Current Affairs July 13, 2020

1)         Which aerospace company has completed delivering 22 Apache and 15 Chinook military helicopters to the Indian Air Force?

Ans.:   Boeing.

2)         Which became the 2^nd country in Asia to conduct National election during COVID-19 Pandemic?

Ans.:   Singapore (1^st- Korea).

3)         Which agency got the European 2020 US Green Building Council (USGBC) Leadership Award?

Ans.:   International Olympic Committee.

4)         China has warned about a local ‘unknown pneumonia’ prevalent in which country?

Ans.:   Kazakhstan.

5)         Which state government has constituted a commission to protect the constitutional rights of tribal communities?

Ans.:   Gujrat.

6)         Who is the head of SEBI’s revamped Advisory Committee on Mutual funds?

Ans.:   Usha Thorat.

7)         Which Indian company has tied up with the UK-based oil company BP, to start their new fuel retail and mobility joint venture?

Ans.:   Reliance Industries.

8)         Raneen El Welily (from Egypt) is related to-

Ans.:   Squash.

9)         Itolizumab (is an anti-CD6 monoclonal antibody injection) injection is used in the treatment of?

Ans.:   Psoriasis (skin Disorder in which skin cells multiply 10 times faster than usual).

10)       Which Asian country is to contest for another term during 2021-23, in the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC)?

Ans.:   Pakistan.

11)       A commercial communication satellite named ‘APStar-6D’ was launched from which country, using its flagship long March rocket?

Ans.:   China.

12)       When is the National Fish Farmers Day observed in India?

Ans.:   July 10.

13)       India’s first state level ‘E-Lok Adalat’ has been conducted by High Court of which state?

Ans.:   Chhatisgarh.

14)       Which organization estimated that the average global temperatures would rise by 1.5 degrees Celsius, in next five years?

Ans.:   World Meteorological organization.

15)       Which organization has renewed its agreement with the International Energy Agency (IEA) to collaborate on energy sector resilience?

Ans.:   Asian Development Bank.

16)       NEOWISE, in news recently, is a/an;

Ans.:   Comet.

17)       Who is to represent India in the virtual summit between India and the European Union (EU), to be held on July 15?

Ans.:   Narendra Modi.

18)       All India Tieger Estimation is conducted after a gap of;

Ans.:   4 Years.

19)       The head of which international organization has urged G-20 countries to freeze debt payment of poorest countries in 2020?

Ans.:   World Bank.

20)       According to the RBI data, which state tapped the market borrowings among states in 2020-21?

Ans.:   Tamilnadu.

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