Current Affairs Quiz - December, 2020

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The Change – 5 is China’s ambitious lunar project, under which a capsule has recently collected lunar soil samples and has docked successfully with a space craft that is orbiting the moon.
The capsule transferred the lunar samples to the orbiting space craft which would return to the earth.

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The 6th edition of IISF – India International Science Festival 202 will be held from 22nd to 25th December.
This year’s IISF would take place in a virtual mode. IISF is an annual event jointly organised by various science & technology related Ministries and Departments in association with Vijnana Bharati.

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The International Volunteer Day, also called as the International Volunteer Day Economic and Social Development is observed every year on the 5th December by the United Nations.
This has been mandated by the UN General Assembly since 1885. This day promotes volunteer efforts and volunteerism for achievement of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at local, national and international levels.

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In 2020, the Government of India increased the FDI limit in the defence sector to 74% under the automatic route for companies with existing licences. Previously, the cap was 49%. Foreign investment beyond 74% requires government approval. FDI up to 100% is permitted under the government route. Defence sector FDI inflows rose substantially after this policy change.

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Asian Development Bank (ADB) has recently lowered the expected contraction for India in the current fiscal to 8 per cent from 9 per cent.
After falling by 23.9 per cent in Q1 of fiscal year 2020, the Indian economy began to normalise with only 7.5 per cent in Q2. This was released in ADB’s latest ‘Asian Development Outlook 2020 Update’.

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A start-up company incubated by the Kerala Startup Mission (KSUM) – Riafy Technologies has been conferred with four awards at a contest conducted by the smartphone manufacturer Huawei.
The firm was formed seven years ago and emerged as a winner under the best app and the most popular app categories of the contest. It has become the only Indian firm to be in the list of winners.

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NITI Aayog has recently released a white paper titled ‘Vision 2035 – Public Health Surveillance in India’.
It describes India’s vision for public health surveillance via the integration of three-tiered public health system into Ayushman Bharat. The paper aims to make the public health surveillance system of the country, more responsive.

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The year 2021 has been declared as the International Year of Creative Economy for Sustainable Development, by the United Nations. This has been decided in the UN General Assembly meeting held in December 2020.
The proposal was sponsored by Indonesia and was presented by a group of nations including China, India, Australia, Philippines and Thailand.

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The Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), a statutory body under the Union Ministry of Power celebrates December 14 as the National Energy Conservation Day.
The Day is being celebrated every year since 1991, to exhibit India’s steps taken towards energy conservation. BEE spreads awareness amongst the people about energy efficiency and the need to shift to sustainable energy sources.

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The Indian Naval ship named Himgiri has been launched and commissioned into Indian Waters recently.’
The ship has been constructed as a part of Project 17A for the Indian Navy. It is the first of three stealth frigates being built under the Project at GRSE in Kolkata and at Mazagon Docks Limited in Mumbai.