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Current Affairs : 13th July 2020

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Q1) South Asia Group for Energy (SAGE) is a government consortium of which country?
India
Canada
United States
Australia
(SAGE) ?

U.S.-India collaboration for clean energy development, the U.S. Agency for International
Development (USAID) and the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE)
Raj Kumar Singh : Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
MNRE Secretary, Indu Shekhar Chaturvedi, and USAID Deputy Assistant Administrator for
Asia, Javier Piedra,
Q2) What is the theme of the India Global Week 2020?
Be The Revival: India and a Better New World
Pandemc And The Future Of The World
United We Stand
Global Economy And The Pandemic
2020 ?
द :
औ

It is an annual flagship event organised by India Inc., a London based media house to re-
energise and ignite optimism at global level.
It also marks the 100th birth anniversary of Pandit Ravi Shankar, a great Indian
musician (Sitar player, composer and singer).

Q3) Which has become the first Arab country to send a probe to Mars (Hope Probe)?
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
UAE
Bahrain
‘ ‘ ?

The United Arab Emirates has decided to send a probe to Mars, in a first for the Arab world.
UAE’s Hazza al-Mansouri had become the first Emirati to travel to space and visit the
International Space Station.
Capital : Abu Dhabi
President : Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan
PM : Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Currency : UAE dirham

Q4) Ypthima watsoni, which has been rediscovered in Tripura, is a species of ______?
Butterfly
Lizard
Bird
Frog
 Ypthima watsoni ?

Capital : Agartala
Cm : Biplab Kumar Deb
Gov :
Ramesh Bais

Q5) The Ministry of Skilled Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) has launched which
digital portal to help skilled people find sustainable livelihood opportunities?
ASEEM
ABHI
NETRA
VIDHUSHI
औ (MSDE)
?

Aatmanirbhar Skilled Employee Employer Mapping

Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey, Cabinet Minister : Mp from Chandrauli/UP

Q.6. Which day is celebrated On 10th July in India?

1. 10 ?

a. On 10th July National Fish Farmer day is celebrated in India.

On the occasion of National Fish Farmer Day,
A webinar was hosted by Department of Fishries, Ministry of Fishries, Animal husbandary
and Dairying association/ Giriraj Singh, Cabinet Minister/ Begusarai/Bihar with the National
Fishries Development Board.
National Fisheries Development Board (NFDB) was set up in September 2006 with its
headquarter at Hyderabad
It is celebrated on 10th July every year in remembrance of Scientist Dr. K.H Alikhuni and Dr.
H.L Chaudhary who successfully demonstrate the technology of individual breeding
(Hypophysation) in 1957.

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7. IAF gets how many Apache attack helicopter from Boeing ?

IAF ?
A. Boeing handed over the last of Five AH-64F Apache attack helicopter to the Indian Air
Force (IAF) Completing the contract for 22 Apache.

India is one of 17 Nation to select Apache and has the most advance variant.

India has deployed AH64E – Apache and Chinook in Ladakh.

Boeing is American Aerospace Company

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8. ISRO Prepare to launch Brazil’s ____ Aboard PSLV in August this year.
____ PSLV
A. ISRO Prepare to launch Brazil’s Amazonia-I Satellite Aboard PSLV in August this year.
This satellite is aboard the Polar Satellite launch Vehicle (PSLV) as a primary payload by
August 2020. This satellite has been locally designed and tested in Brazil. It will be the first
satellite for earth observation

Important Points remebered for exam

(1) ISRO Director – K. Sivon
Headquarter – Bengaluru
Established – 1969
President of Brazil – Jair Bolsonara
Currency of Brazil – Brazillion Real

a. (PSLV) 2020
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9. Which Company tie up with Karnataka Govt. Promote local art, craft and Handloom?
a. Flipkart, ties up with Karnatka Govt. Promote local art, craft and handloom

Karnatka MSME and Mines department signed a memorandum of understanding with e-

commerce from flipkart to sell regional art, handicraft and other home grown and produced
product on its platform.

Flipkart : Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Founder: Sachin Bansal, Binny Bansal

Gov : Vajubhai Vala

CM : B. S. Yediyurappa

National Park : Anshi, Bandipur, Bannerghatta, Kudremukh and Nagarhole.

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10. Who formed a panel for creation of “Indian Pandemic Risk Pool” ?
IRDAI form panel for creation of “Indian Pandemic Risk Pool”
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a. The Insurance Regulatory and development Authority of India has formed a working
group to study and make recommendation on formation of an Indian Pandemic Risk Pool.
Important Points to be remember
IRDAI Founded on – 1999
Headquarter – Hyderabad
Chariperson – Subhash Chandra Khuntia
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IRDAI - 1999
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Q.11) Amadou Gon Coulibaly, who passed away recently, was the Prime Minister of which
country?
Burkina Faso
Ivory Coast
Cape Verde
Benin
?

Capital : Yamoussoukro Abidjan

Currency : West African CFA franc
Q12) Which country will host the Asia Cricket Cup in June 2021?
Pakistan
India
Bangladesh
Sri Lanka
2021 ?
Capital : Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte (legislative)[1] Colombo (executive

President : Gotabaya Rajapaksa

PM : Mahinda Rajapaksa
Q13) Nadaun Police Station of Hamirpur district of which state has been ranked as one of the
best Police Stations of the country?
Uttarakhand
Himachal Pradesh
West Bengal
Sikkim
?

Chief Minister of HP: Jairam Thakur

Governor of HP: Bandaru Dattatraya
Q.14) Rajkiran Rai is the Managing Director and CEO of which bank?
Union Bank of India
Bank of Maharashtra
Bank of Baroda
Canara Bank
औ ?
ऑफ

H/Q- Mumbai
Q15) Nepal’s cable TV operators have switched off signals for all Indian news channels,
except which channel?
Doordarshan
Rajya Sabha
NDTV
Aaj Tak

?
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H/Q- New Delhi, Delhi

Capital : Kathmandu
Nepal President Bidhya Devi Bhandari[6]
• Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli[6]

16. ATL App for student launched by which Government body?

ऐ ?
A. NITI Aayog launched free online course ATL App Development Module for school student
. The skills of school students will be transformal from being Appliers to App makers.

The Course “ATL/ Atal Tinkering Labs App Development Module” has been launched in
collaboration with Indian homegrown startup Plezmo (Indian Startup Company-Gunakar
Private Limited),

Importamt Points to remembered for exam

(1) Niti Aayog – (Headquarter) = New Delhi
NITI Aayog (Chairperson) = Narendra Modi
NITI Aayog (Vice chairperson) = Rajiv Kumar
NITI Aayog formed on – 1 January 2015
NITI (National Institution For Transforming India)
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NITI Aayog ( )=
NITI Aayog 1 2015
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17. Which country sets a new Ginness record forTiger census?
?
A. India Tiger Census sets a new Ginness record for being the world’s largest Camera trap
wildlife survey.

The latest results of the 2018 study had show the India now on estimated 2967 tiger out of
which 2461 individual tiger have been photo captured, a whopping 83%
a.

2018 2967 ,
2461 , 83%

Q.18 Which international organization has renewed MOU with International Energy Agency
(IEA ?
(IEA) MOU ?
A. Asian Development Bank (ADB) has renewed MOU with International Energy Agency
(IEA).
HQ of ADB: Mandaluyong, Philippines
President of ADB: Masatsugu Asakawa
HQ of IEA: Paris, France

Q.19 Who has received the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon Environment award.

A. Indian Battalion (INDBATT): It has received the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon
Environment award.

Q.20 World Population day is celebrated on ?

?
Ans : 11 July
Theme: Putting the brakes on COVID 19: Safeguarding the health and rights of women and
girls
COVID 19 : औ औ

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