Current Affairs Quiz - March, 2020

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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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As per the recent estimates published by United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the most affected economy due to the coronavirus outbreak is the European Union ($15.6 billion) followed by the United States ($5.8 billion) and Japan ($5.2 billion),
The trade impact of the outbreak for India is estimated to be about USD 348 million and it is among the top 15 economies most affected. It also revealed that the manufacturing-slowdown in China due to the outbreak is disrupting world trade and could cause a 50 billion dollar decrease in global exports.

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In a recent poll conducted by ‘BBC World Histories Magazine’, 19th century ruler of the Sikh Empire in India, Maharaja Ranjit Singh has been named ‘Greatest Leader of All Time’.
The Indian leader was praised for creating a new tolerant empire. He was followed by the African Independence Fighter Amílcar Cabral. Britain’s former Prime Minister Winston Churchill is placed at the third place, followed by American President Abraham Lincoln and British monarch Elizabeth I.

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The Indian Ocean Commission, IOC (COI in French) is an inter-governmental organisation comprised of five African Indian Ocean nations: Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion (an overseas region of France), and Seychelles.
Recently, India joined the Indian Ocean Commission (IOC) as the fifth observer. As it is an important regional institution in the Western Indian Ocean, this is a strategic step in India’s maritime governance.

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State Bank of India recently announced that Chalasani Venkat Nageswar has been given additional charge of Deputy managing director and Chief financial officer (CFO) of the bank.He is presently serving as the Deputy Managing Director (International Banking Group) has been given additional charges.
SBI also recently sad that it will invest ₹2,450 crore now, out of the ₹10,000 crore to pick up 49% in the Yes bank, which was placed in moratorium recently by RBI.

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Telecommunications Consultants India Ltd (TCIS) recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Gambia for the participation of the country in the e-VidyaBharati and e-AarogyaBharati (e-VBAB) Network Project of the Union External Ministry of India.
The Gambia is the 16th country to participate in the e-Network Project thus far. TCIL is the implementing agency for the e-VBAB Network Project, which aims to provide tele-medicine and tele-education services to African nations.

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As per the recent announcement of the International Cricket Council, Indian bowler Poonam Yadav is the only Indian player to feature in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup team of the tournament.
Poonam Yadav secured ten wickets in the tournament, including four wickets in the opening match of the tournament against the host Australia. Another Teen-aged Indian player Shafali Verma has been selected as the 12th member of the team. She scored 163 runs in the tournament and reached the top spot in ICC T20 rankings.

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Nupur Kulshrestha becomes the first woman to be promoted as Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Indian Coast Guard.
She had joined the Coast Guard service in 1999 and became the first woman to be promoted to the DIG cadre. In 2018, the then DIG B K Loshali has been dismissed from his services following inquiries on his comments that contradicted the government’s announcement on a Pakistan boat explosion case.

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The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) recently released its annual “Trends in international arms transfers 2019” report.
As per the report, India retained its rank as the world’s second largest arms importer during 2015-19. The five largest arms importers during the five-year period were Saudi Arabia, India, Egypt, Australia and China, which was 36% of all arms imports together. Russia remaining the largest supplier of arms.

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Veteran Indian cueist Pankaj Advani clinched the National 6-Red Snooker Championship with a 7-3 win over Ishpreet Singh. It is the 34th national title overall for Advani.
The National 6-Red Snooker Championship was held at Ahmedabad, Gujarat. In the summit clash, Pankaj trailed 1-3 in the beginning but defeated the young cueist Ishpreet Singh of Maharashtra to claim his 34th title.