Current Affairs - 2019-20

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Narendra Modi Government reinstalled plaque with the name and quote of Veer Savarkar at Cellular Jail in Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The plaque was first installed in 2004 in the Atal Behari Vajpayee government. It was removed soon after UPA government came to power at the Centre.

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The African Development Bank (AfDB) recently launched the “High Fives”, which are the five areas of development, in line with the Bank’s Ten Year Strategy.

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As of 2023, world’s largest marine protected area is the Ross Sea Marine Protected Area, located in the Southern Ocean off the coast of Antarctica. This marine protected area covers approximately 1.57 million square kilometers (about 600,000 square miles) and was established in 2016 by an agreement among 24 countries and the European Union. The Ross Sea Marine Protected Area is intended to conserve the unique marine ecosystems of the region and to support scientific research.

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President Vladimir Putin has recently signed a decree to withdraw Russia’s signature from the International Criminal Court treaty. Russia in 2000 signed the Rome treaty that established the Hague-based court but never ratified it. International Criminal Court is based in Hague, Netherlands, and is an intergovernmental organization and international tribunal. Currently, there are 124 states which are party to Rome Statute and therefore members of the ICC. Both India and China are not its members.

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It is a set of guidelines for regulating the chemical inputs in tea cultivation. Official document is available on Tea Board website and may be useful if you have “agriculture” as optional subject.

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Artemisinin drug is used in the treatment of Malaria. The drug has been in news due to emergence of resistance to the drug. The drug was introduced when resistance to commonly used chloroquine was making malaria treatment inefficient.

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The five countries namely Malaysia, India, Thailand, Indonesia, and Vietnam are known as “Mighty Five” or MITI-V. These five countries were in news because of their high manufacturing index on account of low labour cost, manufacturing capabilities, and favourable demographic profiles, as well as market and economic growth.

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Each FIFA World Cup since 1966 has its own Mascot. Mascot is generally one or more anthropomorphic characters targeted by children with cartoon shows. The Mascot for 2018 FIFA World Cup was Zabivak

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Andreas Hofmann is a German track and field athlete who competes in the Javelin Throw. He was the winner of the 2018 Diamond League Javelin Throw event.

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The main venue of 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games was the Carrara Stadium.