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This is the current affairs for January 2nd week from 8 to 14, 2020. (daily updated) Australia proposes to cull thousands of wild camels due to a shortage of water to satisfy its needs. As a result of heavy drought, camels are roaming the streets and entering homes in search of water. The killing will take place in Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankuntjajara, a place in Southern Australia. Indian weightlifter Sarbjeet Kaur has been banned for four years in connection with a doping case.  SBI launched a Residential Builder Finance with Buyer Guarantee in order to guarantee the completion of projects in connection with SBI Home Loans.  A joint naval exercise between China and Pakistan which is the sixth between them took place in the Arabian Sea. The drill is named Sea Guardians-2020 drill which is set to boost the military cooperation between two nations and also to enhance all-weather strategic co-operative partnership. The drill also focuses on building a safe maritime enviro

These GK questions are taken from the current affairs of January, 2020 2nd week from 8 to14. 1) Name of earth-sized habitable planet discovered by Transiting Exoplanet Survey Statellite of NASA? A: TOI 700d 2) As per the report of British business Economic group Economic Intelligence Unit, which place in Kerala ranks the first among the top 10 fastest-growing urban areas in the world? A: Malappuram 3) Vikram Sarabhai Children Innovation center is going to be set up in which State in India? A: Gujarat 4) As per Forbes' list of 20 people to watch out for in 2020, environmental activist Greta Thunberg positions in ____place A: 15th 5) Who is the Vice Chairman of Niti Aayog? A: Rajiv Kumar 6) Chairman of SBI? A: Rajnish Kumar 7) Which Bank in India launched a Residential Builder Finance with Buyer Guarantee to protect home buyers financially against non-completion of home projects the bank has funded? A: SBI 8) Michael Levitt

January GK Part I (Jan 1 to Jan 7) 1) Who is the first CDS of India? A: General Bipin Rawat 2) What is the Color of the uniform of CDS? A) Olive Green 3) Who succeeded General Bipin Rawat as Chief of Army Staff in India? A: Manoj Mukund Naravane 4) Who is the Head of Parliamentary Committee on Social Justice in India? A: Rama Devi 5) Who is the Director of UNESCO Parzor? A: Shernaz Cama 6) Which UN Organisation is responsible for providing humanitarian and developmental aid to children around the world? A: UNICEF 7) Which UN organization celebrates babies born on New Year's Day? A: UNICEF 8) The first baby on new year day 2020 was born in which country? A: Fiji 9) The last baby on new year day 2020 was born in which country? A: USA 10) Name of scheme formulated by the Central Government to arrest the decline of the Parsi community population? A: Jiyo Parsi 11) Which Indian State hosts the most number of Parsis in the country? A) Maha

This is the new series in GK Student. Learn all the current affairs monthly. One post for each month easily gives you a good glimpse of all current events across the globe in 2020. This post is daily updated which means we do not wait until February to publish January's current affairs. So stay along and learn easily. (Jan 1 to Jan 7) General Bipin Rawat became the first CDS of India. CDS is the acronym for Chief of Defence Staff. He paid tribute at National War Memorial near India Gate in New Delhi. Manoj Mukund Naravane succeded Mr.Rawat as Chief of Army Staff. He wore an Olive Green Uniform with insignia of two crossed swords, eagle, anchor and Ashok symbol. CDS will integrate all the three defense services. PM Modi spoke over telephone to heads of India's neighboring nations except Pakistan's during the new year eve. The countries were Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Bangladesh, Nepal. In tackling an armored infiltrator group from PoK, two Indian soldiers lost