Current Affairs - 2019-20

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The top three states in India that generate the most hazardous waste are:

• Gujarat: 28.76%
• Maharashtra: 25.16%
• Andhra Pradesh: 8.93%

Other major generators of hazardous waste include:

• Chhattisgarh (4.74%)
• Rajasthan (4.38%)
• West Bengal (4.17%)
• Tamil Nadu (4.15%)

In 2022, Gujarat generated over 4.2 million metric tons of hazardous waste, which was more than one third of the total hazardous waste output in India. Gujarat also had the largest number of industries generating hazardous waste in 2021.

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Bihar has celebrated its 106th foundation day on March 22, 2018. A number of programmes have been organized throughout the state on the occasion. Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated a 3-day Bihar Diwas celebrations in Patna and also released 4 books- ‘Ek Tha Mohan’, ‘Bapu Ki Chiththi’, ‘Champaran Ki Kahani’ and ‘Neel Ke Dhabbe’ on this occasion. The 2018 theme for this year’s celebrations is “Centenary of Champaran Satyagraha and Elimination of Dowry and Child Marriage”. It was on this day when the British carved out the state from Bengal Presidency in 1912. Before that Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand and Orissa were part of the Bengal province during the British rule.

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By convention, the Secretary General, Lok Sabha or the Secretary General, Rajya Sabha is appointed as the Returning Officer, by rotation. Two other senior officers of the Lok Sabha/ Rajya Sabha Secretariat and the Secretaries and one more senior officer of Legislative Assemblies of all States including NCT of Delhi and Union Territory of Puducherry, are also appointed as the Assistant Returning Officers. The Election Commission of India makes such appointments. For the Presidential Election, 2017 the Secretary General Lok Sabha was the Returning Officer.

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The Nuclear Security Summit (NSS) is a world summit, aimed at preventing nuclear terrorism around the globe. The Nuclear Security Summit (NSS)-2016 was held at Washington, D.C. in United States.

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Recently, Strand Life Sciences has launched a Liquid Biopsy test portfolio, called STRAND LB that provides highly sensitive detection of tumour traces from a simple blood draw. The test is helpful in detecting the wide variety of cancer types – including lung, colorectal, breast, and bladder cancer.

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Global Energy Architecture Performance Index Report is published by World Economic Forum.The Report 2017 ranks 127 countries on their ability to deliver secure, affordable, sustainable energy. India ranked 87th among the 127 surveyed countries.

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Tidal Wave–II was the air campaign led by US military to destroy Islamic State oil Operation in Syria. The original Operation Tidal Wave was carried out in 1943, by US to destroy Hitler’s main oil supply in Ploesti, Romania during World War-II.

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Kuji mendha, a threatened breed of sheep, has been conferred “rare and singular species” tag by the central government, is found in which state of India. Kendrapara sheep, also known as Kuji mendha in local language, has been recently accorded with “rare and singular species” tag by the National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources (NBAGR). It is a threatened breed of sheep found only in coastal Jagatsinghpur and Kendrapara districts of Odisha. These sheep are fast breeders, and give multiple births at a time, while those in other parts of the state give single birth at a time.

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All given information is about the Kathak queen Sitara Devi. Recently, on 8th November 2017, Google paid a tribute to her by dedicating a doodle on her 97th birth anniversary. She was described by Rabindra Nath Tagore as Nritya Samragin when she was just 16 years old. In 2016, she was honoured with a number of awards including India Lifetime Achievement Award in 2011 for her contribution to the classical dance. She has also acted in a number of Hindi Movies. She had also acted in a number of Hindi movies. She had first married K. Asif and later to Pratap Barot.

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The technique is useful in places where raw laser power, and particularly concentrated laser power, is of paramount importance.