Current Affairs Quiz - November, 2020

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The Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) has launched the ‘Go Electric’ campaign in the state of Andhra Pradesh.
The state government has nominated the Non-conventional Energy Development Corporation of Andhra Pradesh Limited (NREDCAP), as the state nodal agency to set up charging stations. The state government has also planned to launch 400 charging stations in the state.

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Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) has recently launched a challenge named “Nurturing Neighbourhoods Challenge”. It aims to develop and implement initiatives that would improve the quality of life of young children, caregivers and families.
It is a 3-year challenge that would be open for 100 Smart Cities, cities with population of more than 5 lakh and State/Union Territory capitals.

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The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has decided to hold a meeting on December 1, 2020 to commemorate all victims of World War II. The resolution in this regard was drafted by Russia and has been adopted based on a voting.
Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world’s countries forming two opposing military alliances namely the Allies and the Axis.

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As per the recent statement from the Ministry of Earth Sciences, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) is set to issue forecast for malaria outbreaks from next monsoon.
India has also planned to increase the high-performance computing (HPC) facility from the current capacity of 10 petaflops to 40 petaflops. India is at fourth place after the US, the UK and Japan in HPC, at present.

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Over 50 people have been killed by landslides in Guatemala after the Storm named ‘Eta’ caused torrential rain and winds.
After the storm hit the Central American country, it was later downgraded to a tropical storm. A hillside in a single town of the country collapsed which buried several houses under mud. It also mae landfall in the neighbouring country Nicaragua.

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Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi announced the Haj 2021 guidelines to be followed during Covid-19 pandemic.
The online application process for Haj 2021 has also been started and interested people can apply online, offline and through Haj Mobile App. Haj 2021 is scheduled during June-July in the year 2021.

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A Ro-Pax ferry service between Hazira and Ghogha in Gujarat is going to be inaugurated by the Prime Minister of India.
The Ro-Pax Ferry Vessel named ‘Voyage Symphony’ would connect Hazira and Ghogha. It can carry 30 trucks on the main deck, 100 passenger cars on the upper deck and 500 passengers plus 34 crew on the passenger deck.

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Shusha is a strategically important cultural city located near the Nagorno-Karabakh region, a mountainous enclave regarded as part of Azerbaijan but populated and controlled by ethnic Armenians.
The President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has recently announced that his country’s forces had taken Shusha. It is also the second-largest city in the Nagorno-Karabakh enclave. Over 1,000 people have died in the fights around Nagorno-Karabakh.

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The ruling party of Myanmar – the National League for Democracy (NLD) led by Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi has claimed a landslide victory in the second parliamentary election of the country.
This is the second election being held in Myanmar after the end of a Military Rule in 2015.

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Australia-India Water Centre (AIWC) has been recently inaugurated through a Webinar and will be led by University of Western Sydney, Australia and IIT Guwahati, India.
The Centre will also include 21 other partners from India and Australia. It will include collaboration in water research, joint master’s level programme in water futures, student and staff exchanges, workshops and training in water sector.