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AUGUST – 23 | Daily Current Affairs 2020

BUSINESS AND ECONOMY

1. According to the RedSeer Consulting, Digital payments in India are expected to grow over three-folds to Rs 7,092 trillion by which year?
A) 2024
B) 2027
C) 2029
D) 2025
Answer: D) 2025
The current 160 million unique mobile payment users will multiply by 5 times to reach nearly 800 million by 2025. Rs. 2,162 trillion in 2019-20.

AWARDS

2. Which organization has been awarded Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar 2020 by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports?
A) The Army Sports Institute (ASI), Pune
B) The Army Sports Institute (ASI), Hyderabad
C) The Army Sports Institute (ASI), Mumbai
D) The Army Sports Institute (ASI), Chennai
Answer: A) The Army Sports Institute (ASI), Pune

• Identification and Nurturing of Budding/Young Talent.
• Encourage to Sports through Corporate Social Responsibility.
• Employment of Sports persons and Sports Welfare Measures.
• Sports for Development.

• Dronacharya Award
• Arjuna Award
• Dhyan Chand Award
• Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna
• Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports:
Minister: Kiren Rijiju
Constituency : Arunachal Pradesh West, Arunachal Pradesh

3. Which organization has bagged the ‘Swachhta Hi Seva’ (Cleanliness is service) 2019 award?
A) BHEL
B) BPL
C) NLCIL
D) CSIR
Answer: C) NLCIL

• Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) NLC India Ltd (NLCIL) has bagged the ‘Swachhta Hi Seva’ (cleanliness is service) 2019 award, for transforming Neyveli township into a plastic-free, clean and green campus.
• Neyveli Lignite Corporation India Limited (NLCIL).

4. Sonam Gyaltsan has been selected for the National Award to Teacher, 2020. He serves as a Govt school teacher in which state/UT?
A) Ladakh
B) Delhi
C) Goa
D) Andhra Pradesh
Answer: A) Ladakh
Total 47 teachers selected in this award. In three years the enrollment of Students rose from 4 to 103 now.
Ladakh:
Capital : Ladakh
Lt Governor : Radha Krishna Mathur

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

5. Which IIT and Shiv Nadar University claim to have developed a technology for production of environment friendly Lithium-Sulfur (Li-S) batteries?
A) IIT hyderabad
B) IIT Madras
C) IIT Mandi
D) IIT Bombay
Answer: D) IIT Bombay

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

6. Which country successfully launches optical remote-sensing satellite Gaofen-9 05?
A) England
B) USA
C) China
D) India
Answer: C) China

• China successfully launched a new optical remote-sensing satellite from its Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest China .
• The satellite, Gaofen-9 05, was sent into orbit by a Long March-2D carrier rocket.
• A multifunctional test satellite and another satellite named Tiantuo-5 were also launched via the rocket.

7. The India Pavilion at the Army-2020 International Military and Technical Forum was inaugurated in which country?
A) USA
B) UK
C) Russia
D) Thailand
Answer: C) Russia
The India Pavilion at the Army-2020 International Military and Technical Forum was inaugurated by Secretary (Defence Production) Raj Kumar and Indian Ambassador DB Venkatesh Verma outside Moscow, the Indian Embassy in Russia.
India Pavilion at Army-2020 forum inaugurated in Russia.

NATIONAL AFFAIRS

8. Union minister Nitin Gadkari will inaugurate and lay foundation stone of 35 highway projects worth over Rs 9,400 crore in which state?
A) Uttar Pradesh
B) Madhya Pradesh
C) Andhra Pradesh
D) Arunachal Pradesh
Answer: B) Madhya Pradesh
“These projects for inauguration and foundation laying carry a road length of 1,139 kilometres, involving construction value of over Rs 9,400 crore.”
Madhya Pradesh:
Capital: Bhopal
CM: Shivraj Singh Chouhan
Governor : Anandiben Patel

9. Which state celebrates ‘Nuakhai’ festival?
A) Assam
B) Uttar Pradesh
C) Odisha
D) Madhya Pradesh
Answer: C) Odisha
Odisha:
Capital : Bhubaneswar
Chief Minister – Naveen Patnaik
Governor – Ganeshi Lal

10. Which state/UT launches campaign for registration of construction workers?
A) Ladakh
B) Delhi
C) Goa
D) Andhra Pradesh
Answer: B) Delhi
The Board had provided Rs 5,000 to each of 40,000 registered construction workers for two months during the lockdown period. The workers must be in the age group of 18-60 years.
Delhi:
Capital: New Delhi
CM: Arvind Kejriwal Anil                                                                                     Governor : Baijalama

11. Which state government has rolled out a new scheme to promote intensive Aquaculture through bio-floc technology in fisheries?
A) Assam
B) Odisha
C) Chandigarh
D) West Bengal
Answer: B) Odisha
The unit cost for installation of a Bio-floc unit of 2 tanks is Rs 1.50 lakh, while a biflock unit of 6 tanks costs approximately Rs 4 lakh. Carbon and nitrogen in the system.
Odisha:
Capital : Bhubaneswar
Chief Minister – Naveen Patnaik
Governor – Ganeshi Lal

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