Current Affairs Quiz - January, 2020

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The Union Territory of Ladakh recently hosted the first ever Food Processing Summit to guide the entrepreneurs and attract investments. The UT administration of Ladakh hosts the summit in association with the Union Ministry of Commerce and Industry and the Union Ministry of Food Processing Industries.
Several entrepreneurs from Leh and Kargil regions are participating in the Summit. As Ladakh is capable of exporting processed foods made from unique horticultural products, the entrepreneurs were encouraged to begin their own start-up companies in the food processing sector.

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The Revised National TB Control Programme (RNTCP), the scheme of Ministry of Health & Family Welfare was recently renamed as the National Tuberculosis Elimination Programme (NTEP).
The Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare recently intimated the Chief Secretaries of all States and Union Territories about the change of name. In 2018, the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi announced 2025 as the target year for eliminating Tuberculosis form India, 5 years ahead of the Sustainable Development Goal. On account of the target, the programme was renamed to NTEP.

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The Union Chemicals and Fertilizers Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda recently launched the ‘APNA UREA – Sona Ugle’ brand and logo of Hindustan Urvarak and Rasayan Limited (HURL).
HURL is a Joint Venture Company, which is promoted by the three PSUs and Maha Ratna Companies – Coal India Limited, NTPC Limited and Indian Oil Corporation Limited. HURL has undertaken the revival process of three sick Urea plants, situated at Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh), Barauni (Bihar) and Sindri (Jharkhand). The plants are to be commissioned in February 2021.

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The Chief of the leading multinational online retailer Amazon, Jeff Bezos announced that the company would invest in India to create 1 million jobs by 2025. These proposed jobs will be in addition to the 7 lakh jobs which have been already created over the last six years in India, through the investments of Amazon.
Recently the Chief of Amazon attended the two-day meet of the company in New Delhi. He also announced that investments worth $1 billion would be made in India. Amazon has been alleged by small traders, for providing steep discounts to products in their platform and supporting only a particular group of retailers.

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The National Real Estate Development Council recently announced the launch of India’s first e-commerce housing portal called ‘HousingForAll.Com’. The portal was launched by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry (MoHUA), Durga Shanker Mishra.
The e-Commerce portal, with nearly 1,000 listed properties, is to host a 45-day nationwide online home-buying campaign for ready-to-move-in homes. Hardeep Puri, Minister of State (IC), MoHUA announced the initiative of e-commerce housing portal, during the first National RERA Conclave held in Lucknow, in November 2019.

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Recently, India has successfully test-fired fired a 3,500 km range nuclear capable missile from the coast of Andhra Pradesh. The ballistic missile named ‘K-4’ that can be launched from a submarine, is developed by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).
The missile, which is to be fitted into the Arihant-class submarines of the Indian Navy, has ideal configuration to strike its targets. Arihant is India’s first nuclear-powered submarine of 6000 tonnes, which was successfully tested in November 2018.

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The 9th edition of the International Children’s Film Festival’ is scheduled to be held in Kolkata from January 19 to 26, 2020. The event is being organised by the Shishu Kishore Akademi, which is an institution under the aegis of Information and Cultural Affairs Department, Government of West Bengal.
As an initiative of the state government, the Shishu Kishore Akademi has been organizing the Kolkata International Children’s Film Festival (KICFF), annually since 2011. This year, spread across nine venues across Kolkata, the festival includes screening of about 250 films from 35 countries.

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The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) recently released its ‘Global Investment Trend Monitor report’ and listed the countries on the basis of receipts of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI).
As per the report, the United States was the largest recipient of FDI in 2019 with inflow of investments amounting to $251 billion. The second largest recipient was China at $140 billion in 2019. India was also among the top 10 FDI recipients in 2019, which attracted investments worth $49 billion. This is 16% higher than the previous year FDI inflow of the country. The report also stated that majority of India’s FDI inflow went to its service sector.

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The people of the three North-eastern states- Manipur, Meghalaya and Tripura celebrated their Statehood Day on January 21. On the same day in 1972, these three states became full-fledged states under the North Eastern Region (Re-organisation) Act, 1971. This year, the states celebrate their 48th Statehood day.
Many National Leaders including the Prime Minister and the President expressed their wishes to the states on their Statehood day and greeted the cultural heritage and traditions of the North-Eastern states.

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The State government of Uttarakhand recently released a notification that it has made a policy to lease agricultural land, becoming the first Indian state to implement such policy.
According to the policy, any institution, company or NGO can take farm land on lease for 30 years, provided the leased land is below 30 acres. The farmers who own the land will receive the corresponding rent during the leased period. Difficulties in leasing land for agriculture and plantation in hilly areas and consolidation of fragmented land are being solved by the policy.