Current Affairs Quiz - February, 2021

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A Museum themed on dacoits is set to come up at the Bhind Police Headquarters, which is located in Madhya Pradesh.
The museum will have unique items used by dacoits like Phoolan Devi, Nirbhay Gujjar. Bhind of Madhya Pradesh lies in the Chambal belt and is said to be India’s most notorious region.

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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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India records the highest number of Road crash deaths, across the world. The World Bank recently released a report titled “Traffic Crash Injuries and Disabilities: The Burden on Indian Society”.
Union Transport minister Nitin Gadkari released the report, which highlights the unequal impact of a road crash on poor households. Over 75% of the poor households in India reported a decline in their income after a road traffic crash.

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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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Olympus Mons is the largest volcano in the solar system present in the planet of Mars. It is a large shield volcano, which is over two times the height of Mount Everest above sea level.
The UAE’s “Hope” Mars probe sent back its first image of Mars, after the spacecraft successfully entered the planet’s orbit. The probe recently captured the Olympus Mons volcano, taken from an altitude of 24,700 kilometres above the Martian surface.

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Members of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) endorsed the first-ever voluntary guidelines on food systems and nutrition.
CFS is an international and intergovernmental platform, hosted and co-funded by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization. It enables all stake holders to work towards ensuring food security and nutrition for all.

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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh launched e-Chhawani portal, which aims to provide online municipal services to citizens across 62 Cantonment Boards.
Through the portal, application for renewal of leases, online registration of births and deaths and online application for water and sewerage connection can be made easier. Residents of the cantonment areas can also lodge complaints on civic issues online.

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Theodore Baskaran, a leading Writer, historian, naturalist, and activist has been awarded with the Sanctuary Nature Foundation’s “Sanctuary Lifetime Service Award 2020”.
This award has been conferred upon him for his dedicated works in wildlife conservation and for his writings in Tamil – English regarding the same.

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The “Anti radicalism bill” of France, that aims to strengthen oversite of mosques, schools and sports clubs has been put to vote in the nation’s law making assembly.
The bill has been proposed to rid France of radical Islamists and ensure respect for French value. This is considered to be President Emmanuel Macron’s landmark project.

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Pi Beam – an IIT Madras-incubated start-up has recently launched a 2-wheeler named PiMo. This vehicle can be charged faster than a smart mobile phone.
It has a range of 50 km and is priced at Rs.30,000/-. This vehicle does not require registration and is targeted at personal and commercial users.