23 Aug 2020 Current Affairs for UPSC PDF

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Last Day Important Questions with Ans:- 
Que 1- Cleanest Ganga town as per Swachh survekshan 2020..Varanasi

Que 2-According to International parliamentary Union, India ranks .153 out of 190 nations in the percentage of women representative in the parliament.

Que 3- GoI leased Jaipur Airport under PPP model to Adani enterprises limited

Que 4-Airport Authority of India , a Statutary body established under Airport Authority of India Act 1994

Que 5- Trackling covid-19 youth employment crisis in Asia and Pacific report by .ILO.and .ADB

Que 6- Mysuru  zoo become the second Indian to house the African cheetah

Que 7- National Strategy for Financial Education  was launched by .RBI ,National Centre for Financial Education (prepared by)

Que 8- Countries of QUAD ...India, Japan, USA, Australia

Que 9- China to lend Bangladesh dollar 1 billion for project on ..Teesta River

Que 10- Countries involved in Malabar exercise....India, USA, Japan

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23 Aug  2020 Current Affairs for UPSC PDF

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Current Affairs Today:- 
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1. International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its abolition- 23 Aug 

This 23rd August in honour the memory of the men and women who,  in Saint Dominigeu (Today Haiti & Dominican Republic) 1791 revolted and paved the way for the end of slavery and dehumanisation.
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2. NFL Vijaipur unit to produce compost from biodegradable waste.

National fertilizers Limited a PSU under the Department of Fertilizers.

Set up an organic waste converter plant (OWC)

Segregation of degradable and non degradable parts

Initiative towards swachh Bharat

Aim to recycle around 2000 kg per day.
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3. Kerala readies to host its first dragonfly festival.

WWF India Kerala unit joint with the society for odonate studies (SOS) and Thumbipuranam for first state dragonfly festival in Kerala.

Named- Thumbimahotsawam 2020

"Pantalu" is official Muscat.

The event are part of national dragonfly festival organised by WWF India, Bombay National history society and the Indian dragon society in association with National biodiversity board, United Nation environment program United Nations development programme and International Union for conservation of nature.
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4. Turkey to convert another former Church to mosque

Istanbul museum to be turned back into a place of Muslim worship

Earlier Hagia Sofia was converted.
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5. West Nile virus 2 case reported in Spain

First discovered in Uganda in 1937

Carried out by birds and was spread to human by mosquito

RNA virus that cause waste nail fever virus belong to  Flaviviride family, another members are zika virus yellow fever virus.

Serious illness caused by West Nile virus is neuroinvasive disease.
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6. China Myanmar Economic Corridor a great shock to China.

Myanmar has pushed back against China's after trying to widen its influence

Decision was influenced from the experience of Pakistan in CPEC and with Shrilanka being pushed towards debt trap.

China proposed their CMEC as a part of BRI in initiative.

Agreement signed to establish Kyaukphyu deep sea port.

To use Myanmar as an alternate route to strait of Malacca.

Strait of Malacca was military dominated by USA.

Myostsone Dam is also suspended, project on Irrawaddy river. suspended due to widespread public concern social and environmental

India and Myanmar-

India Myanmar border-  Mizoram Manipur Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh.

Meritime border with Andaman Island

India representing Myanmar's 4th largest export market and countries fifth largest import partner.

Myanmar buying its arms and ammunition from India Russia Ukraine Israel.

India Myanmar Thailand friendship highway- Guwahati- Mandalay Yangon Myanmar then Maesot in Thailand.

Kaladan Multimodal transit route- Kolkata with Sittwe port in Myanmar.

Sittwe sea port to Lashio in Myanmar via Kaladan river then by road from Lashio to Mizoram in India.
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Most Important Questions:-

Que 1-The Animal Welfare Board of India is a ........... body

Que 2- India signed a cultural agreement with .............a country touching Mediterranean sea for 3 years.

Que 3- National fertilizers Limited a PSU under the .......................

Que 4- Thumbimahotsawam 2020 is a................

Que 5-  West Nile virus is a virus of family .....
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23 Aug  2020 Current Affairs for UPSC PDF

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