Current Affairs Quiz-September, 2020

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The Indian-origin politician of Singapore has created history by taking charge as the first Leader of the Opposition in Singapore.
Though there have been de-facto leaders of the Opposition in the past, this is the first time the position is being officially recognised. Pritam belongs to the Workers’ Party that had won 10 parliamentary seats out of the 93 seats.

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Japan has extended an emergency loan support of 50 billion Japanese Yen (Rs 3500 crore) to India for its response to Covid-19 pandemic.
This financial support will be in the form of a 15-year loan at 0.01% rate of interest. The loan will support the health and medical policy of Indian Government and would be used to develop hospitals equipped with ICUs, infection prevention and management facilities.

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World No. 1 Novak Djokovic has won the Western & Southern Open tennis tournament against Milos Raonic, at New York. This victory is his 35th Masters title in USA.
With this victory, Djokovic has created history by becoming the only male tennis player to win every Masters event twice. The opponent Milos Raonic is from Canada and currently ranked at No. 30.

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Indian ace Tennis player Sumit Nagal became the first Indian to win a Grand Slam singles main draw match in seven years.
The 23-year old entered the second round of the ongoing US Open tournament. He defeated Bradley Klahn of the United States in the men’s singles first round. Prior to this achievement, Somdev Devvarman had reached the second round of the Australian Open, French Open, and US Open.

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The Union Cabinet has recently approved the new comprehensive Civil Services reforms programme named “Mission Karmayogi”.
The programme aims to create a ‘citizen centric civil service’, which focusses on behavioural change. It will be delivered by setting up an Integrated Government Online Training- iGOT Karmayogi Platform. A Public Human Resources Council under the Prime Minister, will monitor the programme.

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After the United Arab Emirates requested, Saudi Arabia announced that it will allow flights from all countries to cross its skies to reach the UAE.
Before some days, Saudi Arabia allowed the first direct Israeli commercial passenger flight use its airspace to reach the UAE. It carried a high-level delegation of the Government of Israel and the USA, which moderated the ties.

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The state Assembly of Assam has recently passed a bill to protect and restore Tangible Heritage in the state.
This act will cover all those heritages that have been in existence for at least 75 years, which are currently not covered under any national or state law including the Assam Ancient Monuments and Records Act, 1959.

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The Bangladeshi vessel named “MV Premier” made a trial run from Daudkandi in Bangladesh to Sonamura in Tripura, through the river Gumti.
The vessel was loaded with 50 metric tonne of cement and covered a distance of 93 kilometers through the river. This trial run would enhance connectivity between Bangladesh and the North Eastern states of India boosting bilateral trade with Bangladesh.

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Leading Information Technology company Infosys has entered into an agreement to acquire US-based product design and development firm Kaleidoscope Innovation.
The deal has been finalised at USD 42 million and the acquisition is to ne completed in the second quarter. This deal is expected to strengthen the presence of Infosys in the US markets in the field of medical devices and consumer markets.

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United Kingdom has named the Former Australian prime minister Tony Abbott as a trade adviser. He headed Australia from 2013 to 2015.
Along with the 62-year old former Prime Minister, Former member of the European Parliament, is to become Adviser to Britain’s Board of Trade. However, there were allegations that Tony Abbott was not suitable for the job due to his conservative social views.