Current Affairs Quiz - November, 2022

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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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The first World Day for Prevention of and Healing from Child Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Violence was observed on November 18.
Sponsored by Sierra Leone and Nigeria, the UN resolution was co-sponsored by more than 110 nations and was adopted on November 7. It recommends awareness about the need to prevent exploitation offline and online and for survivors to have access to justice, eliminate stigma, affirm dignity and promote their rights.

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The Tripura Chief Minister Dr Manik Saha launched the ‘Amar Sarkar’ web portal in the capital city Agartala.
This portal will act as a bridge between the government and the people. It ensures implementation of central and state government welfare projects at village and village committee level. Various problems and grievances of the people can be raised from village level to block, district and state level through this portal.

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The second edition of ASEAN India Music Festival was organised in collaboration between the Ministry of External Affairs and Seher India.
It is a three-day festival held at Purana Qila, Delhi. It is aimed to celebrate the musical diversity of Southeast Asia. 10 bands from ASEAN countries and five acts from India are participating in the festival.

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Google is celebrating the life of Marie Tharp who was an American geologist and oceanographic cartographer, by launching a Google Doodle.
Marie Tharp co-published the first world map of ocean floors. In 1998, the Library of Congress named her as one of the greatest cartographers of the 20th century.

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Scientists have rediscovered the black-naped pheasant pigeon, a rare bird that was last sighted 140 years ago in Papua New Guinea.
The bird was spotted in the forests of Papua New Guinea in footage captured by the research team of BirdLife International, Rewild, and the American Bird Conservancy. The objective of the initiative is to rediscover more than 150 bird species that have not been spotted for at least a decade but haven’t been declared extinct.

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Khalid Jawed’s book ‘The Paradise of Food’ has been awarded the JCB Prize for Literature 2022. The book has been translated into English from Urdu.
The Paradise of Food is the fourth translation to win the JCB Prize and the first work in Urdu.

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The International Film Festival of India (IFFI) is celebrating 50 years of Manipuri cinema. Ten Manipuri films are screened at IFFI-Goa under the Special Golden Jubilee Cinema package.
Deb Kumar Bose directed the first Manipuri film ‘Matambi Manipur’ which was released in 1972. Since then, April 9 is celebrated as birth anniversary of Manipuri cinema.

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The Dominican Republic authorities have expelled at least 1,800 unaccompanied Haitian migrant children this year to Haiti.
This was highlighted in the recent UNICEF report. The two countries share a 390-kilometer border on the island of Hispaniola. Many children are sent back to Haiti through different border points, where they have been received by UNICEF partners.

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The inaugural India-ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting is being held at Siem Reap in Cambodia to commemorate the 30th Anniversary of India-ASEAN relations.
India’s Defence Minister Rajnath Singh made two proposals including an initiative for women in United Nations Peace Keeping (UNPK) operations and initiative on marine plastic pollution.