GK & Current Affairs Quiz: November 16, 2019

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The 11th BRICS Summit 2019 has been attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Brasilia.During the summit, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro accepted Prime Minister Modi’s invitation to be the Chief Guest at India’s Republic Day celebrations in 2020.

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Nita Ambani, the founder and chairperson of the Reliance Foundation, has been named an honorary trustee of “The Metropolitan Museum of Art”. This decision was taken due to her commitment to preserve and encourage Indian art and culture. She is the first Indian to be so honoured on the museum’s Board of Trustees in its nearly 150-year history.

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G Kamala Vardhana Rao, an IAS officer 1990 batch from Kerala Cadre, has been appointed as new CMD of India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC).The ITDC is a hospitality, retail and education company owned by Government of India, under Ministry of Tourism. It came into existence in October 1966 and owns over 17 properties under the Ashok Group of Hotels brand across India.

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The 9-day humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HADR) exercise code-named ‘Tiger Triumph’ has been started between armed forces of India and United States on the Eastern seaboard (at Visakhapatnam and Kakinada in Andhra Pradesh). The aim of the first-ever tri-services exercise is to develop inter-operability between the militaries of the two countries in HADR operations.

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The 2019 World Kabaddi Cup is being organized by the Punjab government i.e. scheduled to be held from December 1 to 9. This year’s tournament would be dedicated to the 550th birth anniversary of Sikh guru – Guru Nanak Dev ji. Nine teams — India, USA, Australia, England, Sri Lanka, Kenya, New Zealand, Pakistan and Canada — are expected to take part in the tournament.