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Current Affairs is a type of broadcast journalism where the emphasis is on detailed analysis and discussion of news stories that have recently occurred or ongoing at the time of broadcast. The article Current Affairs 24 February 2019 includes News summary on current events of Days, International, National, Banking, Sports, Appointments, Science and Quiz importance of 24 February 2019.
Days
Central Excise Day is celebrated each year the whole way across the India on [latex]24^{th}[/latex] of February
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Key Highlights:- Central Excise Day to be celebrated on 24th February holds a distinct significance in list of festivals in India. This day holds a high significance as it marks the ratification of central & excise salt act, 1944.
- The day is celebrated with a lot of enthusiasm throughout India. The celebration includes a number of programs that makes it a special day to the people of the nation.
International
Donald Trump teases ahead of talks with Kim Jong-un
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Key Highlights:- Day before leaving for the upcoming Hanoi summit, Trump teased the prospect of Denuclearization as an outcome with a question mark and said Chairman Kim Jong-un is aware North Korea could become one of the “great economic powers” if it gave up its nuclear weapons.
- Denuclearization of the Korean peninsula — getting rid of North Korea’s nuclear weapons, essentially — is the chief US goal but the two sides remain far apart on it and President Trump is under pressure to show progress on one of his administration’s signature foreign policy initiative amidst criticism that he has been played so far by the younger Chairman Kim.
Pope Francis compares child sex abuse to ‘human sacrifice’, vows action
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Key Highlights:- Pope Francis vowed to tackle every single case of sexual abuse by priests in the Roman Catholic Church, comparing paedophilia to “human sacrifice”.
- Church’s top bishops at the end of a landmark summit in the Vatican on tackling clerical assault of minors threatened to disappoint victims.
Trump-Xi Jinping meeting likely as trade talks stop short of breakthrough
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Key Highlights:- The US and China will extend into the weekend the current round of trade talks as negotiations in Washington yielded progress on currency policy but stopped short of a breakthrough that would prevent higher American tariffs from kicking in next week.
- “Both parties want to make this a real deal, we want to make it a meaningful deal, not a deal that’s done and doesn’t mean anything,” President Donald Trump said at the White House.
US campaign against Huawei runs aground in India
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Key Highlights:- The pressure by the US to pick a side presents a particularly painful dilemma for developing countries, such as India
- Washington has hit an unlikely roadblock in its extraordinary global push to sideline China’s Huawei Technologies Co: The world’s biggest democracy, India.
National
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched ₹75,000 crore farmers income scheme.
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Key Highlights:- Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Rs. 75,000 crore Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur by transferring the first instalment of Rs. 2,000 each to over one crore farmers.
- Another one crore farmers are expected to be covered in the next two to three days.
CBI team beaten up, held hostage while probing land scam in UP
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Key Highlights:- A team of CBI officers was beaten up and held hostage by family members of another CBI officer who had been suspended over his alleged involvement in a land scam.
- The team had gone to arrest the suspended officer in Greater Noida. CBI officers were later rescued by the local police and taken to a hospital for treatment.
Maha govt hikes bonus for paddy farmers to ₹500 per quintal
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Key Highlights:- Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis increased the bonus for paddy cultivation from ₹200 to ₹500 per quintal.
- He added that unlike previous governments, the BJP-led government gave the bonus every year, irrespective of polls.
- Fadnavis also waived annual lease for fishing in ponds up to 500 hectares of area.
Banking
Motilal Oswal, IIFL commodity arms not fit and proper SEBI
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Key Highlights:- Markets regulator SEBI has declared commodity broking arms of Motilal Oswal and India Infoline (IIFL) as not 'fit and proper'.
- The decision is linked to the firms' alleged role in the ₹5,500-crore National Spot Exchange (NSEL) scam in 2013.
SBI considers moving NCLT to recover loans from Jet Airways
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Key Highlights:- State Bank of India (SBI) is considering moving the NCLT as it feels the airline is running out of funds for operations, officials said.
- Jet's second-largest shareholder Etihad has been pitching for SBI and NIIF to invest ₹2,200 crore and own 51% stake in the airline, they added.
Sports
21-year-old Mayank Markande becomes India's 79th T20I cricketer.
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Key Highlights:- Leg-spinner Mayank Markande became the 79th cricketer to represent India in T20I cricket, achieving the feat against Australia in the first T20I at Visakhapatnam.
- Markande, who plays for Punjab in domestic circuit and Mumbai Indians in IPL, has taken 99 wickets in 47 professional matches across formats.
Sachin, Gayle's ODI double hundreds came on same day 5 years apart
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Key Highlights:- Sachin Tendulkar and Chris Gayle scored their respective ODI double hundreds on 24 February, five years apart.
- While Sachin's 200* against South Africa in 2010 was the first double hundred in men's ODI cricket, Gayle's 215 against Zimbabwe in 2015 was the first 200-plus score in a World Cup match.
Appointments
Saudi Arabia appoints its 1st female ambassador to United States
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Key Highlights:- Saudi Arabia has named Princess Reema bint Bandar as its first female ambassador to the United States. Bandar, the daughter of a former long-time ambassador to the US, replaced Prince Khalid bin Salman, the younger brother of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
- She has been a leading advocate of female empowerment in the kingdom.
Science
SpaceX launches world's 1st private Moon lander for Israel
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Key Highlights:- Elon Musk-led aerospace startup SpaceX deployed Israel's first Moon lander mission aboard its Falcon 9 rocket, making it the world's first such fully-private mission.
- 'Beresheet' (Hebrew for 'in the beginning') is set to land on the Moon on April 11. If successful, Israel will become only the fourth nation to have achieved a controlled touchdown on the Moon.
Quiz
Q1. Regional Maritime Safety Conference held in which city/UT?
- A. Chennai
B. New Delhi
C. Mumbai
D. Pune
Answer: C
- A. New Delhi
B. Pune
C. Lucknow
D. Mumbai
Answer: A
- A. Odisha
B. Telangana
C. Haryana
D. Uttar Pradesh
Answer: A
- A. Dispur
B. Agartala
C. Bangaluru
D. Gangtok
Answer: B
- A. Arunachal Pradesh
B. Sikkim
C. Nagaland
D. Assam
Answer: A
- A. New Delhi
B. Bengaluru
C. Lucknow
D. Chennai
Answer: B
- A. Australia
B. Austria
C. Indonesia
D. Thailand
Answer: C
- A. 2
B. 4
C. 5
D. 3
Answer: D
- A. April 1
B. March 31
C. May 1
D. April 30
Answer: A
- A. PNB
B. Union Bank of India
C. Syndicate Bank
D. BOB
Answer: C
- A. Gaana
B. JioSaavn
C. Hike
D. Byzu
Answer: B
- A. 2
B. 6
C. 4
D. 5
Answer: B
- A. Anuja Jung
B. Shweta Chaudhary
C. Apurvi Chandela
D. Anjali Bhagwat
Answer: C
- A. Zimbabwe
B. Sri Lanka
C. India
D. Australia
Answer: D
- A. Ashwani Lohani
B. Ramachandra Guha
C. Vinod Rai
D. Mohd Mushtaque Ahmad
Answer: D
- A. Olivier Nsengimana
B. Dr Divya Karnad
C. Dr Charudutt Mishra
D. Fernanda Abra
Answer: B
- A. Politics
B. Actor
C. Writer
D. Filmmaker
Answer: D
- A. France
B. India
C. Switzerland
D. Australia
Answer: C
- A. Chennai
B. Kolkata
C. Delhi
D. Mumbai
Answer: D
- A. Honour your trust
B. A friend you can bank upon
C. Good people to bank with
D. India’s international Bank
Answer: B