Current Affairs Quiz - December, 2021

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‘Indian Organ Donation Day’ celebration has been organized by National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organization (NOTTO) in New Delhi on November 27.
The total number of organ transplants done per year in the country increased from 4990 in 2013 to 12746 in 2019. India now ranks third in the world only after USA and China as per the data available on the Global Observatory on Donation and Transplantation (GODT) website.

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Skyroot Aerospace, a Hyderabad-based space technology startup, has test fired India’s first privately developed fully cryogenic rocket engine.
The engine has been named as Dhawan-1, in honour of Indian rocket scientist Satish Dhawan. It was developed using 3D printing technology and is fuelled by liquefied natural gas and liquid oxygen. The engine successfully demonstrated the technology to power its Vikram-2 orbital launch vehicle.

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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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The NITI Aayog released a report titled “Designing the future of dispute Resolution: the ODR Policy Plan for India”.
It proposed measures at three levels to address the challenges in adopting ODR. The report recommends increasing digital infrastructure, building capacity, regulatory framework, including permission for online notarisation, etc.

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The government of Arunanchal Pradesh has signed Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt as the brand ambassador on the occasion of the golden jubilee celebrations, marking the 50th year of the naming of the state.
It also announced filmmaker Rahul Mittra as its brand advisor. The announcement was made by Chief Minister Pema Khandu.

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Nagaland’s iconic Hornbill Festival, called as the “festival of festivals”, will be held in its traditional format, starting on December 1. This year is the 22nd edition of the festival.
Last year, it was held virtually last year due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The 10-day cultural and tourism annually begins at the start of December and coincides with Nagaland’s statehood day.

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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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The World Migration Report is published every second year by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) of the UN.
As per the 2022 report, 30.7 million new displacements were triggered by disasters in 145 countries and territories. More people are being displaced by climate disasters than conflicts. Total internal displacement due to disaster, conflict and violence has increased to 40.5 million in 2020, from 31.5 million in 2019.

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Elon Musk’s aerospace company SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 48 Starlink internet satellites and two BlackSky satellites as a payload from Florida.
The partially reusable Falcon 9 rocket had its first-stage boosters launched into space as part of several missions. The array of Starlink satellites offer internet coverage in remote areas of several countries.

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Scientists have recently discovered Mercury-like exo-planet ‘GJ 367 b’ where a year is only eight hours long.
It’s believed to be a rocky planet like Mercury and has half the mass of Earth. GJ 367 b also belongs to the ‘ultra-short period’ (USP) group of exo-planets that orbit their star in less than 24 hours. Planet GJ 367b was discovered by scientists at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) Institute of Planetary Research.