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Current Affairs (October 2020) Flashcards

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Winners of Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2020

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Harvey J. Alter (America)
Charles M. Rice (America)
Michael Houghton (Britain)

  • for the discovery of the Hepatitis C virus
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Winners of Nobel Prize in Physics 2020

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Roger Penrose

  • for the discovery that black hole formation is a robust prediction of the general theory of relativity.

Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez

  • for the discovery of a supermassive compact object at the centre of our galaxy.
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Winners of Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020

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Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna

  • for the development of a method for genome editing
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Winners of Nobel Prize in Literature 2020

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Louise Glück

  • for her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal
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Winner of Nobel Peace Prize for 2020

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World Food Programme

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Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2020

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Paul R. Milgrom and Robert B. Wilson

  • for improvements to auction theory and inventions of new auction formats
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Ex-Officio Chairman of Monetary Policy Committee (MPC)

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Governor of RBI - Shaktikanta Das

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New economists as RBI’s MPC members

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Ashima Goyal, Jayanth R Varma & Shashanka Bhide

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Indian Air Force Day

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8th Oct

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When was the IAF founded?

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8th October, 1932

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World’s longest highway tunnel above 10,000 feet from MSL

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Atal Tunnel

  • previously called Rohtang Tunnel
  • built by the Border Roads Organisation (BRO)
  • 9.02 km
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Names of Russia’s first and second COVID vaccines.

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Sputnik V & EpiVacCorona

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Winner of Men’s 2020 French Open Title

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Rafael Nadal

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Youngest woman to win French Open Tennis 2020

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Iga Swiatek

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International Year of Pulses

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2016

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International Year of Millets

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2023

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India’s first indigenous surface-to-surface strategic missile, developed by DRDO.

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Prithvi-2

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Winner of the Visvesvaraya award

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Japan

  • recognises the countries with a maximum floating solar capacity in each of the four regions of ISA.
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Winner of Kalpana Chawla awards

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Bhim Singh & Aaesha Alnuaimi

  • recognise the outstanding contribution of scientists and engineers working in the field of solar energy.
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Winner of Diwakar award

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Arpan Institute & Arushi Society

  • recognises organisations working for the benefit of differently-abled people and by maximising the use of solar energy in the host country.
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India ranked ___ in Global Hunger Index 2020

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94th

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Narendra Singh Tomar launched this scheme to assist cooperatives to play an important role in the creation of healthcare infrastructure in the country.

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Ayushman Sahakar scheme

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India’s biggest hospital for cardiology

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Paediatric Heart Hospital in Ahmedabad

  • inaugurated at U.N Mehta Institute of Cardiology and Research Centre at Civil Hospital campus
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World’s longest temple ropeway project

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Girnar hill ropeway at Junagadh

  • 2,320 metres long ropeway with a capacity of carrying 1,000 passengers every hour
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Prime Minister of Bangladesh

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Sheikh Hasina

  • ordered the ‘no mask, no service’ policy
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Indian Movie Gully Boy received the award for the ____ at 14th Asian Film Awards.

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Best Original Score

  • Karsh Kale, The Salvage Audio Collective
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____ launched a green initiative named “IB-eNote” to enable a total paperless working environment.

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Indian Bank

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____ became the first bank in India to launch a debit card facility for the Economy Current Affairs customers availing the Loan Against Securities (LAS) from the Bank.

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ICICI Bank

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ICICI Bank shut down its operations in ____ in Oct, 2020.

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____ successfully test-fired a Tsirkon hypersonic constituted a Standing Committee, Market Data cruise missile in the Arctic.

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Russia

  • 450 km in distance and 28 km in altitude
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As part of the UN International Day of Girl Child, ____ assumed the post of Finland’s Prime Minister for one day.

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Aava Murto

  • 16-year old
  • 7th Oct, 2020
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Prime Minister of New Zealand

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Jacinda Ardern

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____ became the World’s First Country to attach facial verification in the National Identification Database in Oct 2020.

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___ joined the IMF, to become its 190th member.

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Andorra

  • largest microstate in Europe
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____ has been elected as the President of Seychelles.

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Wavel Ramkalawan

  • country in East Africa
  • capital: Victoria
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NATO plans to build a headquarters for space operations at its airbase in ____.

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Ramstein, Germany

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Japanese stated that the country will achieve zero carbon emissions by this year.

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2050

  • Prime Minister: Yoshihide Suga
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____ launched the first-ever brand and logo for ____ on Second World Cotton Day.

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Smriti Irani, Indian Cotton

  • Union Minister of Textiles
  • India’s premium cotton aka ‘Kasturi Cotton’
39
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Piyush Goyal was assigned the additional charge of _____ in Oct 2020.

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Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution

  • due to death of union minister Ram Vilas Paswan
  • currently Union Minister of Railways and Minister of Commerce and Industry
40
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President and Co-president of the International Solar Alliance (ISA).

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India & France

41
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India contributed ____ to the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) for Palestine refugees in Near East.

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1 million dollars

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Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) collaborated with these 3 organisations to augment its research and development capabilities.

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IIT-D, DRDO, JATC [Joint Advanced Technology Centre]

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India assumed Chairmanship of the _____, after a gap of 35 years.

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Governing Body of International Labour Organization (ILO)

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Union Minister of State for Culture and Tourism (I/C)

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Prahlad Singh Patel

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Vigilance Awareness Week 2020 is held during the week in which the birthday
of ____ falls.

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Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (31 October)

  • 27 Oct to 2 Nov 2020
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Union Minister of State for Shipping (I/C)

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Mansukh Mandaviya

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Union Minister of Tribal Affairs

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Arjun Munda

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Andhra CM launched a new scheme named the ____ to distribute school kits among the poor children of the state.

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‘Jagananna Vidya Kanuka’ scheme

  • CM: Jagan Mohan Reddy
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____ became the first state in the country to have high-tech classrooms in all its public schools.

50
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UP governor

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Anandiben Patel

51
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Uttarakhand’s first Ramsar site

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Asan Conservation Reserve

  • Wetland of International Importance
  • located on Yamuna river
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____ became the first state in the country to fix the floor price for vegetables.

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____ broke the record of “Most Dismissal by Wicket Keeper” by MS Dhoni’s who made 91 dismissals in 98 T20 Internationals (T20Is) for India.

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Alyssa Healy

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Ambassador for the World Athletics Half Marathon Championships Gdynia 2020.

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Constantina Dita

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First Indian woman to win the 2020 Wildlife Photographer of the Year award.

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Aishwarya Sridhar

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Theme for World Habitat Day

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Housing For All — A Better Urban Future

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World Mental Health Day

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10th October

Theme set by the World Federation for Mental Health : ‘mental health for all’

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International Day of the Girl Child

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11th October

Theme: My voice, our equal future

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United Nations Day

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24th October

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____ was selected by NASA to build the first cellular network on the moon.

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_____ became the first airport of the Airports Authority of India to be entirely solar powered.

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Pondi Airport

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