Current Affairs Quiz - February, 2021

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A team of three computer engineers from Assam have successfully developed a video playing and sharing application named ‘TipTeapi’.
It is said to be the rival of the famous Chinese application TikTok. It is said to be a secure application with privacy protection. At present, the application is available for users in India and a few other countries.

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The Union Minister for Fisheries Giriraj Singh has announced an investment of Rs.400 crore to the state of Goa. This investment is intended to make the coastal state a hub for fisheries in the country.
It has been stated that out of the said Rs.400 crore, an investment of Rs.41.47 crore has already been sanctioned to the state from the Central Government.

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The Bangalore International Airport Limited’s (BIAL) has won the World’s ‘Voice of the Customer’ award from the Airports Council International.
The award recognises airports which continued to prioritise the customers during the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020. As per the council, the airport showed significant efforts in collecting passenger feedback.

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As per the recent data released by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry, almost one-fourth of the loan amount was disbursed in Uttar Pradesh at Rs 354.26 crore.
It is followed by Madhya Pradesh and Telangana. This information is collected till January 2021. Out of the 18.38 lakh applications, 13.82 lakh received loans amounting to Rs 1,363.88 crore.

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As per the recent data given by the Agriculture Ministry, the Government has procured over 620 lakh tones of paddy, in the current Kharif Marketing Season.
This is said to be an increase of 17.60 per cent against the last year of around 527 lakh tonnes. Punjab contributed over 202 lakh tonnes, 32.71 per cent of total procurement. Over 1,17,000 crores have been spent for Minimum Support Price.

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The Indian Railways has recently created a new record for highest ever freight loading figures.
The railways has registered a loading figure of 119.79 million tonnes (MT) in the month of January 2021. The last best freight loading figure was 119.74 MT recorded in March 2019.

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The UN General Assembly adopted 2016 as the International Year of Pulses (IYP). Burkina Faso, a landlocked country in West Africa proposed the observance of World Pulses Day.
February 10 was announced as the World Pulses Day in 2019. It aims to increase awareness and access to pulses across the world and to recognise Pulses as a global food. The theme of the year is I love pulses.

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The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has recently imposed a penalty of Rs 1 crore on National Stock Exchange (NSE).
In the co-location case filed in 2015, NSE was alleged for its failure to comply with the stock exchange and clearing corporation rules. SEBI also lashed penalty on the former Chief Executives fot being liable to the acts of NSE.

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Indian Army organised a Seminar-cum-Webinar, named as ‘Divya-Drishti 2021’ on Multi-Domain Operations: Future of Conflicts.
It was organised by Centre for Land Warfare Studies (CLAWS). Chief of the Army Staff (COAS), General MM Naravane participated in the webinar. India’s Preparedness in Multi Domain Operations was focussed in the session.

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Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated over 57000 water structures constructed in Madhya Pradesh under ‘Jalabhishekam’ water conservation campaign.
These water structures were created during the Covid-19 pandemic period by linking the work with the MNREGA scheme. The water structures costing over Rs 200 crore have been inaugurated under the MGNREGA scheme and PM Krishi Irrigation scheme.