Current Affairs Quiz - March, 2020

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The Supreme Court of India recently ruled the restriction on cryptocurrency trade in India. The recent order also lifted the ban on trading in virtual currency, cryptocurrency and bitcoins.
The Reserve Bank of India had banned crypto-currency trading in India through its circular issued on April 6, 2018. The central bank directed that all regulated entities shall not deal in virtual currencies or provide services to deal with the virtual currencies.

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As per the recent notification from the Centre, it has finalised a set of 31 questions to be asked during the collection of data for Census 2021.
Some of the important questions include predominant material of floor, wall and roof of the house, number of dwelling rooms in possession of the household, access to a latrine and type of latrine. The data shall be collected between April 1 to September 31 this year. The questions are asked by using the powers conferred by the Census Act, 1948.

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The Department of Pharmaceuticals (Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers) in collaboration with Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) is organising ‘India Pharma 2020’ & ‘India Medical Device 2020 Conference & Exhibition’ at Gandhi Nagar, Gujarat.
The theme of the event, which is to be held from March 5th to 7th is: “India Pharma: Meeting Challenges of Affordable and Quality Healthcare and India Medical Device: Promoting Affordable responsible and Quality Medical Device for Universal Health Care”.

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Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) on Thursday lowered the interest rate on deposits to 8.50 per cent for the current financial year 2019-20.
The interest rate, which is the lowest rate fixed in seven years, was reduced from the previous rate of 8.65 per cent in 2018-19. The Central Board of Trustees, which is the apex decision-making body of the EPFO, fixes the interest rate.

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The state Government of Maharashtra has recently renamed the Aurangabad Airport of the state as Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj Airport.
The airport has been renamed after Sambhaji, the son of the great Maratha warrior Chhatrapati Shivaji. The airport is owned and operated by the Airports Authority of India.

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The Women Entrepreneurship Platform of NITI Aayog is set to organise the Fourth Edition of the Women Transforming India Awards (WTI) on International Women’s Day (March 8).
The Women Transforming India Awards was instituted four years ago by NITI Aayog and are presented on the theme of ‘Women and Entrepreneurship’. Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will be the Chief Guest this year and will present the Women Transforming India Awards 2019.

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‘Chapchar Kut’ is a popular and the biggest festival celebrated across the state of Mizoram. It is celebrated to welcome the spring season.
The festival is celebrated by all the people of the state with many cultural events associated with it. People participate in dance and musical events including the traditional bamboo dance – Cheraw.

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A first of its kind comic book on the life and works of former Odisha Chief Minister Biju Patnaik was recently released by the present Chief Minister and the former’s son Naveen Patnaik.
Several Senior political leaders of many parties attended the book release event. The state is celebrating the former Chief Minister’s 104th birth anniversary. The Odisha state celebrates his birthday 5 March as the Panchayat Raj Divas.

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Hans Raj Bhardwaj, who was an Indian Politician belonging to Indian National Congress, recently passed away. He was the Union minister for Law and justice for five years the minister of state for nine years.
Hans Raj Bhardwaj introduced the concept of rural courts (Gram Nyayalayas) in India. He had also served as the Governor of Karnataka and Kerala.

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At the final match of the Women’s T20 World Cup 2020 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Australia, India was defeated by the Australian team by 85 runs.
Meg Lanning-led team posted the highest ever total in Women’s T20 cricket and clinched their fifth Twenty20 World Cup title. India had beaten Australia in the earlier group match but it could not beat the team in the final. Indians Shefali Sharma and Poonam Yadav played outstanding roles in the tournament.