Current Affairs Quiz - February, 2021

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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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The International Energy Agency (IEA) released the ‘India Energy Outlook 2021’ recently. As per the report, India is the world’s fourth-largest energy consuming country.
The report also highlighted that India will have the biggest share of energy demand growth at 25% over the next two decades. It will overtake EU as the third largest energy consumer by 2030. India’s energy consumption could touch USD 8.6 trillion by 2040.

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The Rajya Sabha has passed the National Capital Territory of Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Second (Amendment) Bill, 2021. It seeks to regularise unauthorised colonies in Delhi.
This bill replaces the ordnance promulgated by President Ram Nath Kovind on December 30, 2020. The bill aims to provide ownership right to over 1.35 crore people of Delhi, living in unauthorised colonies through “Jahan Jhuggi Wahan Makaan”.

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Soyuz-2 is a flagship three-stage launch vehicle of Russia, which places satellites in the low Earth orbit. It is the modernised form of the Soyuz rocket.
Recently, it was announced that the country has planned to launch around 40 satellites from over 12 countries using the Soyuz-2 rocket. It includes the CAS500-1 (Compact Advanced Satellite 500) of South Korea.

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Foreign grants received by NGOs are regulated by the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010 or FCRA. After registering with the Home Affairs Ministry, the NGO would be provided a unique FCRA registration number, to be renewed every five years.
As per the recent Government data, the FCRA licences of over 20,600 NGOs were cancelled in the last 10 years, on violation of the provisions of FCRA act.

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The Comptroller Auditor General (CAG) announced that 247 central public sector enterprises (CPSEs) earned profit of Rs 1.78 lakh crore during 2018-19.
Out of the total profit, 73% was contributed by 63 companies in the fields of petroleum, coal and lignite and power. It also revealed that 189 CPSEs had suffered losses of Rs 1.4 lakh crore as on March 31, 2019.

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Rajya Sabha has passed the Major Port Authorities Bill, 2020, which seeks to replace the Major Port Trusts Act, 1963.
The bill seeks to provide for regulation of major ports and provide autonomy to these ports. Board of Major Port Authority would be created for each major port, to replace the existing Port Trusts.

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Technology Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council (TIFAC) is a think-tank under the Department of Science and Technology (DST).
It recently launched the ‘Seaweed Mission’, which aims to promote commercial farming of seaweeds and its value addition. It also launched the ‘Saksham’ job portal, which will help eliminate middlemen and labour contractors. It also provides skill cards for various types of workers.

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Union Minister Jitendra Singh announced that the upper ceiling has been raised from Rs 45,000 to Rs 1.25 lakh per month.
This increase is in accordance with the increase of salary as per the recommendations of the seventh pay commission. This step will ensure that the family members of the deceased employees get access to adequate financial security.

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Union Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) releases the Index of Industrial Production (IIP).
As per the recent edition of the data, the IIP measure grew 1 per cent for December 2020. The Consumer Price Index inflation (CPI) decreased to 4.06 per cent in January 2021, due to the decline in vegetable prices.