, for saving more than 40 lives after a bus accident.
Indian Council for Child Welfare was formed in the year 1952, which initiated this award to recognize children for their brave and spontaneous selfless service or their daring act against a social crime.

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The state government of Uttar Pradesh Government has recently launched Mukhyamantri Krishak Durghatna Kalyan Yojana. Under the scheme financial assistance of Rs. 5 Lakh will be provided to the family of farmers on their death or occurrence of physical disability while working. The farmers in the age group of 18 to 70 are covered under the scheme.
The assistance program will also cover the people who work in the fields of other owners and receive the crops after harvesting. The state has also decided to implement Mukhyamantri Paryatan Samvardhan Yojana to boost tourism in state.

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India’s first e-waste clinic, which is jointly set up by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) was recently inaugurated in the city of Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.
The clinic would process, segregate and dispose the electronic waste from both household and commercial units. The e-waste will be collected door-to-door from the city while it can also be deposited in the clinic. It is being opened in Bhopal as a pilot project and it will be extended to other parts of the country once this turns successful.