Current Affairs Quiz- November, 2019

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Ishant Sharma has become the first Indian bowler to take five-wicket haul in the Day-night Pink ball Test against Bangladesh at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. Earlier, Mohammad Nisar was the first-ever Indian bowler to take a five-wicket haul with the red ball against England at Lord’s in 1932. Interestingly, current head-coach Ravi Shastri holds the record of first-ever five-wicket haul by an Indian with the white ball when he took 5-wickets against Australia at WACA in 1991.

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On 23rd November 2019, Indian Army celebrated the historic  Poonch Link-up Day with traditional gaiety & fervour to mark the Operation Easy conducted by them in 1948 to defend the border district from the invading Pakistani raiders. Poonch withstood a siege by the Pakistanis from November 1947 till relieved by the Indian Army. The day marks the historic link up carried out by Brigadier Pritam Singh’s forces with Brigadier Yadunath’s forces from Rajouri at Danna Ka Pir on 21 November 1948.

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The International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women is observed every year on 25th of November to raise awareness of the fact that women around the world are subject to rape, domestic violence and other forms of violence. The official theme for 2019 is “Orange the World: Generation Equality Stands Against Rape”.

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The Indore-based Devi Ahilya University has become the first university of Madhya Pradesh to be accorded A grade by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC). Now, the Centre of higher learning became entitled to several other facilities. It may introduce courses recognised by the University Grants Commission (UGC) without the latter’s permission besides commencing open distance-learning courses. The institute was established in 1964 by an Act of Legislature of Madhya Pradesh. 

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The National Milk Day (NMD) is celebrated every year on 26th of November to commemorate the birth anniversary of Dr. Verghese Kurien, the father of India’s White Revolution. The White Revolution (also known as Operation Flood) was launched in 1970. It is considered to be world’s biggest dairy development programme which transformed India from a milk deficient nation to the one of the largest producers of milk in the world.

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Balasingh (67), the noted Tamil actor and theatre artist, has passed away in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. His notable performances include Kamal Haasan’s directorial venture ‘Virumandi’ and actor Dhanush’s ‘Puthupetta’, a gangster flick.

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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has revised the framework on currency swap arrangement for the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) countries for 2019-2022. Under the framework for 2019-22, the RBI will continue to offer a swap arrangement within the overall corpus of $2 billion. The drawals can be made in US dollar, euro or Indian rupee. The framework is valid from November 14, 2019 to November 13, 2022. The facility will be available to all SAARC member countries, subject to their signing the bilateral swap agreements. The SAARC countries are — Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

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Indian archer Deepika Kumari won gold in the women’s individual recurve event of the 21st Asian Championships in Bangkok. In the one-sided final, she defeated her compatriot Ankita Bhakat by 6-0. Earlier, the duo had secured an individual Olympic quota for the country by storming into the semifinals of the event.

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The 2023 Men’s Hockey World Cup will be held in Bhubaneswar and Rourkela from January 13 to 29. It would the first time a country would be hosting successive editions of the premier tournament in the sport but the same city hosting it twice makes it even special. However, this time, Bhubaneswar (which hosted the 2018 WC) would share hosting rights with the Biju Patnaik Hockey Stadium in Rourkela.

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The Union Government has proposed to set up new rocket launch pad near Kulasekarapattinam in Tamil Nadu.The development comes on the backdrop of increasing launches from India, both for domestic and international customers.  Currently, the ISRO has two  operational launch pads at Sriharikotta  from where all GSLV and PSLV flights take place.