Current Affairs Quiz- November, 2019

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Maharashtra has topped the list of 18 large-medium States in the overall first-ever ranking of Indian States on justice deliver to its citizens. Kerala acquired 2nd position followed by Tamil Nadu, Punjab and Haryana. The ranking is part of the India Justice Report(IJR) 2019. It is an initiative of Tata Trusts in collaboration with Centre for Social Justice, Common Cause, Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, DAKSH, TISS- Prayas and Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy.The report has been prepared based on publicly available data of different government entities on the four pillars of justice delivery — police, judiciary, prisons and legal aid.The report highlights the fact that even the best performing States scored less than 60% in their performance on capacity across the police, judiciary, prisons and legal aid.

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The Special Protection Group (SPG) is an armed force of India for providing proximate security to the Prime Minister of India and former Prime Ministers of India and members of their immediate families wherever in the world they are. It was formed in 1988 by an act of the Parliament of India. It is in news recently because the Central Government has decided to withdraw SPG security cover to the Congress president Sonia Gandhi, Lok Sabha member Rahul Gandhi and Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. They will now be protected with Z-plus security by the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF). The decision to withdraw the SPG cover given to the family of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was taken after a detailed security assessment

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The Kerala Legislative Assembly has passed a resolution demanding the Union government to lift the travel restrictions on National Highway-766 (NH-766)to safeguard the right of the people of north Kerala to move freely. The resolution pointed out that the NH 766 is a survival route for the people of Wayanad which lacks rail and connectivity and water routes. The NH-766, which links Kerala & Karnataka through the Bandipur forest, is also an important route for the transportation of vegetables, grain and construction materials between the two States. The night travel (9pm-6 am) on the forest stretch of NH-766 had been banned since 2009 in the name of protecting wildlife. 

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The 15 year-old Shafali Verma from Haryana has become the youngest Indian cricketer to score a half-century in international 50 & surpassed Sachin Tendulkar’s 30-year-old record.She achieved this feat by scoring 73 runs off 49 balls in the first T20I against West Indies at the Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium in Saint Lucia.

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Brazil is hosting 11th edition of BRICS summit 2019 in its capital Brasilia from 13th to 14th November under the theme ‘BRICS: Economic Growth for an Innovative Future’. The BRICS counties – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – contains 23% of the global GDP and around 17% of the share in world trade. It started off primarily with an economic aspect but has now actually diversified into the political, security issues, socio-economic issues, and also people-to-people connections.

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The International Day of Radiology (IDoR) is observed every year on 8th of November to promote the role of medical imaging in modern healthcare. The day coincides with the anniversary of the discovery of x-rays. The 2019 theme ‘Sports Imaging’ , focuses on musculoskeletal radiology which plays a crucial role of imaging in the diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of sports injuries.

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Deepak Chahar has become the first Indian male cricketer to take a hat-trick in T20Is. He achieved this feat against Bangladesh at Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium in Nagpur & also took his first 5-wicket haul in T20Is. With the victory at Nagpur, India won the three-match bilateral series 2-1. Here, Chahar won the Player of the match award for the final match and also the Player of the series award. Earlier, in 2012, Ekta Bisht became the first Indian (Man/Woman) to take a hat-trick in T20Is.

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The World Science Day for Peace and Development (WSDPD) is celebrated every year on 10 November to highlight the significant role of science in society and the need to engage the wider public in debates on emerging scientific issues.It also underlines the importance and relevance of science in our daily lives. The 2019 theme is “Open science, leaving no one behind”.

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NASA has recently launched its first all-electric experimental aircraft  (or X-plane). The aircraft has been designated as X-57, and will be known as “Maxwell” for short. The aircraft is expected to take its first test flight by late 2020 from Edwards Air Force Base in the desert of southern California.

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To encourage organ donation, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has announced an annual award in the name of Suraj Sethi, whose organs were transplanted in six persons following hisdeath in a road accident on October 29.He was a resident of Bhanjanagar in Ganjam district & was working at Surat.