Current Affairs - 2019-20

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Karnataka won the 2019-20 Vijay Hazare Trophy.

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The Raneh Falls is a natural water fall located in Chhatarpur district of Madhya Pradesh on Ken River. It is situated about 20 km away from world famous heritage site Khajuraho. The waterfall is also close to Panna Tiger Reserve and Ken crocodile sanctuary. It was awarded the Best Holiday Award for 2017.Tourists from all over the country and abroad come here every year to enjoy the natural beauty. The Ken River here runs through a narrow gorge of igneous rocks rich in Granite and Dolomite. The Pandav Falls in Panna National Park is also located nearby.

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The Egypt squash team has won the boy’s title at the 6th WSF-World junior squash team championship 2018 by defeating England by 2-0 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu on July 29. Egypt’s Marwan Tarek, who lost the individual championship final, defeated Nick Wall of England in straight games. Czech Republic and USA finished third and secured the bronze medal. Host India finished 11th overall.

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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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Recently, Scientists have discovered a new planet called Ross 128b that could possibly sustain life. This planet is located just 11 light-years away. It is a temperate planet that orbits a “quiet star”. It gets its name from the fact that it doesn’t spew out life-threatening bursts of radiation. The planet was discovered using ESO’s unique planet-hunting HARPS instrument.

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Alliance 8.7 is for a world without forced labour, modern slavery, human trafficking and child labour. It is an initiative under the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. It calls for effective measures to end forced labour, modern slavery, and human trafficking, as well as child labour in all its forms.

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Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya was born on September 25, 1916, in a village Nagla Chanderabhan in district Mathura of Uttar Pradesh. He was regarded as an ideal Swayamsevak of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). He is known for starting a monthly magazine “Rashtra Dharma”, a weekly “Panchajanya”, and a daily “Swadesh”. He conceived the political philosophy called “Integral Humanism”. Recently, the government celebrated his 100^th birth anniversary on 25^th September 2017.

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Eastern Himalaya has been declared a biodiversity hotspot by Conservation International. Our Scientists have recently claimed to have discovered a new species of Pika, a mammal belonging to the rabbit and hare family in the Eastern Himalayas in Sikkim. Pikas are members of the rabbit family and live in the mountains or in temperate regions. The common name "pika" is used for any member of the Ochotonidae family. Pikas do not hibernate unlike other mammalian species inhabiting such cold climates.

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"Nairobi Package", is a series of six Ministerial Decisions on agriculture, cotton and issues related to least-developed countries (LDCs).It was declared at WTO’s 10th Ministerial Conference, which was held in Nairobi, Kenya, from 15 to 19 December 2015.

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‘Snowflake Coral’ is an invasive species recently documented of the west coast of Thiruvananthapuram and Kanyakumari.It is said to pose a serious threat to the marine ecology of the region. It is a serious threat as an invasive species because of its capacity to dominate space and crowd out other marine organisms.