Current Affairs Quiz - October, 2021

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E-commerce major Amazon India announced the launch of Amazon Future Engineer in India. It is the company’s global computer science education programme.
According to the company, the programme will enable access to quality computer science education and career opportunities for students from underserved communities. In the first year, Amazon aims to deliver learning opportunities to more than 1 lakh students from 900 government and aided schools across seven states in the country.

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France and Greece announced a multibillion-euro Defence deal, which includes the decision of Greece to buy three French warships.
Greece will boost its Defense capacities in the Eastern Mediterranean amid tensions with Turkey. President Emmanuel Macron and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced a Defense and security strategic partnership in Paris. Greece has already bought 18 French Rafale fighter jets.

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‘International Day of Older Persons’ is celebrated every year on October 1. The aim of the day is to spread awareness about the need for health facilities and social care for elderly.
On 14 December 1990, the United Nations General Assembly declared October 1 as the International Day of Older Persons. The theme for 2021 is “Digital Equity for All Ages” which highlights the need for access and participation in the digital world by older persons.

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The President of Ecuador has recently declared a state of emergency in the prison system of the country. This decision is followed by a prison massacre event in which more than 115 prison inmates are reported dead.
The state of emergency gives powers to the Government to deploy police and soldiers inside prisons to bring violent situations under control.

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ONGC Videsh Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of ONGC has commenced its first exploratory drilling campaign in Bangladesh, to locate the availability of oil and gas.
The drilling of the first exploratory well named Kanchan 1 commenced and is expected to be drilled to a depth of 4200 meters. The company has proposed to make 2 more exploratory drills in the country.

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The All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA), under the aegis Union Ayush Ministry has developed an immunity booster kit for children named “Bal Raksha Kit”, which can be consumed by children upto the age of 16 years. This can be undertaken by the children till the time vaccine is available for COVID 19 disease.
The Ministry has planned that, on National Ayurveda Day (November 2), 10,000 Bal Raksha kits would be distributed free-of-cost.

 

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The Union Minister for Environment Forest and Climate Change Shri. Bhupender Yadav has launched tiger rallies in 51 reserves in the country, under the theme “India for Tigers – A Rally on Wheels”. This is a part of ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’ celebrations in India.
This rally comprises of a journey across 51 tiger reserves where field directors, and officials from the from respective tiger reserves travel in assigned routes and unite at the designated focal point.

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Indian Men’s Table Tennis team which includes ace players G Sathiyan, Harmeet Desai and A Sharath Kamal have won Bronze medal at the Asian Championships at Doha, Qatar. The team lost to South Korea with a 0-3 point at the semi-finals.
During the event, the Indian women’s team secured the 5th position.

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Prime Minister recehntly virtually launched the Jal Jeevan Mission mobile application. It contains all details about the mission including the number of households that received water, quality of water etc. The application aims to improve awareness among stakeholders and for more transparency and accountability of schemes under the Jal Jeevan mission.
He also launched the Rashtriya Jal Jeevan Kosh. The fund facilitates contributions for providing tap water connection in every rural household, school, Anganwadi centre, etc. Contributions can be made by any individual, organisation, philanthropist, either in India or abroad.

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The Uttar Pradesh government named actor Kangana Ranaut as the brand ambassador of its ambitious ‘one district-one product’ programme.
The Uttar Pradesh government has launched the one district-one product (ODOP) programme with the aim to create product-specific traditional industrial hubs across 75 districts of the state. It aims to reap the benefits of scale in terms of procurement of inputs, availing common services etc. It also aims to improve the employment opportunities.