Current Affairs Quiz - February, 2020

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Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra has been named as the nominee for the proposed Delimitation Commission for Jammu and Kashmir, by the Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora, after a request from the government.
As per the J-K Reorganisation Act, 2019, the number of Legislative Assembly seats of Jammu and Kashmir UT shall be increased from 107 to 114, and delimitation of the constituencies shall be determined by the Election Commission of India.

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Taxi hailing app Uber recently announced that it has integrated with the Himmat application of Delhi Police.
Under this partnership, Uber and Delhi Police distributed nearly 1,000 Himmat QR Verification Cards to driver partners. The passenger can report their journey directly to the Delhi Police, by scanning the QR card via the app. They can also access details of the diver and vehicle. Sharing the ride information is optional to passengers.

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The skipper of Indian cricket team Virat Kohli recently became the first Indian to reach the 50 million followers mark on social media platform Instagram.
Globally, the official account of Instagram has the highest number of followers, followed by Football star from Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo, who has nearly 200 million followers. Virat has made 930 Instagram posts so far and earned the most number of followers, followed by Bollywood actor Priyanka Chopra (49.9 followers) and Deepika Padukone (44.1 followers).

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The Far East Development Fund was established by the Russian government for infrastructure financing. It facilitates investments in the Far East and Baikal regions, providing preferential and long-term financing for prioritized investment projects across industries such as infrastructure, upstream and downstream production of minerals, small and medium enterprises and agriculture. It has reportedly shown interest to bid for Jet Airways (India) Ltd.

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The EU is pursuing a digital strategy and develop a “framework for trustworthy artificial intelligence”, focusing on three key objectives: (1) Technology that works for people; (2) A fair and competitive economy; and (3) An open, democratic and sustainable society.

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Cobalt is a critical element for not only cell phones but also electric vehicles that might be good for the environment. Roughly 60% of mined cobalt is sourced from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Its continued availability is becoming an issue due to political environment of DRC.

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7th Economic Census is being brought out by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation’s Central Statistics Office (Economic Statistics Division). A nationwide Business Register as per international practices adopted by developing countries and in line with UNSD recommendations. It will provide detailed information on economic variables, activity wise, of all the non agricultural establishments of the country including its distribution at all India, State, district, village/ward levels for comprehensive analysis of the structure of the economy.

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The Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu Edappadi Palaniswami recently announced in the state assembly that Tamil Nadu will celebrate the birth anniversary of former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa (February 24) as the Women and Children Protection Day.
He also announced several welfare schemes for Muslims of the state, including doubling the pension of Muslim scholars (Ulemas) to Rs.3000.

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RailMadad, the grievance redressal portal of Indian Railways, has won the National e-Governance Award for excellence in providing citizen-centric delivery. The new unified portal of Indian Railways, used for grievance, inquiry, and assistance, was awarded Silver under Category II of National e-Governance Awards.
The National e-Governance Awards are presented by the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG) annually, to promote e-Governance initiatives.

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The 10th edition of Bharatiya Chhatra Sansad (Indian Student Parliament) has commenced in New Delhi on February 20.
Vice President of India M Venkaiah Naidu has inaugurated the four-day event. Indian Student Parliament is a platform, which creates political awareness among students. P. Ramakrishnan, Speaker of the Kerala Legislative Assembly was awarded the Ideal Legislative Assembly Speaker award in the event.