Current Affairs Quiz - November, 2021

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The Information and Broadcasting Minister of Bangladesh, Dr Hasan Mahmud recently inaugurated Bangabandhu Sambad Kendra at the Kolkata Press Club.
It was done on the occasion of the golden jubilee of the country’s independence and the birth centenary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The centre was inaugurated in recognition of the significant contribution of the journalists of the Kolkata Press Club in the liberation war of Bangladesh.

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The tech major Google has partnered with MeitY Startup Hub, to launch “Appscale Academy”, which aims to help Indian startups to create high-quality apps.
The initiative of Google would specifically cater to the needs to local – early to mid-stage startups in India and support them to create applications in domains like gaming, education, social impact, health care etc.

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Food Processing Industries Minister Prashupati Kumar Paras launched a bakery brand Dilli Bakes, under the One District, One Product (ODOP) initiative. Whole wheat rusk is the first product launched under the Dilli Bakes brand.
The Government is promoting one product from one district under the Pradhan Mantri Formalisation of Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PMFME) Scheme. The product has been launched in association with cooperative NAFED.

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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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The native Vilwadri cattle of Thrissur district of Kerala is genetically divergent from the rest of the cattle population in the State.
The genetic diversity study was done by a group of scientists of the Centre for Advanced Studies in Animal Genetics and Breeding (CASAGB). The Vilwadri cattle, which are found in the Palakkad-Thrissur border, cattle are humped like other indigenous cattle of the State but they are bigger with longer horns. Indigenous breeds are disease-resistant and can withstand high temperatures.

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Gnanasekaran Sathiyan and Harmeet Desai claimed the World Table Tennis Contender title in Tunis, Tunisia.
It was their first tour doubles title, both individually and together and they haven’t played doubles together since the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Sathiyan is a World No. 24 singles player, which is also the best rank any Indian has ever achieved and Desai is currently at 73rd rank.

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Union Minister of State Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Dr Jitendra Singh dedicated “Sardar Patel Leadership Centre” to the nation at Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA), Mussoorie.
This was inaugurated on the occasion of Rashtriya Ekta Diwas, marking the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.

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A glacier in Antarctica has been formally named Glasgow Glacier in honour of the city hosting the UN climate summit which formally opened recently.
The 100-km long body of ice, which has been experiencing rapid melting, was named by a team of researchers at the University of Leeds to mark the 26th Conference of Parties (COP26) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

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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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In the COP26 climate summit’s first major deal, as many as 110 world leaders promised to end and reverse deforestation by 2030.
Named ‘Glasgow Leaders’ Declaration on Forests and Land Use’, the pledge includes 12 billion in public funds and 7.2 billion of private investment of public and private funds. A previous deal in 2014 had failed to slow deforestation at all.