Current Affairs Quiz - December, 2021

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As per National Health Accounts (NHA) estimates for India for 2017-18, the share of government health expenditure in the GDP of the country has increased to 1.35% in 2017-18 from 1.15% in 2013-14.
The findings also show the government spending on health as a share of total expenditure also increased to 5.12% from 3.78% between 2013-14 and 2017-18. In case of per capita OOPE, there was a decline from ₹2,336 to ₹2,097 between 2013-14 and 2017-18.

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Magdalena Andersson, leader of the centre-left Social Democratic Party, became the country’s first female prime minister.
But she resigned within hours of taking the job, after her budget was rejected in favour of one proposed by the opposition. Now Magdalena Andersson has been reappointed Prime Minister of the country.

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Railways is constructing the world’s tallest railway bridge pier at Noney Valley in the state of Manipur with a height of 141 metres.
It is a part of the 111 Kilometre long Jiribam-Imphal railway line, which aims to connect the capital of Manipur with the broad gauge network of the country. The bridge at Noney Valley will surpass the Mala – Rijeka viaduct’s existing record of 139 meters, located in Montenegro, Europe.

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An international team of researchers has discovered a new marine reptile. Named as Kyhytysuka sachicarum, the specimen was a metre-long skull of a Hypercarnivore “Fish Lizard”.
Kyhytysuka translates to ‘the one that cuts with something sharp’ in an indigenous language from the region in central Colombia where the fossil was found. The name honours the ancient Muisca culture that existed in the region.

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The National Statistical Office (NSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation released the estimates of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the second quarter (July-September) of 2021-22 (Q2 2021-22).
GDP at Constant Prices in Q2 2021-22 is estimated at ₹35.73 lakh crore, as against ₹32.97 lakh crore in Q2 2020-21, with a growth of 8.4 percent as compared to 7.4 percent contraction in Q2 2020-21.

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Skill Development Ministry launched a pilot project to revive traditional ‘Namda’ craft in Jammu and Kashmir.
The project has been launched under Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) 3.0′. The project aims to increase the carpet export from ₹600 crore to ₹6,000 crore and will benefit 2,250 people of 30 Namda Clusters from six districts of Kashmir.

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Israel has delivered advanced Heron drones to Indian Armed Forces, which are far more advanced than the Herons in the existing inventory with better anti-jamming capability.
The acquisition of these drones has been done under the emergency financial powers granted by Indian government to the defence forces under which they can buy equipment and systems worth ₹500 crores to upgrade their military capabilities.

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India recently joined the G20 Troika, which now includes Indonesia, Italy and India. Indonesia has assumed the G20 Presidency and will convene G20 meetings throughout the year ending with the G20 Leaders` Summit on October 30-31, 2022.
The theme of this year’s Summit is “Recover Together Recover Stronger”. India will assume the G20 Presidency from Indonesia and will convene the G20 Leaders` Summit for the first time in India in 2023.

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The Ministry of Rural Development has signed an MoU with Flipkart to help empower local businesses and self-help groups (SHGs) led by women.
The MoU seeks to bring the small business units and SHGs into the e-commerce fold. The partnership is aligned with Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Rural Livelihood Mission- DAY-NRLM. The MoU will enable rural women to sell their products to more than 10 crore Flipkart’s customers.

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Gita Gopinath, the India-born, first female chief economist of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), is set to take over as the first deputy managing director (FDMD).
She is set to take over the role from Geoffrey Okamoto. Two months ago, Gita Gopinath had announced that she would re-join Harvard University in January 2022 to retain her tenured facility post, after three years in IMF.