13,February, 2019 Current Affairs - Daily Current Affairs
13,February, 2019 Current
Affairs - Daily Current Affairs
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Who was appointed as the next Ambassador
of India to the Republic of Marshall Islands?
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Answer: Option A
Explanation:
Shri Sanjay
Kumar Verma (IFS: 1998), presently Ambassador of India to Japan, has been
concurrently accredited as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of
Marshall Islands, with residence in Tokyo.
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Name the tennis player who become the
third indian to reach top-100 of Men's Singles Tennis rankings.
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Answer: Option C
Explanation:
Prajnesh
Gunneswaran has made it to the top-100 of Men's Singles Tennis rankings with
a jump of six places that took him to 97. Prajnesh is the third Indian player
to break into the top-100 barrier in the past decade after Somdev Devvarman
and Yuki Bhambri. In the doubles, Rohan Bopanna stayed put at 37 and was
followed by his partner Divij Sharan at 39. In the Women's Tennis Association
charts, Ankita Raina continues to be country's top singles player at number
165.
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3.
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Exercise Rahat Concluded in __________.
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Answer: Option B
Explanation:
Joint
Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief Exercise 'Exercise Rahat'
concluded in Jaipur, Rajasthan. It was demonstrated in Jaipur, Kota and Alwar
in Rajasthan. Indian Army was represented by Jaipur based Sapta Shakti
Command. Representatives from Armed Forces, National Disaster Management Response
Mechanism (NDMRM), SDMA Rajasthan and DLMAs participated in the exercise.
With a view to cooperate efforts for humanitarian assistance and Disaster
Relief operations NDMA coordinated the exercise. The exercise was conducted
in three places, in Jaipur it was in the form of a table top exercise and at
Kota and Alwar it demonstrated on-ground capability and coordination among
various stakeholders.
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4.
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13 February is celebrated as World Radio
Day with the theme;
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Answer: Option A
Explanation:
13 February is
celebrated as World Radio Day by UNESCO all over the world. The theme of WRD
2019 is "Dialogue, Tolerance and Peace". This day marks a time
where people around the world celebrate the radio and how it shapes our
lives. Radio informs, transforms and unites us. It brings together people and
communities from all backgrounds to foster positive dialogue for change.
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5.
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MSDF and this organisation signed a
Statement of Intent (SOI) to codify, document and share best practices to
improve learning outcomes in public school education.
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4Answer: Option B
Explanation:
The NITI Aayog
and the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation (MSDF) signed a Statement of
Intent (SOI) to codify, document and share best practices to improve learning
outcomes in public school education through systemic reforms, based on their
collective experiences of working with various state governments in India.
The SOI was signed in the presence of Mr. Amitabh Kant, CEO, NITI Aayog, by
Mr. Alok Kumar, Adviser (HRD), NITI Aayog and Mr. Barun Mohanty, Managing
Director (International), MSDF. The NITI Aayog was established with the core
mandate of promoting cooperative and competitive federalism through
evidence-based policy reform and knowledge inputs. ng sustainable education
systems.
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6.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed
the CREDAI YouthCon -19 in New Delhi, recently. The theme of the event is;
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Answer: Option B
Explanation:
Prime Minister
Narendra Modi addressed the CREDAI YouthCon -19 in New Delhi's Talkatora
Stadium. The event is organized by the Confederation of Real Estate
Developers' Association of India, CREDAI. The theme for this YouthCon is
'Next Generation'. The annual conference will bring together the next
generation of real estate builders and developers to enlighten their young
minds and share their thinking and approach. He will also visit the
exhibition organized by CREDAI.
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7.
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Statue of which King was unveiled during
the PrimeMinister Narendra Modi's State Visit to Tripura?
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Answer: Option A
Explanation:
During the visit
of PM Modi to Agartala he unveiled the statue of Maharaja Bir Bikram Kishore
Manikya at the Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport, Agartala. It was part of the
union government policy to honour the heroes of India.Maharaja Bir Bikram
Kishore Manikya is considered as father of modern architecture in Tripura. He
did the entire planning of present-day Tripura during his rule. He planned
the capital city Agartala also.Statue was built by faculty and students of
Tripura government's Art and craft college. It costs Rs.5 lakh for the
Maharaja Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya statue.
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RBI has recently raised the limit for
collateral-free agriculture loans from Rs 1 Lakh to __________.
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Answer: Option A
Explanation:
The Reserve Bank
of India (RBI) has recently raised the limit for collateral-free agriculture
loans to Rs 1.6 lakh from Rs. 1 lakh to enhance coverage of small and
marginal farmers in the formal credit system. Currently, the banks are
mandated to extend collateral-free agricultural loans up to Rs. 1 lakh. This
limit was fixed in the year 2010. The RBI also proposed to set up an internal
working group to review various issues plaguing farm credit, such as regional
disparity, extent of coverage and limited capital formation from such credit.
As per interim Budget of 2019, the Government of India (GoI) will also launch
the 'Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) programme to provide
assured income support to small and marginal farmers. Under this, vulnerable
landholding farmer-families, having cultivable land up to two hectares, will
be provided direct income support at the rate of Rs. 6,000 per year. This
income support will be transferred directly into the bank accounts of
beneficiary farmers in three equal instalments of Rs. 2,000 each. The programme
will be funded by the Government of India (GoI).
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This country has signed the U.S. for
72,400 SIG716 assault rifles.
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Answer: Option C
Explanation:
Ministry of
Defence, India has signed the U.S. for 72,400 SIG716 assault rifles for
front-line soldiers deployed in operational areas. Of the 72,400 rifles,
66,400 are meant for the Army, 2,000 for the Navy and 4,000 for the Air
Force. The broad parameters for the weapon are an effective range of 500 m
and a weight of less than 3 kg. The new rifles will replace the Indian
National Small Arms System (INSAS) rifles.
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10.
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Name the Indian historian who won Dan
David Prize 2019, recently.
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Answer: Option D
Explanation:
Indian historian
Sanjay Subrahmanyam won the prestigious Dan David Prize 2019 for his work on
inter-cultural encounters between Asians, Europeans and people of North and
South America during the early modern era. He won Israel's prestigious USD 1
million dollar award in the category of "Past Time Dimension" for
his work in macro-history. Once presented with the award money, Subrahmanyam
will donate 10% of the prize money towards scholarships for graduate or
post-graduate researchers.
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11.
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Where did the National Conference on
Unani Medicine held?
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Answer: Option D
Explanation:
The two-day
National Conference on Unani Medicine organized by the Central Council for
Research in Unani Medicine (CCRUM) as a part of 3rd Unani Day Celebration in
New Delhi concluded with the note that integration and synergy of all medical
systems is the need of the hour to address the health challenges we are
facing today. The conference was inaugurated by Dr. Najma Heptulla, Governor
of Manipur. The conference witnessed exchange of MoU for scientific
collaboration in Unani Medicine between the CCRUM and Jamia Hamdard, New
Delhi.
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12.
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Who was Conferred with the MusiCares
Person of the Year 2019?
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Answer: Option B
Explanation:
Dolly Parton was
conferred with the "MusiCares Person of the Year".
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13.
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Ministry of Textiles and Central Silk
Board jointly organised a Mega Event "Surging Silk" in which city?
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Answer: Option C
Explanation:
Surging Silk,
Mega Event by Ministry of Textiles and Central Silk Board was held in New Delhi.
The event was organized with a motive to highlight the growth of silk
industry in India. In this event, Buniyaad Tasar Silk Reeling Machines to
women reelers from tribal areas, to eradicate the age old practice of thigh
reeling by end of March 2020. This machines by Central Silk Technological
Research Institute in association with an entrepreneur from Champa in
Chhattisgarh will improve the quality and productivity of Tasar silk yarn. A
mobile application e-cocoon was launched during this event to check the
quality of silkworm seeds.
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Who signed a loan agreement for Rs 5,000
crore with State Bank of India?
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Answer: Option A
Explanation:
State-owned
power giant NTPC has announced that it has signed a term loan agreement for
Rs 5,000 crore with State Bank of India. The loan facility is extended at an
interest rate linked to 3-Month MCLR of the Bank. This loan has a door to
door tenure of 15 years and will be utilised to part finance the capital
expenditure of NTPC.
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15.
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US-based virtual search start-up acquired
by Facebook to boost AI capabilities is?
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Answer: Option C
Explanation:
In an attempt to
enable users shop better using Artificial Intelligence (AI) capabilities,
Facebook has acquired US-based virtual search start-up, GrokStyle, at an
undisclosed amount. GrokStyle was founded in 2015 and is based in San
Francisco, USA.
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Which country has decided to include
Hindi as the third official language in courts?
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Answer: Option D
Explanation:
The Abu Dhabi
Judicial Department (ADJD) has decided to include Hindi as the third official
language used in its courts, alongside Arabic and English, as part of a move
designed to improve access to justice. The move will help the Hindi speakers
to learn about litigation procedures, their rights and duties without a
language barrier. It is an estimated that 3.3 million Indian expats live in
United Arab Emirates (UAE), and a large number of them are blue collared
workers. Hence, this is an excellent step taken by Abu Dhabi that will
certainly improve access to justice for India's blue collar workers. It also
fits perfectly into the wider agenda of UAE's Year of Tolerance".
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Which ministry will organize the first
annual conference of Media Units in New Delhi?
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Answer: Option A
Explanation:
Information and
Broadcasting, I&B Ministry will organize the first annual conference of
Media Units in New Delhi. The meeting is Chaired by I&B Minister Col.
Rajyavardhan Rathore, the Conference, aims to give a unique platform to the
officers of the Indian Information Service working in different Media Units
to converge at an All-India level. They will discuss and deliberate upon the
emerging areas of the evolving communication paradigm. Through the
Conference, the Ministry aims to strengthen synergy between the Media Units
in order to ensure last mile delivery.
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18.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has
inaugurated Employees' State Insurance Corporation's (ESIC) and National
Institute of Ayurveda in which of the following state?
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Answer: Option B
Explanation:
Prime Minister
Narendra Modi has inaugurated and laid foundation stones of several
development projects at Kurukshetra in Haryana. Modi dedicated to the nation
the National Cancer Institute at Bhadsa in Jhajjar district. The institute is
the state-of-the-art tertiary cancer care-cum-research centre constructed at
the AIIMS Jhajjar campus. Mr Modi also inaugurated Employees' State Insurance
Corporation's (ESIC) medical college and hospital in Faridabad. This will be
the first ESIC medical college and hospital in north India. The Prime
Minister also laid the foundation stone of National Institute of Ayurveda in
Panchkula which is being set up at Shri Mata Mansa Devi Temple Complex.
Foundation stone of Sri Krishna Ayush University, Kurukshetra was also be
laid by Mr Modi. It will be the first university related to Indian system of
medicine in Haryana as well as the first of its kind in India.
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For which bank, RBI penalized Rs.2 Crore
for Flouting Norms?
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Answer: Option B
Explanation:
Reserve Bank of
India, has imposed an aggregate penalty of Rs 20 million on Corporation bank
due to some lapses in monitoring of end use of funds and exchange of
information with other banks in respect of one borrower along with some other
banks.
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20.
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The 5th International Dam Safety
Conference-2019 has started in __________.
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Answer: Option C
Explanation:
The 5th
International Dam Safety Conference-2019 is being held in Bhubaneswar as a
joint initiative of the Government of India, Government of Odisha and the
World Bank under aegis of the ongoing World Bank assisted Dam Rehabilitation
and Improvement Project (DRIP) as a part of institutional strengthening. Dam
Safety Conferences are being organized as an annual event in different DRIP
States in collaboration with the Implementing Agencies and leading academic
institutes to provide a common platform for all stakeholders including
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