Current Affairs Quiz - November, 2020

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The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has recently approved Google’s proposed purchase of 7.73 % stake in Jio Platforms.
Earlier in the month of July 2020, Google announced its plans to invest 7.73% stake in Reliance’s technology arm – Jio Platforms for an amount of Rs,33,737 crore.

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Facebook has recently announced to launch the feature of ‘Vanishing messages’ in its Messenger platform.
A similar feature of disappearing messages was first introduced in WhatsApp. Under the new mode, the messages would disappear once the receiver read it in their chat and closed the window. The feature has to be activated in both the sender and the receiver.

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Kamarajar Port located in Ennore, on the Coromandel Coast is the only corporatized major port of India. It is also the first port in India which is a public company.
The Port was seen in news recently, as it has handled the largest ever container vessel – MSC Faith. As per the company, the new generation terminal is equipped with latest gantry cranes and sufficient backup yard.

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The World Health Organisation has recently announced that it will set up a Global Centre for Traditional Medicine in India.
This announcement was made by WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. This new centre would enable WHO to implement WHO traditional medicine strategy 2014-2023.

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The Quick Reaction Surface-to-Air Missile (QRSAM) was indigenously developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).
Recently, the missile was seen in the news, it was tested by the Chandipur Test range, Odisha. It registered a significant milestone as it achieved a direct hit on a pilotless target aircraft (PTA), during the test.

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The United Nations’ apex judicial body, the International Court of Justice is based in The Hague, Netherlands.
Recently, four current members of the court, the judges from Japan, China, Slovakia and Uganda were re-elected and the Germany’s was elected. The 15-member world court seeks to settle disputes between countries.

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The Chief of Enforcement Directorate Sanjay Kumar Mishra has recently got one-year extension, after completing two years of his tenure.
The 1984-batch Indian Revenue Service official was appointed as the Executive Director in 2018. As per the recent order of the Finance Ministry, the previous order has now been modified with approval from the President.

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15 countries belonging to the Asia Pacific region have signed the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) at a regional summit in Hanoi, Vietnam.
With this, the RCEP has bene established as the world’s largest free trade block. RCEP is a free trade agreement between 10 ASEAN nations and its 5 partners namely Australia, China, Japan, New Zealand and South Korea.

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British Racing Driver Lewis Hamilton has recently secured a seventh Formula One world title, after winning the Turkish Grand Prix title.
With this victory, he equalled the record of seventh Formula One world title, with three races of the season remaining. He has become one of the most successful Formula One drivers of all time, as this is also his 94th career win.

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The Canada-based Resonance Consultancy Ltd has recently released the World’s Best Cities report, to rank the world’s best cities with population more than a million.
The ranking was based on 25 ranking parameters. Three cities namely London, New York and Paris bagged the first three ranks. India has only one representative on the list with Delhi being ranked in the 62nd position.