Current Affairs Quiz - November, 2021

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As part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, States/UTs have conducted week-long Clean Green Village activity under MGNREG scheme from 29th October to 4th November 2021.
During the Clean Green Village Week, the focus was on the identification and construction of Soak pits, Vermicompost/NADEP pit and initiatives such as vermin-composting, reuse of waste materials, recycling of non-biodegradable waste.

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Indian Sailors Varun Thakkar and KC Ganapathy have won gold medal at the Asian 49er Sailing Championships 2021 held at Oman. With this victory, they are set to represent India at the World Championship in November 2021.
The duo team finished the event at 10th spot to clinch the medal, and are the only Asian team to be in the top 10.

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The United Nation Climate Change conference – Conference of Parties (UNFCCC COP) 27 would be hosted by Egypt in the year 2022 and the COP 28 would be hosted by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in 2023.
The COP is the decision-making body of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The Convention has 197 Parties and is striving to achieve the goals set out in the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change.

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The Government of India has declared Shirdi airport in Maharashtra as a major airport, under the Airports Economic Regulatory Authority Act, 2008.
Under Section 13 of the Act, the Airports Economic Regulatory Authority (AERA) would determine the tariff related to aeronautical services rendered at major airports.

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The Government of India’s Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances in association with the Government of Uttar Pradesh has organized a Two-day Regional Conference on “Strengthening the State Institutes of Public Administration” at Lucknow.
The objective of the conference was to bring various training institutes on one platform to share best practices and requirements in governance and administrative training.

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“Manuvarna” is a new rice variety released by the Kerala Agricultural University recently in Wayanad district.
It was announced that Rice blast, a fungal disease affecting paddy, is haunting the farmers who had raised the new variety. The crop cultivated on more than 250 acres of land was damaged due to the blast disease.

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The 15th Finance Commission headed by NK Singh has recommended grants to rural and urban local bodies of 19 states in India.
As per the commission’s recommendations, the Government of India has recently released grants amounting Rs 8,453.92 crore as health care grant to rural and urban local bodies.

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The International Film Festival of India is an annual event, which provides a common stage for filmmakers all over the world to showcase their talents.
The 52nd International Film Festival of India is set to be held at Goa in January 2022 and is organized jointly by the Directorate of Film Festivals and the state Government of Goa.

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Wayanad district of Kerala has reported 13 cases of norovirus, which is a contagious stomach bug and causes gastrointestinal illness.
The virus is said to be transmitted through contaminated water and food and leads to inflammation of the lining of the stomach and intestines. The infection is said to be serious in young children and elderly people.

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Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), a Defence Firm has unveiled its “Scorpius” suite of electronic warfare (EW) systems.
It is claimed to be the world’s first EW system capable of simultaneously targeting multiple threats, across frequencies and in different directions. The system is based on Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) technology.