Current Affairs Quiz - November, 2022

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China recently launched a cargo spaceship carrying supplies for its new Tiangong space station. A Long March 7 rocket carrying the cargo ship Tianzhou 5 launched. Two hours later, the cargo ship docked with the newly built Tiangong space station.
The cargo ship was carrying 1.4 tonnes of propellant for the space station complex and about five tonnes of supplies. Shenzhou 15 manned spacecraft is scheduled to launch, later this year.

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The fifth edition of the Paris Peace Forum was inaugurated, with the theme of “Riding out the multicrisis”.
The Forum will focus on how to overcome the socio-economic impact of multiple crises, develop international cooperation on major issues, support multilateralism and improve global cooperation mechanisms. The Paris Peace Forum was initiated by French President Emmanuel Macron to promote multilateral cooperation and address global challenges. The first edition was held in 2018.

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Switzerland won the Billie Jean King Cup for the first time as the Olympic champion Belinda Bencic clinched their victory over Australia in Glasgow. Billie Jean King Cup is the international team competition in women’s tennis.
Australia had beaten hosts Great Britain in the semi-finals and was aspiring to win the competition, for the first time since 1974.

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Ranveer Singh was honoured with Etoile d’Or award at Marrakech International Film Festival in Morocco. Morocco is a North African country bordering the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea.
The Marrakech International Film Festival has previously honoured Indian stars including Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan and Aamir Khan.

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National Health Mission (NHM) observes the National Newborn Week, 2022 from November 15 to 21, every year.
It is observed with an objective to spread awareness on child survival and care for the newborn for a healthy nation. For this year, the week is being observed on the theme ‘Ensuring quality health care for every newborn’.

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As per the data from the corporate affairs ministry (MCA), Maharashtra has added the most number of new companies since the outbreak of Covid-19, followed by Uttar Pradesh.
Uttar Pradesh added around 30,000 new companies in the last three years and it ranks third state in terms of number of active companies behind only Maharashtra and Delhi.

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World Antimicrobial Awareness Week is observed every year from November 18 to 24. This week aims at spreading awareness about antibiotic or antimicrobial resistance.
According to World Health Organization (WHO), Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) occurs when bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites change over time and no longer respond to medicines. This year the theme is “Preventing Antimicrobial Resistance Together”.

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The World Health Organization has launched a new strategy to combat antimalarial drug resistance in Africa, during World Antimicrobial Awareness Week.
It is an annual global campaign to raise awareness about the growing threat of antibiotic resistance. WHO warned that there are indications that some parasites are resistant to drugs that are combined with artemisinin, the major component of malaria drugs.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the 600 MW Kameng Hydro Power Station in Arunachal Pradesh.
It is the biggest Hydro Power Project implemented by NEEPCO Ltd, a Mini Ratna Power PSU under Ministry of Power. This is also the sixth hydro power plant in the North East. Generation of 3353 Million Units annually from the project will make Arunachal Pradesh a power surplus state, also contributing to the National Grid.

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Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said that the state cabinet has approved the reimplementation of the old pension scheme, which was discontinued in 2004.
The state government’s contribution towards the pension corpus will be Rs 1,000 crore per annum initially and will gradually be increased. The Cabinet also gave approval for amending the Punjab e-stamp Rules to start online e-stamping up to Rs 500.