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On This Day & Quiz-17th Feb
On this Day
Afonso de Albuquerque, a Portuguese admiral conquered parts of modern day Goa in 1510.
Kosovo declared independence from Serbia in 2008.
Vietnam was invaded by China in 1979 because of the former’s close ties with the Soviet Union and interference in Khmer Rouge-ruled Cambodia.
Daily Quiz
Which Indian batsman is set to play his 100th test match?
Ans. Cheteshwar Pujara
Which country produces the Leopard 2 tanks which have been promised to Ukraine in its war against Russia?
Ans. Germany
Lavani dance, a folk dance form belongs to which state?
Ans. Maharashtra
Who was the founder of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)?
Ans. V. Prabhakaran
Which two macroeconomic indicators comprise the ‘Twin Deficits’?
Ans. Fiscal Deficit (FD) and Current Account Deficit (CAD)
Which institutions organise the Raisina Dialogue, India’s premier conference on geopolitics and geoeconomics?
Ans. The Observer Research Foundation (ORF) in partnership with the Ministry of External Affairs(MEA).
