Current Affairs Quiz - December, 2021

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The Uttar Pradesh government has given its approval to implement Atma Nirbhar Krishak Integrated Development Scheme in the state from 2021-22.
Under the scheme 1475 farmer producer organisations will be formed in the next three years in each block of the state. It will also help to achieve the target of utilising the budget of 1000 crores allotted by the centre under Agriculture infrastructure fund.

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The Indian Armed Force’s firing killed 14 civilians in Oting village of Nagaland, which included Konyaks, the largest tribes in the state.
They are known to be one of the fiercest warrior tribes in Nagaland. By 1980, they were the last to give up the practice of head-hunting, the practice of severing heads of enemies after attacking rival tribes. With a population of roughly 3 lakh, Konyaks also inhabit parts of Arunachal Pradesh and Myanmar.

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The Ministry of Coal has set up ‘Mission Coking Coal’ to develop a road map for increasing production and utilization of domestic coking coal.
The recently formed Inter-Ministerial Committee has submitted it recommendations to augment coking coal production in India. The Committee headed by the Additional Secretary, Ministry of Coal gave 13 recommendations.

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The Indian Army is organising a multi-nation disaster management exercise been called PANEX 21. The exercise will involve BIMSTEC countries namely Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand and India.
The Exercise PANEX 21 is planned to be conducted at Pune from December 20-22, with a special focus on relief in the background of Covid-19 pandemic.

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Recently, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully tested the vertical launch short range surface-to-air missile from integrated test range, Chandipur, off the Odisha coast.
The launch of the missile system was conducted to certify the integrated operations of all weapon system components.

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A team of ornithologists from Brazil and Finland has discovered a cryptic new species of flatbill flycatcher.
The new species has been named the cryptic flatbill (Rhynchocyclus cryptus) after its morphological cryptic nature. Flatbill flycatchers are members of the genus ‘Rhynchocyclus’ in the New World family ‘Tyrannidae’. All birds are large-headed, and flat-billed; with whitish eye rings.

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Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) and the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security released the ‘Global Health Security (GHS) Index’.
As per the index, the world remains unprepared for future epidemic and pandemic threats. The world’s performance on the GHS Index score slipped to 38.9 (out of 100) in 2021, from a score of 40.2. India, with a score of 42.8, has slipped by 0.8 points since 2019.

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December 11 is celebrated as International Mountain Day every year, as designated by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).
International Mountain Day creates awareness about the importance of mountains to life. This year’s theme for International Mountain Day is Sustainable Mountain Tourism. According to the UN, mountain tourism attracts about 15-20 per cent of global tourism.

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India’s Harnaaz Sandhu won the new Miss Universe title. The 21-year-old contestant from Punjab won the title 21 years after Lara Dutta won the title in 2000.
Harnaaz Sandhu represented India today at the 70th Miss Universe 2021, held in Eilat, Israel. Ms Sandhu claimed the crown edging out Paraguay’s Nadia Ferreira and South Africa’s Lalela Mswane. Only two Indians have won the title of Miss Universe – Sushmita Sen in 1994 and Lara Dutta in 2000.

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Four-time Olympic medalist Simone Biles was named Time’s 2021 Athlete of the Year, the Time magazine announced.
She had withdrawn from four event finals at the Tokyo Olympics, stating reasons of her mental health. However, the 24-year-old managed to earn all-around silver and a bronze in balance beam at the Tokyo Olympics.