Current Affairs - 2019-20

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Tatsiana Khaladovich is a Belarusian track and field athlete who competes in Javelin Throw. She won the 2018 Diamond League and also gold at the 2016 European Championships. Who was the winner of Discus Throw in 2018 Diamond League for women?

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Saori Yoshida from Japan has won the maximum number of medals in the World Wrestling Championships Women’s freestyle category. She has won a total of 13 medals all of which are Gold Medals. Which country has topped the Wrestling World Cup in 2018 conducted by UWW in Men’s Freestyle?

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United States has won maximum number of medals in the FINA World Swimming Championships (25m). It has won 100 golds, 90 silvers and 79 bronze medals. This makes a total of 269.

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Canyon-SRAM had won the 2018 UCI Road World Championship. It comprised 6 players.

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In the given map
‘Central Drug Research Institute’ is marked by ‘4’ which is situated in Lucknow of Uttar Pradesh. ‘National Atlas and Thematic Mapping Organisation’ is situated in Calcutta which is marked as ‘3’. National Institute of Ocean Technology is situated in Chennai, which is marked ‘2’ and Temperate Forest Research Centre is situated in Shimla which is marked as ‘6’ on the map.
 

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Organisation                                                     Location
A. National Sugar Institute                            Kanpur
B. Mishra Dhata Nigam Limited                   Hyderabad
C. Institute of military law                              Kamputee
D. Institute of Nationals Intergration           Pune

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Suranga Bawadi is an integral part of the ancient Karez system of supplying water through subterranean tunnels built during Adil Shahi era in Vijayapura. A New York-based non-governmental organization has included it in the World Monument Watch list for 2020 along with 24 other monuments from across the world.

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11th BRICS Summit has started under the theme ‘Economic Growth for an Innovative Future. BRICS brings together five major emerging economies-Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa- comprising 42 per cent of the world’s population, having 23 per cent of t he global GDP and around 17 per cent of the share in world trade. The five nations account for 50 per cent of the world economic growth, 42.58 per cent of the world population and 26.6 per cent of the World Land Area.

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Ministry of Women and Child Development is to announce the Bharatiya Poshan Krishi Kosh (BPKK) on 18 November 2019 in New Delhi. The announcement will be made by the Union Minister of Women and Child Development (WCD) and Textiles, Smriti Zubin Irani, in a function. It will be Co-chaired by Mr. Bill Gates.
It aims to reduce malnutrition through a multi-sectoral results-based framework.It aims to address malnutrition and reinforce healthy dietary behaviours both at the individual and community level, including the variation in such practices across India.It will create the first-ever database that links relevant agro-food system data at the district to map the diversity of native crop varieties that will be more cost-effective and sustainable over the long run.

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Veteran actor Rekha and the late Sridevi conferred the Akkineni Nageswara Rao (ANR) National Award for the years 2019 and 2018, announced actor Nagarjuna in the presence of industrialist T Subbarami Reddy at an event held in Hyderabad.
Instituted by the Akkineni International Foundation to honour ANR, the awards were presented at Annapurna Studios in the presence of actor Chiranjeevi and other Telugu cinema dignitaries.