Daily Current Affairs Quiz : October 29, 2021

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Ministry of Textiles has approved the Pilot Project on skilling of Design and Commissioning technical personnel associated with the application of geotextiles in infrastructure projects.
The project will be conducted by the Indian Institute of Sciences, Bangalore, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras and Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee. The faculty will look after the implementation of the special courses in consultation with the other concerned centres.

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The Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy launched a new market segment named Green Day Ahead Market (GDAM).
It will enable electricity generation and distribution companies to buy or sell renewable energy through open access. With this, the Indian government is aiming to gradually shift from long term power purchase agreement (PPA)-based contracts to market-based models.

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A memorandum of understanding was signed by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) Girish Chandra Murmu and his counterpart Hussain Niyazy at Male.
It aimed at exchanging information in the field of public sector audit between India and Maldives. The countries seek to strengthen their respective institutions’ professional capacity and improve methodologies in the field of public finance audit.

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Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has been re-elected for a second five-year term, according to the preliminary results of a poll.
Mirziyoyev won the elections with 80.1 percent of the vote as per Uzbekistan’s Central Election Commission. The 64-year-old leader took office in 2016 following the death of long-time President Islam Karimov. Mirziyoyev is known for relaxing many policies of his predecessor.

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The UN Disarmament Week is observed annually during the month of October. This year disarmament week started on October 24 and the week-long observance will continue till October 30.
It aims to promote the awareness and understanding the issues of disarmament in several countries. The observance aims to reduce the use of weapons, specifically nuclear weapons, to bring peace in the society. The United Nations Disarmament Commission (UNDC) was set up in 1952 under the UN Security Council to eliminate all weapons of mass destruction.