Current Affairs Quiz - February, 2021

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The International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation is observed every year by the United Nations on February 6th. It was first observed in the year 2003.
This is a part of the UN’s efforts to eradicate Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). The theme for this year is “No Time for Global Inaction, Unite, Fund, and Act to End Female Genital Mutilation.”

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‘World Sustainable Development Summit’ is the flagship event of The Energy and Resources Institute’s (TERI). The Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy and the Ministry of Earth Sciences are key partners of the summit.
TERI is a New Delhi-based non-profit research institute. The 20th edition of the summit is to be inaugurated by the Prime Minister. The theme of the summit is ‘Redefining Our Common Future: Safe and Secure Environment for All’.

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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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Indian Drugs and Pharmaceuticals Limited (IDPL) is a state-owned pharmaceutical, bulk drug manufacturing and drug discovery company headquartered in Gurgaon.
Recently, it was announced that IDPL and Rajasthan Drugs & Pharmaceuticals Ltd (RDPL) would be closed. The Government is to disinvest Hindustan Antibiotics Ltd (HAL), Bengal Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd (BCPL), and Karnataka Antibiotics & Pharmaceutical Ltd (KAPL).

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The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) along with the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) released a Joint Action Plan on the “Prevention of Drug and Substance Abuse among Children and Illicit Trafficking’’.
It proposed to include curriculum related to drug abuse by NCERT, CCTV cameras at Drug stores and establishing “Prahari clubs’’ to encourage children to monitor dug abuse in their schools and communities.

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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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As per the data given by the Social Justice and Empowerment Ministry, as many as 66,692 manual scavengers have been identified across the country.
As of February 2021, the highest number of manual scavengers have been identified in Uttar Pradesh at 37,379. It is followed by Maharashtra, Uttarakhand and Assam. It was also announced that 340 people have died while cleaning sewers and tanks in the last five years.

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Brahmaputra Valley Fertilizer Corporation Limited, previously the Namrup Fertilizer Complex, is located on the bank of Dilli river, Assam.
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved the proposal of the Department of Fertilizers for Grant-in-aid of Rs.100 crore to BVFCL, Namrup (Assam) for smooth operations of its urea manufacturing units.

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As per the Chinese lunar calendar, a 12-year cycle is described, which is used in the Chinese Zodiac. As per the country’s Zodiac, this year is celebrated as the Year of Ox.
The country celebrates the festival for sixteen days, beginning from the Chinese New Year’s Eve to the Lantern Festival. After China adopted the Gregorian calendar, the Chinese New year was renamed as the Spring Festival.

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Yoshiro Mori resigned from the post of the President of the Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
After being criticised for his sexist comments he had made earlier. Yoshiro Mori is 83 years old and he is also the former prime minister of Japan. He also served as the president of the organizing body by the previous Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.