Current Affairs Quiz: February 18, 2020

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The Chief Minister of Kerala Pinarayi Vijayan recently launched the mobile application called ‘Yodhavu’ (Warrior), for curbing drug menace in the state.
The Police Department of Kochi, Kerala has introduced the application, through which the public can inform police about drug abuse and distribution of drugs. The identity of the informer would be kept secret, according to the police. A cyberdom cyber crime police station was also inaugurated by the Chief Minister.

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The late Union External Affairs Minister of India and a veteran politician of BJP, Sushma Swaraj was born in Ambala Cantt, Haryana, where she was elected as MLA twice.
Recently, the 18-Crore newly-constructed bus-stand of Ambala city was renamed after Sushma Swaraj. The senior leader passed away last year in the month of August, at the age of 67. She has been named as the recipient of Padma Vibhushan award this year, posthumously.

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The current accounting year of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is July-June. Recently, the Central Board of Directors of the RBI recommended to align the accounting year of RBI with the financial year of the government (April-March), from 2020-21.
The RBI board announced this proposal at its 582nd meeting and approved to forward the proposal to the government for receiving its consideration. Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman addressed the meeting.

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Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Associations of India (CREDAI) is the apex body of Private Real Estate Developers Associations. It has launched a mobile application called ‘CREDAI Awaas’, which aims to facilitate ease of purchase of residential properties by homebuyers.
Through this application, a credible platform is created for prospective home buyers so that they identify suitable Residential properties and contact their developers directly. The details of the CREDAI member developers are displayed in the application.

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The Squash Rackets Federation of India (SRFI)-77th Senior National squash championships was recently held at Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
Ace Indian squash player Joshna Chinappa clinched the women’s title by beating Tanvi Khanna, while another top-rated player Saurav Ghosal bagged the men’s title by defeating Abhishek Pradhan in straight sets. The champions were awarded a prize money of Rs. 1,25,000 each.