Current Affairs Quiz- November, 2019

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The World Fisheries Day (WFD) is observed every year on 21st of November across the world by the fisherfolk community to ensure sustainable stocks of fisheries and healthy oceans ecosystems. Fisheries is an important sector in India that provides employment to millions of people apart from contributing to the food security of the country. India has over 8,000 km of coastline, and an Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of over 2 million sq km, and extensive freshwater resources.

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Microsoft has launched its ‘K-12 Education Transformation Framework’ to facilitate comprehensive digital transformation of schools in India. The framework consists of four pillars — Leadership and policy, Modern teaching and learning, Intelligent environments and Technology blueprint. The purpose of the framework is to provide education leadership, government decision-makers, teachers and most importantly learners, tools to achieve the ambitious change many schools seek, and to thoughtfully integrate technology in powerful and productive ways. 

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The Madhya Pradesh government has decided to legalize the cultivation of cannabis in the state for medical and industrial purpose.  It is clear that the farmers can only sell their produce to the government and not to private buyers. The government will allow the farming of hemp (a type of marijuana) for medical purposes like in the treatment of cancer. Hemp with a Tetra-Hydro-Cannabinol (THC) content of 0.3 to 1.5% can be used for industrial purposes like in the manufacturing of fiber.

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Indian bodybuilder Chitharesh Natesan from Kerala has become the first Indian to be crowned Mr Universe 2019 at the 11th World Bodybuilding and Physique Sports Championship (WBPF) at the Island city of Jeju in South Korea. He won the title in the 90 kg category in the WBPF 2019. Earlier, he also bagged the Mr Asia 2019 title at the Asian Bodybuilding and Physique Sports Championship (ABBF) held in Thailand in October.

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Nilkanth Khadilkar (85) , the noted editor of Marathi newspaper Navakal, has passed away in Mumbai, Maharashtra on 22nd November 2019. He was the editor of the newspaper for 27 years and had gained popularity for his hard-hitting editorials which became the daily’s popular feature. He was also author of a few books, including “Practical Socialism: musings from a tour of Russia”.

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Woman officer Sub Lt Shivangi is expected to become the first woman pilot of Indian Navy to join Naval operations. She will join naval operations on completion of operational training at the Southern Naval Command in Kochi, Kerala on December 2, 2019. She hails from Muzzafarpur, Bihar and completed her schooling from DAV Public school, Muzzafarpur.

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Shaukat Kaifi (93), the veteran Bollywood actor and Shabana Azmi’s mother, has passed away  in Mumbai on 23rd November 2019. Kaifi’s husband “Kaifi Azmi” was the celebrated Urdu poet and film lyricist. She and her husband were leading lights of the Indian People’s Theatre Association (IPTA) and the Progressive Writers Association (IWA), which were the cultural platforms of the Communist Party of India (CPI). Also credited as Shaukat Azmi, Kaifi’s acting credits include ‘Bazaar’, ‘Umrao Jaan’ and Mira Nair’s Oscar-nominated film ‘Salaam Bombay’. Her last film was Shaadi Ali’s ‘Saathiya’.

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The book “RN Kao: Gentle Spymaster” has been authored by  security expert Nitin A Gokhale. It is on the life and times of legendary spymaster Rameshwar Nath Kao, founding father of India’s external intelligence agency Research & Analysis Wing (RAW). Kao’s legendary exploits include conducting ‘Kashmir Princess’ probe in the mid-1950s, his contributions in the liberation of Bangladesh in 1971 and role in ensuring Sikkim’s merger with India.

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Kailash Joshi (91), the former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh & BJP leader, has passed away in Bhopal on 24th of November 2019. His last rites  performed at his ancestral town Hatpipalya in Dewas district. Born on 14th July 1929, Joshi was called as the ‘saint of politics’. He served as the state’s chief minister from 1977 to 1978. He was MLA for 8 terms and also served as member of both the Rajya Sabha and the Lok Sabha.

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India’s first largest biotechnology stakeholders conglomerate – the Global Bio-India (GBI) Summit, 2019 was held in New Delhi on 24th November. The 3-day summit provided an opportunity to showcase the potential of India’s biotech sector to the international community, identify, create opportunities and deliberate on the key challenges in the areas of Bio-pharma, Bio-Agri, Bio-Industrial, Bio-Energy and Bio-Services and allied sectors.