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Who among the following has been elected as the president of Nigeria in
2019?
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has been re-elected for a
second four-year term.
Buhari defeated his main rival, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar
with a margin of around four million votes.
Capital: Abuja Trending.
Currency: Nigerian naira.
The Minimum Support Price for Minor Forest Produces and the Value
Addition component of Van Dhan was launched on 28 February 2019
in New Delhi.
The Ministry of Tribal Affairs is now scaling up the 'Van Dhan Scheme'
and is ready to extend it to all tribal Districts of the country.
Friends of Tribes Scheme for sourcing of CSR funds from Public
Sector Organisations (PSUs) was also launched.
4
Which company revealed the World's fastest 1TB microSD card at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2019?
During Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, SanDisk has revealed its 1TB microSD card, which is the world’s fastest, offering transfer speeds of up to 160MB/s and write speeds of up to 90MB/s. While Micron's card, claimed to be the world's first, reaches speeds of up to 100 Mbps.
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Who became the 11th Englishman to receive the knighthood in the New
Year’s Honours?
Alastair Cook received the knighthood in the New Year’s Honours.
He received the honour at a ceremony in the Buckingham Palace and
has become the 11th Englishman to be knighted for services to
cricket.
Enid Bakewell, a legend of the women’s game received an MBE, while
Alvin Kallicharran and Peter Wynne-Thomas were both recognised
with a British Empire Medal.
6
Who recently joined Amazon’s Board of Directors?
India’s 1st Indigenous Semiconductor Chip was unveiled by
semiconductor company, 'SIGNALCHIP' for 4G/LTE and 5G NR
MODEMs in New Delhi.
4 chips were unveiled at the event, which are- SCBM3412, SCBM3404,
SCRF3402, and SCRF4502.
The RF sections cover all LTE/5G-NR bands up to 6GHz and these
chips also support positioning using India’s own satellite navigation
system, NAVIC.
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DD Arunaprabha, India’s public service broadcaster Doordarshan’s exclusive channel, is based on ________.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to launch DD Arunaprabha in Arunachal Pradesh at Itanagar on 9th February. DD Arunaprabha is India’s public service broadcaster Doordarshan’s exclusive channel based in Arunachal Pradesh. This will be Doordarshan’s 24th channel.
9
Who has been appointed as Secretary of Ministry of Civil Aviation?
The government appointed Air India Chief Managing Director and Chairperson
Pradeep Singh Kharola as the secretary of the Ministry of Civil Aviation.
Kharola will take over from Rajiv Nayan Choubey.
He is an IAS officer of Karnataka cadre from the 1985 batch, who was named
chairperson of Air India in November 2017.
Jayant Sinha is the Minister of Civil Aviation.
10
Recently, who has been honoured with the ‘Freedom of the City Of London' award?
The State Bank of India’s UK Chief Mr Sanjiv Chadha has been honoured with the
‘Freedom of the City Of London’.
The award was given by the city of London Corporation in recognition of his
contribution to promoting bilateral relations.
The previous Indian recipient of the honour is Jawaharlal Nehru, the first PM of
India. Other recipients include author JK Rowling and actor Dame Judi Dench.
