Current Affairs Quiz - February, 2021

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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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The Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir has associated with a UK-based space agency for flood forecasting.
The national space innovation programme (NSIP) is a collaborative effort between the Government of JK, Oxford University, Sayers & Partners (SPL) and D-Orbit. This is expected to help predict fluvial flood risk.

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Maharaja Suheldev was an Indian king belonging to Shravasti, which is the Gangetic Plains of present-day Uttar Pradesh.
The Government has decided to construct a memorial for the king and Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to lay the foundation stone of Maharaja Suheldev Memorial.

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The death anniversary of Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay – 11th February, was recently observed as Samarpan Diwas.
He was the co-founder of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh and the was forerunner of BJP. During the pre-independence time, he started a monthly publication named Rashtra Dharma. He was assassinated on 11th February 1968.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi handed over the Arjun Main Battle Tank Mark-1A (MK-1A) to the Indian Army, at a function held at Chennai.
The battle tank has been indigenously designed, developed and manufactured by the DRDO’s Combat Vehicles Research & Development Establishment (CVRDE), Chennai.

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Germany based professional football club Bayern Munich beat Mexico’s Tigres UANL in the final of the FIFA Club World Cup in Qatar.
This is the sixth title won by the club in less than nine months. Benjamin Pavard of the German team scored the only goal of the final match in the 59th minute.

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Union Textile Minister Smriti Irani rolled out the commercial Jute seed distribution scheme. The productive variant of Jute seeds will help enhance the income of Jute farmers.
Jute Corporation of India had signed an MoU with National Seeds Corporation for commercial distribution of around one thousand Metric Tonne jute seeds for the year 2021-22.

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The Union Ministry for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship has launched the Mahatma Gandhi National Fellowship (MGNF) programme.
This nation-wide programme has been launched in partnership with nine Indian Institutes of Management across India. It has been launched under the SANKALP (Skills Acquisition and Knowledge Awareness for Livelihood Promotion) scheme.

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The state government of Tamil Nadu has recently launched its new Industrial Policy 2021-2025. It was unveiled by the Chief Minister Edappadi.K.Palaniswami.
The policy aims to attract investment investments worth over ₹10-lakh crore by 2025. Also, it aims to achieve 15% annual growth rate in manufacturing sector.

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S. Chinny Krishna, the co-founder of Blue Cross of India, has been conferred with the prestigious ‘Prani Mitra’ award for 2021 by the Animal Welfare Board of India.
Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Giriraj Singh presented the award to Mr. Krishna in New Delhi, for his lifetime service to animals. It is the country’s highest award for animal welfare.