Current Affairs Quiz - November, 2023

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The face of a 2,300-year-old Egyptian mummy, an aristocratic boy who died at 14, has been unveiled, revealing evidence of megalencephaly.
It is a condition characterized by an unusually large brain. This marks the first time the face of an ancient Egyptian with such a condition has been revealed.

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Noa-Dihing music frog is a newly discovered species found in the Namdapha-Kamlang landscape of Arunachal Pradesh.
It has been named after the Noa-Dihing River. The 380 kilometre-long Noa Dihing or Burhi Dihing is a large tributary of the Brahmaputra River.

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Over the past few months, both governmental and non-governmental entities in Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, and Punjab have introduced mosquitofish into regional water sources as a measure to tackle the mosquito-related issues reported by the locals.
In Visakhapatnam, officials are planning to release an additional six lakh mosquitofish, building on the earlier release of around 20 lakh a few months ago.

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As per the Global Healthcare Report, India is currently grappling with a shortage of 2 billion square feet of healthcare infrastructure to adequately serve its population of 1.42 billion.
The World Health Organization (WHO) advises a ratio of 3 beds per 1000 people, indicating that India requires an additional 2.4 million beds to meet the recommended standards.

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India and the European Union formalized a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on semiconductors.
The agreement was finalized during a discussion between leaders of the EU-India Trade and Technology Council (TTC). As part of the understanding, the EU highlighted that it will involve the exchange of information concerning granted public subsidies, contributing to transparency and cooperation in the field of semiconductors between the two entities.

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WHO cited media reports and a global infectious disease monitoring service as reporting clusters of undiagnosed pneumonia in children in northern China and formally requested more details from China earlier this week.
Chinese officials say they did not detect any unusual or novel diseases in the country, the World Health Organization said, after an official request by the U.N. health agency for information about a potentially worrying spike in respiratory illnesses and clusters of pneumonia in children.

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Falling recovery rates from 43% to 32% between March 2019 and September 2023, and an increase in the average resolution time from 324 to 653 days versus the stipulated 330 days have emerged as impediments to the success of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), according to a report by CRISIL Rating.
The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) was launched in 2016.

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Kambala is a traditional folk sport predominantly observed in the coastal districts of Karnataka, particularly in areas where Tulu speakers constitute the majority.
Kambala races were hosted recently by Bengaluru and lakhs of people visited the venue to watch the event. Kambala has in the past been banned by the Supreme Court, but the Karnataka government amended legislation to allow the races to go on.

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Ingenuity, nicknamed Ginny, is a small autonomous helicopter presently operating on the planet Mars. It is part of NASA’s Mars 2020 mission.
The Ingenuity helicopter has recently set records for airspeed and flight endurance on the Red Planet. Simultaneously, groundbreaking rotor tests on Earth at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory unveiled advancements for potential use in future Mars helicopters.

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India’s Union Minister for Women and Child Development and Minority Affairs Smriti Zubin Irani launched the Guide on Gender-Inclusive Communication.
It is a collaborative effort by the Ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD), the National Gender and Child Centre (NGCC), Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA) in Mussoorie, along with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) and UN Women.