• This day is celebrated every year on [latex]26^{th}[/latex] April and was established by the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) in 2000 to raise awareness how patents, copyright, trademarks and designs impact on daily life.


• And also it plays an important role that intellectual property rights play in encouraging innovation and creativity.

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• Britain's Prince William met survivors of a deadly shooting at two mosques in Christchurch, including a five-year-old girl recovering in hospital, during a two-day visit to New Zealand.


• William, the Duke of Cambridge, was making the trip on behalf of his 93-year-old grandmother Queen Elizabeth, New Zealand's head of state, following a request from Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.


• He arrived in Christchurch on Thursday afternoon and on Friday visited Christchurch Hospital to meet survivors recovering from injuries from the attacks, before he was set to visit the two mosques where a gunman killed 50 worshippers on March 15.

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• Chinese President Xi Jinping vowed to abolish subsidies to firms that impede fair competition addressing a major bone of contention in US trade talks.


• Xi repeated past promises to lower tariffs, increase imports and open up more sectors of China's economy to foreign businesses.


• The pledge comes as top US negotiators prepare to travel to Beijing next week for a new round of talks aimed at resolving a months-long trade war that has hit businesses with tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars worth of products.


• One of the key US demands is an end to Chinese government subsidies to the country's companies.

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• Joe Biden, who served eight years as Barack Obama’s vice president after more than three decades in the U.S. Senate, launches his third campaign for the presidency.


• The 76-year-old Biden joins a large and diverse field of some 20 Democrats who have either signaled their intentions to run for president or have launched their campaigns.


• Despite entering the race later than most of the field, Biden has consistently led polls of Democratic primary voters ahead of Sens. Bernie Sanders and Kamala Harris, and South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg.

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• With an aim to develop healthy youths, the World Health Organization (WHO) has issued recommendations on the use of sedentary screen which includes watching television or videos and playing computer games for children under 5-year-old. This is the first such guidelines which are released by the United Nations Agency.


• The recommendations suggest that infants less than one-year-old should not be exposed to electronic screens at all and Children under 5 year should not be allowed more than one hour of “sedentary screen time” per day.


• The guideline underlines the significance of Healthy physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep habits in early life that moulds them into an active adult.


• Parents must be assured that under 5 years old should be physically active get adequate sleep to help develop good lifelong habits and prevent obesity and other diseases in later life.


• The guidelines are designed to reduce inactive behaviour and thereby overcome obesity, overweight, diabetes, hypertension and some forms of cancer.


• Kids between the age of 1 and 3 should spend 3 hours a day doing physical activity.

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• A day after his massive roadshow in Varanasi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will file his election papers today in the Uttar Pradesh temple town from where he is seeking re-election.


• Several top BJP leaders and allies in the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) are in Varanasi to join in a show of strength as PM Modi files papers to contest the national election.


• Before heading to the election centre, PM Modi addressed thousands of BJP workers.


• "A pro-incumbency wave has been seen in country for the first time after independence. People across the nation are saying... Fir Ek Baar...?" PM Modi prompted. "Modi Sarkar," the workers chanted on cue.

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• The government extended the ban on import of milk and its products, including chocolates, from China till laboratories at ports for testing presence of toxic chemical melamine are upgraded.
  
• Food regulator FSSAI had recommended extending the ban until all labs at ports are modernised to test the chemical.


• The ban was first imposed in September 2008 and extended subsequently from time to time. The ban was imposed on apprehensions of presence of melamine in some milk consignments from China. Melamine is a toxic chemical used for making plastics and fertilisers.

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• Bypolls to two assembly seats – Chincholi and Kundgol – will be held in Karnataka on [latex]19^{th}[/latex] May.


• Chincholi fell vacant when Congress lawmaker Umesh Jadhav resigned in March and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) the same month. Jadhav was later named as the BJP’s Lok Sabha candidate from Gulbarga against Congress’s Mallikarjun Kharge. The by-poll to Kundgol was necessitated after Congress lawmaker C S Shivalli passed away last month.


• The Congress is likely to field Shivalli’s widow, Kusuma, from Kundgol and Subhash Rathod, a former BJP leader, from Chincholi, which is reserved for Scheduled Caste candidates.

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• The National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested two Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorists who are residents of Pulwama district, Jammu and Kashmir.


• The terrorists had been detained in J&K under Public Safety Act. They were in regular contact with another accused, Sajjad Ahmad, who was specially sent by the terror group to Delhi NCR to set up hideouts and radicalise Muslim youths.

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• At a time when the country is already facing crude oil supply shocks due to the US sanctions on Iran and Venezuela, India’s domestic crude production declined for the eighth consecutive year in financial year 2018-2019.


• The country's oil production in 2018-2019 declined 4.15 per cent to 34,203 thousand metric tonne (TMT), as compared to 35,684 TMT produced in FY18.

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• Private sector lender Axis Bank continued to report lower bad loans even as it posted a net profit of ₹1,505 crore for the Jan-March period compared to a loss of ₹2,189 crore during the same period of the previous fiscal.


• Gross and net bad loans fell for the fourth consecutive quarter, which resulted in provision figures dropping to a 12-quarter low.


• The bank’s gross NPA ratio was at 5.26% at the end of March, compared to 6.77% the year earlier.

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• Microsoft hit the trillion-dollar value mark for the first time, becoming the third technology giant to reach the symbolic milestone.


• Shares in Microsoft rallied some 5% to $130.59 in early Wall Street trade after a robust earnings report a day earlier.


• That gave Microsoft a market capitalisation of just over $1 trillion, before dipping back slightly.


• At its current levels, Microsoft is the world's most valuable company, ahead of Apple and Amazon, which last year topped $1 trillion before slipping back.

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• BuyUcoin, which is the second oldest Cryptocurrency Exchange in India, announces the launch of a new and unique platform for wholesale cryptocurrency trading which allows its users to trade on a large scale with low price fluctuations. The platform currently works on free trading model i.e. charges zero fee on any trade.


• This new feature introduced by BuyUcoin will help to improve the liquidity of cryptocurrency in Indian market and lead to quicker transaction, better prices and market stability.


• The platform is aptly described and known as OTC (Over-the-counter) desk. It is preferred by traders who deal with cryptocurrency in bulk and want to resist much price fluctuations during the trade.

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• Rajasthan Royals lives to fight another day; Varun Aaron justifies inclusion with a splendid initial burst to put Kolkata Knight Riders on the backfoot.


• Riyan Parag emerged the unlikely hero as he mounted a late charge to help Rajasthan Royals overcome host Kolkata Knight Riders by three wickets with four balls to spare at the Eden Gardens on Thursday.


• Chasing 176 for victory, Royals appeared heading for another defeat, losing six wickets for 123. But Parag’s defiant 47 off 31 balls, with five boundaries and two sixes, changed the course of the match.

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• Indian shooters swept the gold medals in both the mixed air rifle and mixed air pistol competitions in the shooting World Cup in Beijing.


• Anjum Moudgil and Divyansh Singh Panwar beat the Chinese to win the mixed air rifle gold and set the tempo for the day.


• Anjum and Divyansh had qualified in the sixth place, which in the old format may not have fetched them a berth in the medal phase.

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• Mumbai have had a roller coaster season so far and they now need to be at their best against Chennai.


• The Clash of the Titans it will be. Two mean cricketing machines having a go at one another once the ignition keys are turned on. On view will be power and velocity; big blows and soaring run-rates.


• There is always an extra edge to the face-off when Chennai Super Kings meets Mumbai Indians here. After all, these two are the most successful teams in the IPL.

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• United States Cricket Team won their first one-day international status with a third straight victory at the World Cricket League Division Two event in Namibia.The Americans defeated Hong Kong by 84 runs.


• Xavier Marshall, Former West Indies batsman scored a century as the Americans made 280-8 while Hong Kong scored 196-7 respectively.


• Oman has also secured their ODI status.


• In 2004 Champions Trophy, the US team have beat Hong Kong by 84 runs to wrap up a top-four place in the six-team competition.

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• Dawn editor and Columnist Cyril Almeida from Pakistan has won the IPI’s (International Press Institute) World Press Freedom Hero award in 2019 for his “critical” and “tenacious coverage” of the civil-military relations in Pakistan.


• And also MadaMasr, an Egyptian news site, has won Free Media Pioneer Award 2019 of the IPI and International Media Support (IMS). Both awards will be presented in IPI’s annual World Congress and General Assembly function to be held in Geneva, Switzerland on 5th June, World Intellectual Property Day 2019.


• In 2016, After publishing an exclusive story regarding a top-level meeting of civil-military leaders in Dawn, Pakistan Government had imposed a travel ban on Almeida.


• In 2018, He was again temporarily placed on the Exit Control List (ECL) after publishing an interview with former prime minister Nawaz Sharif.

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• The prestigious Master Deenanath Mangeshkar Award 2019 was awarded to National Award-winning filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar, popular scriptwriter Salim Khan and dancing diva Helen.


• The Award which is organized by Master Deenanath Mangeshkar Smruti Pratishthan charitable trust, Pune, aims to encourage legends from the fields of music, drama, art and social work.


• The awards were given away by Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat and Directorate General of CRPF Vijay Kumar presided over the function.


• The Deenanath Mangeshkar Pratishthan handed over a token of appreciation to honour the victims of the February 14 Pulwama terror attack.

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• Supreme Court judge Indu Malhotra was appointed as the new member of the panel probing sexual harassment charges against Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, after Justice NV Ramana opted to recuse himself.


• Now the three-member panel has two female judges, Indu Malhotra and Indira Banerjee, and it is led by Justice SA Bobde.

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• General (Retd.) Dalbir Singh Suhag has appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to the Republic of Seychelles. He will soon be taking over the new position.


• General Suhag was the [latex]26^{th}[/latex] Army Chief of the Indian Army from July 2014 to December 2016.


• The general participated in the Indian Peace Keeping Force operation named Operation Pawan in Sri Lanka in 1987 and served as a Company commander in it.


• He was the Eastern Army Commander in the year 2016, when Indian soldiers were subjected to a surgical strike against Pakistan at terrorist launch pads inside Pakistan Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoK).

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• Japanese scientists have successfully created the first-ever artificial crater on an asteroid, which gave some clue on how the solar system evolved.
  
• Yuichi Tsuda, who is the project manager of Hayabusa2 confirmed the crater from images captured by the probe located 1,700 meters (5,500 feet) from the asteroid’s surface.


• Hayabusa2 space probe shot a projectile at the Ryugu asteroid around 340 million kilometers from Earth, as part of the probe’s mission to explore the origin of life and the evolution of the solar system.


• The mission was launched in December 2014 and is scheduled to return to Earth with its samples in 2020 with a total cost of around 30 billion yen ($270 million).

A. 24th April B. 25th April C. 26th April D. 27th April Answer: C

A. Sweden B. Seychelles C. South Africa D. Saudi Arabia Answer: B

A. Dengue B. Malaria C. Tuberculosis D. Typhoid Answer: B

A. Justice Indu Malhotra B. Justice R Banumathi C. Justice UU Lalit D. Justice AM Khanwilkar Answer: A

A. Justice AK Sikri B. Former CJI Dipak Misra C. Justice Kurian Joseph D. Justice A K Patnaik Answer: D

A. Sri Lanka B. India C. Indonesia D. Malaysia Answer: C

A. Australia B. United States C. New Zealand D. South Africa Answer: B

A. United States B. India C. Bangladesh D. China Answer: D

A. Legal Services Day B. World Intellectual Property Day C. World Day of Handicapped D. National Post Day Answer: B

A. Central Bank of the Russia B. Federal Reserve C. Bank of Mexico D. RBI Answer: D

A. Yes Bank B. Kotak Mahindra Bank C. IndusInd Bank D. HDFC Bank Answer: C

A. Zebpay B. BuyUcoin C. UNOCOIN D. Coinsecure Answer: B

A. Oman Air B. Guldf Air C. Etihad Airways D. Emirates Answer: C

A. Maldives B. Madagascar C. Seychelles D. Mauritius Answer: C

A. Usha Sangwan B. Rajni Patwardhan C. Sarojini Dikhale D. Mini Ipe Answer: D

A. Helen B. Javed Akhtar C. Salim Khan D. Mahesh Bhatt Answer: C

A. Swapan Saha B. Manoj Michigan C. Rana Dasgupta D. N K Salil Answer: C

A. New Delhi B. Bejing C. Khatmandu D. Colombo Answer: C

A. 17 B. 21 C. 19 D. 23 Answer: A

A. Javelin Throw B. Shot Put C. 10,000 m D. Relay Race Answer: D

A. State Bank of India B. Union Bank of India C. Bank of Baroda D. Punjab National Bank Answer: A

A. Vladivostok B. Tyumen C. Moscow D. Kazan Answer: A

A Madhura Raja B Bhayanakam C Madhaveeyam D Mikhael Answer: B

A. Australia B. Netherlands C. Germany D. India Answer: A

A. 23rd June B. 20th July C. 25th April D. 28th May Answer: C

A. Ranjan Singh B. Manoj Yadav C. Gagandeep Kang D. Sunil Kumar Answer: C

A. Arjit Basu B. Rajendra Kumar Nayak C. Deepak Mohanty D. A K Misra Answer: B

A. Indian Institute of Management Indore B. Indian Institute of Management Shillong C. Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad D. Indian Institute of Management Bangalore Answer: D

A. Bharti Airtel B. Vodafone Idea C. Reliance Jio D. BSNL Answer: C

A. Kenya B. Malawi C. Morocco D. Ghana Answer: B