Current Affairs Quiz - February, 2021

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India’s first-ever geothermal field development project is to be established in Leh, Union Territory of Ladakh.
A tripartite agreement regarding the project has been signed between Union Territory Administration Ladakh, Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC),Leh and Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) Energy Centre.

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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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Safer Internet Day is observed every year on the second day of the second week of February, by over 15 countries across the world.
It aims to provide safer and responsible internet, where every user has the right to use without getting their data leaked. In this year of 18th edition, the theme is “Together for a better internet”.

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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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Karnataka recently launched the office of the Karnataka Digital Economy Mission (KDEM). It aims to increase the digital economy contribution to Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) to 30 per cent.
The state also launched the “Beyond Bengaluru” to achieve this target. 51 per cent stakes of the mission is given to industry associations and the remaining is kept by the state government.

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US President Joe Biden has announced a series of sanctions on the military leaders of Myanmar. This follows the military action to overthrow a democratically elected leadership.
The U.S also announced that it is taking steps to prevent the military leaders from accessing the USD 1 billion Myanmar Government funds held in the United States.

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Maguri-Motapung Beel is a wetland and lake located near the Dibru-Saikhowa National Park in Assam.
Recently, it was making news because, Maguri-Motapung Beel, a rare duck species was spotted in the lake along with a flock of Indian spotbill duck. The duck, whose primary habitat is in eastern China and southern Japan, was spotted after 118 years in the state.

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World Unani Day is observed every year on 11th February, to mark the birth anniversary of the Unani scholar and social reformer Hakim Ajmal Khan.
He was the founder of scientific research in Unani System of Medicine. The Unani system of medicine originated in Greece and its foundation was laid by Hippocrates.

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Pakistan recently conducted a successful test-firing of a surface-to-surface cruise missile named ‘Babar’, which can strike targets up to 450 kilometres.
Pakistan Navy is also organising a multilateral maritime Exercise Aman, which is being participated by as many as 46 countries including US, China, Russia, UK, Turkey, Iran, Indonesia.

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Veteran American Director Steven Spielberg has been awarded Israel’s prestigious USD 1 million 2021 Genesis Prize.
As per the organisers, the award was provided in recognition of his contribution to cinema, his philanthropic works and his efforts to preserve the memory of the Holocaust. The award is provided every year, to a personality to honour their professional as well as social achievements.