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 Changing Wealth of Nations 2021 report has been published by the World Bank. As per the report, South Asia suffers the most among all regions of the world in terms of loss of human capital due to air pollution.
The report has measured wealth creation and distribution in 146 countries covering a 20-year period from 1995-2018. Human capital was the largest source of worldwide wealth, with 64 per cent of total global wealth in 2018.

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India has applied a USD 2 billion loan to purchase COVID-19 vaccines, from Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) along with the Asian Development (ADB).
Manila-based ADB is expected to finance USD 1.5 billion and Beijing-based AIIB is considering to provide USD 500 million. About 667 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines were expected to be procured through the loan.

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The National e Governance Division (NeGD) of the Ministry of Electronics and IT is organising AI Pe Charcha (AI Dialogue) on the theme, “AI for Date Driven Governance”.
The session aims to cover the importance of data driven and AI-enabled governance along with the global best practices. , AI Pe Charcha is a series of panel discussions involving various global and domestic leaders from the Government and industry, researchers sharing their experiences.

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A group of entomologists have documented the odonate fauna in the state of Kerala for the first time. Kerala is home to 181 species of dragonflies and damselflies. It also nurtures 68 species that are endemic to the Western Ghats.
According to the study, the odonates of the Western Ghats stands at 207, of which 80 species are endemics.

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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his United Kingdom’s counterpart Boris Johnson jointly launched a new flagship international initiative, at the COP26 World Leaders’ Summit.
Named ‘Green Grids Initiative – One Sun One World One Grid’ (GGI-OSOWOG), it is aimed at accelerating the development of interconnected electricity grids across continents, countries and communities. It aims to improve energy access of the poor through mini-grids and off-grid solutions.

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An integrated Single Window Filming mechanism has been created by the Ministry of Railways and Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.
The objective of the scheme is to make the permission for filming across Railways premises easier and more efficient. Under the mechanism, filmmakers can submit online applications for filming at various railway locations under jurisdiction of any zonal railways in a centralized way.

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A study led by IIT Kharagpur researchers have found the presence of mineral bridgmanite, which is the most abundant mineral in the interior of the Earth, within the Katol L6 Chondrite meteorite.
The key findings of the study could help us understand the formation and evolution of the Earth. The meteorite fell near the town of Katol in Nagpur District of Maharashtra in 2012. This finding also adds evidence to the Moon-forming giant impact hypothesis.

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The Union Minister of Youth Affairs & Sports announced the National Sports Awards 2021 recently. 12 sports persons have been announced for the ‘Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award’ 2021, which is awarded to the spectacular and most outstanding performance in sports over a period of the previous four years.
35 number of Sports persons will receive Arjuna Awards this year.

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The Union Ministry of Rural Development has entered a MoU with e-commerce company Flipkart, under the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Rural Livelihood Mission (DAY NRLM).
This partnership aims to sell products made by artisans, SHGs and Women under DAY NRLM in flipkart platform, thus creating a national level market for these products.