Current Affairs - 2019-20

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Recently, the Karnataka government approved “Electric Vehicle and Energy Storage Policy 2017”. With this, Karnataka became the first state to roll out an Electric Vehicle and Energy Storage Policy in the country. Important Facts about the Policy

• It aims to bring down pollution levels and push the “Make in Karnataka” initiative.
• This policy would not only help at boosting sales of EVs, but also in setting up charging infra and special manufacturing zones.
• The policy aims to attract investments worth Rs31,000 crore
• Under this policy, the state government has proposed to set up new EV manufacturing zones, charging stations in public and private spaces including airports, railway stations, metro stations and encourage start-ups to develop business models
• The state government estimates that the new policy will help to create employment for 55,000 individuals over the next few years in the state.

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Recently, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare recently announced the launch of National Strategic Plan (2017-24) and Mission “SAMPARK” with an aim to eradicate the menace of HIV/AIDS from country by year 2030. Under Mission SAMPARK, the government aims to promote “Community Based Testing”. This would help in fast-tracking the identification of all those people who are HIV positive and subsequently link them to Anti-retroviral therapy (ART) programme.

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Recently, scientists have discovered the first live specimen of a bizarre, giant worm-like animal in the Philippines that plants itself into mud like carrots and feeds on noxious fumes of sulphur. Its tusk like shells, measuring three to five feet long, were first documented in the 18th century.

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The Bandhan Express is an international passenger train which runs between the Indian city of Kolkata and the Bangladeshi city of Khulna. It is the 2nd modern train link between the Indian state of West Bengal and Bangladesh. On November 9, 2017, the Prime Minister of India, Prime Minister of Bangladesh and West Bengal Chief Minister flagged off the train Kolkata-Khulna Bandhan Express.

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“Biodiversity Heritage Sites” (BHS) are areas that are ecologically fragile ecosystems. It may be terrestrial, coastal or even inland waters. Its components include: richness of wild as well as domesticated species or intra-specific categories, high endemism, presence of rare and threatened species, keystone species, species of evolutionary significance, wild ancestors of domestic/cultivated species or their varieties, past pre-eminence of biological components represented by fossil beds and having significant cultural, ethical or aesthetic values and are important for the maintenance of cultural diversity, with or without a long history of human association with them. In 2016, the Ameenpur Lake, one of the few urban freshwater bodies left out in Telangana was given the status of Biodiversity Heritage Site. This lake once served as irrigation tank as part of a chain of tanks, but later got disconnected from the rest. Nowadays, it is the visited by bird watchers as a variety of avian species including migratory and resident bird species can be easily spotted here.

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The World Rabies Day (WRD) is observed every year on September 28 to raise awareness about rabies prevention and to highlight progress in defeating this horrifying disease. The day also marks the anniversary of Louis Pasteur’s death, the French chemist and microbiologist, who developed the first rabies vaccine. The 2018 theme is ” Rabies: Share the message. Save a life! “. Today, safe and efficacious animal and human vaccines are among the important tools that exist to eliminate human deaths from rabies while awareness is the key driver for success of communities to engage in effective rabies prevention.

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Trevor Bryan from America is the 2018 World Boxing Association’s Heavyweight Champion of 2018. He is a professional boxer from Americ

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The Adidas Telstar 18 was the official match ball of the 2018 FIFA World Cup which was held in the Russian Federation. It was designed by Adidas in Sialkot, Pakistan.

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Manu Bhaker had won a Gold medal in the second 2018 ISSF Junior World Cup in the 10m air pistol event for women.