Current Affairs - 2019-20

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India fulfils 85% of its crude oil requirements through imports. As of June, 2022, Iraq, Russia and Saudi Arabia are India’s largest three crude oil suppliers.

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According to Mercer’s 20th annual Quality of Living survey 2018, Vienna has topped the ranking among 231 cities for the 9th consecutive year. It is followed by Switzerland’s Zurich, while New Zealand’s Auckland and Germany’s Munich tied for third place. In the 2018 survey, Hyderabad and Pune have been jointly ranked at 142, making the best Indian cities to live in. They were closely followed by Bengaluru (149), Chennai (151), Mumbai, (154), Kolkata (160), with New Delhi (162) taking the last spot as it continues to battle rising traffic congestion and air pollution. The quality of living survey is conducted to help governments and major companies place employees on international assignments. The survey also identifies those cities with the highest personal safety ranking based upon internal stability, crime, effectiveness of law enforcement and relationships with other countries.

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In the equilateral triangle centroid, incentre, orthocentre, coincide at the same point.
∴ Height latex \div 3 = in radius
∴ Height = Median = 3latex ×3 = 9 cm
Hence option [B] is the right answer.

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The drug called Truvada has been approved for the treatment of HIV in infected patients. It works by lowering the amount of virus circulating in people’s blood. Also the recent clinical trials show that it can also protect uninfected high-risk people from acquiring the virus, if they take the drug daily before and after exposure. Truvada contains the active substances emtricitabine and tenofovir disoproxil fumarate. Drugmaker Cipla has received regulatory approval in India to sell its version of Truvada.

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The Venezuelan government withdrew its largest banknote 100-bolivar from circulation in its latest attempt to tackle the world’s worst inflation crisis.

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Recently, our researchers have discovered a new termite species Glyptotermes chiraharitae from the Malabar Wildlife Sanctuary at Kakkayam in Kerala. The newly discovered species has been named 'chiraharitae', after it was found in the tropical ever-green forest of Western Ghats. Termites are eusocial insects, which are generally of three types- drywood, dampwood and subterranean ones. The new species Glyptotermes chiraharitae is dampwood termites which infest parts of woods with high moisture content.

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India’s total foreign exchange reserve is US405.1434 billion with foreign exchange assets (FCA) component at US380.0499 billion, gold reserves at US21.1399 billion, SDRs of US1.4796 billion and US$2.4740 billion reserve position in IMF in the week to July 20, 2018.

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United States has won maximum number of medals in the FINA World Swimming Championships (25m). It has won 100 golds, 90 silvers and 79 bronze medals. This makes a total of 269.

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China is the largest producer of tea in the world. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, China produced approximately 2.43 million metric tons of tea in 2019, accounting for approximately 30% of global tea production. India is the second largest producer of tea, followed by Kenya, Indonesia, and Turkey. Tea is an important commodity in many countries around the world and is grown in a variety of climates, from subtropical to temperate regions. It is consumed as a hot beverage and is also used in the production of various products, such as tea bags, iced tea, and tea-based cosmetics.

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On July 7th 1896, the Lumiere Brothers showcased six films at the Watson Hotel in Mumbai and this marked the birth of Indian cinema as we know it today.
The Lumiere brothers were French Cinematographers who arrived in India after having proved their cinematic excellence in Paris. The screening of the films took place on July 7th 1896 at the Watson Hotel in Mumbai and the ticket was priced at Re.1. The Times of India referred to this event as the “miracle of the century”. The show received an overwhelming response and motion pictures were soon introduced to India, in Kolkata (Calcutta) and Chennai (Madras).