Current Affairs Quiz - November, 2021

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Sitting Bull was a legendary Hunkpapa Lakota leader who led his people during years of resistance against United States government policies
Recently, Scientists have confirmed a South Dakota man- Ernie LaPointe- as the great-grand son of the 19th century Native American leader Sitting Bull, by checking a sample of hair belonging to the leader.  Scientists took DNA from a tiny sample of Sitting Bull’s hair was stored in Washington DC.

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The Social Justice and Empowerment Ministry has recently recommended that the National Fund to Control Drug Abuse may be used to carry out de-addiction programmes.
The fund was created in accordance with a provision of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, has a nominal corpus of ₹23 crore. The Act states that the fund would be used to combat illicit trafficking of narcotics, rehabilitating addicts, and preventing drug abuse. As the fund is being used only for policing activities, the Ministry proposed to add de-addiction to it.

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Kushagra Rawat of Delhi and Srihari Nataraj of Karnataka are Indian Aquatic champions, who have created new national records in 400m freestyle and 100 backstroke events respectively at the 74th Senior National Aquatic Championships.
Kushagra Rawat has created a new record of 3:53.68 seconds, which is 1.25 seconds lower than the previous record on 400 m freestyle, while Srihari Nataraj finished in 55.10 seconds in 100 m back stroke, there by beating his own national record created in 2019.

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Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya launched the Sixth Edition of National Formulary of India (NFI).
NFI has been published by Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC) to promote rational use of medicines in the country. It is a guidance document for all healthcare professionals such as clinicians, pharmacists, nurses, dentists etc in their daily clinical practices.

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Food Processing Industries Minister Prashupati Kumar Paras launched a bakery brand Dilli Bakes, under the One District, One Product (ODOP) initiative. Whole wheat rusk is the first product launched under the Dilli Bakes brand.
The Government is promoting one product from one district under the Pradhan Mantri Formalisation of Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PMFME) Scheme. The product has been launched in association with cooperative NAFED.

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Scientists have discovered a species of human ancestors called ‘Homo bodoensis’ who lived around half a million years ago, in Africa during the Middle Pleistocene which is now known as Chibanian.
The term ‘bodoensis’ has been derived from a skull found in Bodo D’ar, Ethiopia. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature allows name changes under strictly defined rules. That age saw the rise of our own species, Homo sapiens as well as our closest relatives Neanderthals.

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CAATSA-Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act is a 2017 law, which intends punish countries that did business with some countries including Russia.
Three Republican U.S. senators filed legislation to exempt India from sanctions for purchasing a Russian S400 missile defense system. This would create a 10-year exemption for member countries of the QUAD – Australia, Japan and India – from sanctions imposed by CAATSA.

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The Centre’s fiscal deficit hit a four-year low of Rs 5.26 lakh crore, or 35% of the budget estimates, at the end of the first half of FY22.
At the same stage last year the fiscal deficit was Rs 9.1 lakh crore or 114.8% of budget estimates. The government managed to collect over 60% of the budgeted revenue receipts in the first six months of the fiscal, which is the highest ever H1 collection, as per the official data.

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The United States has issued its first passport with an “X” gender designation. The country would also offer the option to non-binary, intersex and gender-nonconforming people early next year.
This is regarded as a milestone in the recognition of the rights of people who don’t identify as male or female. The department now also allows applicants to self-select their gender as male or female, not requiring them to provide medical certification.

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The latest GHG bulletin has been released by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO). As per the report, the increasing trend of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions continued in 2021.
The report also highlighted that all three major GHGs, carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O), recorded an increase in concentration in 2020 compared to previous years. The average global warming would exceed Paris Agreement’s target of global temperature if emissions continue at the current pace.