Current Affairs Quiz - February, 2021

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In this year’s Economic Times Awards for Corporate Excellence, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das won the Business reformer of the year.
The jury was led by the Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai. Lifetime Achievement Award was won by former HDFC Bank MD Aditya Puri. Entrepreneur of the year award was won by Adar Poonawalla.

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As per the information provided by the Health Ministry, Tamil Nadu tops the beneficiaries list with around 25.56 lakh people getting treatment worth Rs 3,239.5 crore, since 2018.
Till February 4 this year, there were around 1.6 crore hospital admissions worth Rs 19, 714 crores under the scheme. Tamil Nadu is followed by Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat. The scheme aims to provide a health assurance cover of up to Rs 5 lakh per family per year to poor families.

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The Supreme Court (SC) recently approved the mechanism proposed by SBI Mutual Fund to distribute Rs 9,122 crore to the Franklin Templeton unitholders.
This distribution mechanism was framed in consultation with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) and Franklin Templeton MF. In April 2020, the Franklin shut down six debt schemes over redemption pressure.

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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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Theatre Level Operational Readiness Exercise (TROPEX-21) is the Indian Navy’s largest exercise. It is being held in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR).
This month-long drill also includes joint exercises by ships and aircraft and other assets of the Indian Air Force, Army and the Indian Coast Guard in the IOR and the waters in the adjacent regions.

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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 Kerala state government has launched ‘Kerala Knowledge Mission’, a digital platform to provide employment and skill training.
Kerala Development and Innovation Strategic Council (K-DISC), is implementing this mission. Job aspirants and educated unemployed youth would be facilitated to upskill and enhance knowledge apart from gaining employment.

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The Reserve Bank of India has imposed restrictions on withdrawals from Independence Co-operative Bank Limited, Nashik.
This step has been taken for six months due to the bank’s present liquidity position. As per the RBI, the restrictions will remain in force for a period of six months. This restriction has been imposed by the RBI on the provision of Banking Regulation Act, 1949.

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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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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.