GK & Current Affairs Quiz: November 29, 2019

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Lokpal Chairman Justice (retired) Pinaki Chandra Ghose launched the new logo for the apex anti-corruption ombudsman. As per law, the logo symbolizes how Lokpal protects and cares for the people of India by establishing justice. It is designed by Prashant Mishra, a resident of Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh. The logo symbolizes various essence of LOKPAL figuratively in shapes such as: ombudsman (judges bench), people (three human figures), vigilance (Ashok chakra forming eye–pupil), law (shape of book in orange) and judicial (the tricolor two hands are placed below forming a unique balance). The logo is in tricolor representing the national essence of LOKPAL .A new motto titled “Ma Gridhah Kasyasvidhanam (Do not be greedy for anyone’s wealth)”  was also adopted.

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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has revised the framework on currency swap arrangement for the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) countries for 2019-2022. Under the framework for 2019-22, the RBI will continue to offer a swap arrangement within the overall corpus of $2 billion. The drawals can be made in US dollar, euro or Indian rupee. The framework is valid from November 14, 2019 to November 13, 2022. The facility will be available to all SAARC member countries, subject to their signing the bilateral swap agreements. The SAARC countries are — Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

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Through PSLV-47 vehicle, ISRO has successfully launched the India’s latest earth observation remote sensing satellite Cartosat-3 into Sun Synchronous orbit from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR, Sriharikota. Cartosat-3 satellite is a third generation agile advanced satellite having high resolution imaging capability. Beside this, 13 Commercial Nanosatellites from USA were also successfully injected into designated orbit. These satellites were launched under commercial arrangement with NewSpace India Limited (NSIL), the commercial arm of ISRO.

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Lieutenant Governor of Puducheri and retired IPS officer Kiran Bedi has inaugurated the 47th All India Police Science Congress (AIPSC) at police headquarters in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. The UP Police in association with the home ministry and the Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPRD) has organised the 2-day event. During the event, there were discussions in 6 thematic sessions which includes some very contemporary issues like Reforms in Policing, Role of social media in countering radicalization and terrorism and Inculcating right kind of attitudes in police officers.

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The Ministry for Youth Affairs and Sports has constituted a 13-member expert committee, headed by former Supreme Court judge Justice Mukundakam Sharma, to review the Draft National Sports Code.  The committee has been formed to suggest measures to make the Sports Code acceptable to all the stakeholders. It will try to strike a balance between the autonomy of National Sports Federations vis-a-vis need for transparency and autonomy.