Current Affairs 2020

61. The first India-Africa Defence Ministers’ Conclave was recently held in which city?

62. Which famous writer was recently selected for the Mystic Kalinga Literary Award (Indian and Global Languages)?

63. What is the projected growth rate of India, during the next financial year 2020-21, as per the recent Monetary policy of RBI?        

64. The fifth India-Russia Military Industrial Conference was recently organised in which city? 

65. Which organisation is set to release Digital Payments Index (DPI), which will assess the digitalisation of payments in the country?

66. Which city plays host to the 22nd India International Seafood Show, after a gap of 12 years?

67. Which state/UT has recently renamed its Public Health Engineering, Irrigation and Flood Control Department as the ‘Jal Shakti Department’?

68. The indigenous air to ground missile ‘Khagantak’, which was unveiled during the ongoing DefExpo 2020, is built by which firm /organisation?

69. What is the theme for this year’s International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, observed on February 6?

70. Who has been named as the head of the trust for construction of the Ram Temple, which was recently constituted by the Centre?

71. The cybersecurity project codenamed Dejfa, that was recently making news, belongs to which country?

72. How many major ports of India are named after individuals?

73. The term “SPICe”, sometimes seen in news, is related to which of the following fields?

74. The term “Batterygate”, recently in news, is related to which of the following tech giants?

75. Recently, Esperanza Base on the Antarctic Peninsula reached a temperature of 18.3 °C , thus becoming the hottest on record for continental Antarctica.Esperanza Base is a research station of which country on Antarctica? 

76. Seer Goverdhanpur in Uttar Pradesh is the birth place of which Bhakti saint?

77. In the wake of the coronavirus fears, recently the Baltic Dry Index sank to all time low plunging into negative territory. What is tracked by Baltic Dry Index?

78. On February 8, 2020, Thaipoosam festival was celebrated by the Tamil community around the world. This festival marks birth day of which deity?

79. Which Indian crop faces danger due to a fungus called Alternaria brassicae as per recent news?

80. Which Hollywood actor is playing Dr. Kalam in his upcoming biopic?