Current Affairs July 18, 2020

1)         Which country has made the ‘Hong Kong Autonomy Act’ into law and ended its preferential treatment for Hong Kong?

Ans.:   United States.

2)         The International Olympic Committee has postponed the 2022 Dakar Youth Olympics to which year?

Ans.:   2026.

3)         Coir Board is a statutory body functioning under which Union Ministry of India?

Ans.:   Ministry of MSME (Micro, Small & Medium Enterprise).

4)         What is number of members of EU (European Union) after BREXIT?

Ans.:   27.

5)         In which country is the place ‘Pasakha’ located, with which a new trade route has been opened from India?

Ans.:   Bhutan.

6)         Who has been appointed as the Chairperson of the Hindu Group after N. Ram?

Ans.:   Malini Parthasarathy.

7)         Which Minister has launched the guideline of the Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund (AHIDF)?

Ans.:   Giriraj Singh.

8)         India Posted a trade surplus of USD 790 million in which month of 2020, after over 18 years?

Ans.:   June.

9)         NISHTHA programme is launched by;

Ans.:   Ministry of HRD.

10)       Which Indian shipyard is set to build autonomous electric ferries for a Norwegian firm ASKO Maritime AS?

Ans.:   Cochin Shipyard Limited.

11)       Indian Armed Forces are delegated special financial powers for capital acquisition cases up to which limit?

Ans.:   Rs. 300 crore.

12)       Neela Satyanarayan, who recently passed away, was the first women Chief Election Commissioner of which state?

Ans.:   Maharashtra.

13)       Which Union Minister inaugurated the conference on aerospace and Defence Manufacturing Technologies?

Ans.:   Shripad Naik.

14)       Farzad-B Gas Field is located in;

Ans.:   Iran.

15)       Which country has signed bilateral agreements named ‘Air Bubbles’ with France and the US to operate international flights?

Ans.:   India.

16)       Which Article provides the Parliament power to enact a Delimitation act after every census?

Ans.:   Article 82.

17)       which regional organization has launched the Commerce and Industry (CCI) Young Leaders initiative?

Ans.:   BRICS.

18)       Office of the Registrar General cones under;

Ans.:   Ministry of Home Affairs.

19)       India held a virtual ‘Business Mission on Food processing along with which country?

Ans.:   Italy.

20)       APSTAR-6D satellite, in news recently, is a;

Ans.:   Telecommunication Satellite.

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