Current Affairs Quiz - November, 2020

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Visa has recently partnered with Indian leading private sector bank HDFC Bank and Digit Secure, to deploy PCI certified Tap to Phone card acceptance solution.
DigitSecure has become the first company based in Asia-Pacific to receive PCI security certification for deploying this technology. India has also joined a list of over 15 markets that provide Visa Tap to Phone technology for merchants.

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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has recently reported that it has recently observed a mix of X-ray and radio signals that were never observed before in the Milky Way.
It also announced that the first fast radio burst (FRB) was also observed within the galaxy. The detection of the phenomenon called FRB was recently published in the journal ‘Nature’.

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As per the recent statement from the Oil India Limited (OIL), it has brought in a snubbing unit from Calgary, Canada.
The snubbing unit is a special technology, which is to be deployed to tackle the Baghjan oilfield blow-out. The OIL-owned well erupted on May 27 and has been burning for over five months now.

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Every year the World Tsunami Awareness Day is observed on November 5.
This is done to create awareness about this deadly disaster which has claimed more than a million lives in the past 100 years. The highest number of deaths took place during the December 2004 Tsunami in Indian ocean.

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Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi has conducted a Virtual Bilateral Summit with his Italian counterpart Giuseppe Conte, recently.
The two leaders comprehensively reviewed the bilateral relationship and exchanged views on major regional and global issues of mutual concern. Several Government and Private Sector agreements are said to have concluded on the occasion.

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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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Leading Engineering services company Tata Technologies has signed an agreement with Karnataka government to modernise 150 state-run it is.
As per the company’s statement, the outlay of the programme is Rs 4,600 crore. The Agreement is for 10 years and will include investment from state government and from a consortium of 20 companies led by Tata Technologies.

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IFFCO bazaar, which is the e-commerce arm of IFFCO has announced its partnership with the SBI YONO Krishi. This partnership is aimed at making a wide range of agricultural products of IIFCO to lakhs of Indian farmers.
IFFCO is the biggest fertilizer manufacturer in India and SBI YONO Krishi is a dedicated portal catering to the farmer’s needs.

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The Union Sports Ministry has approved 6 centres as the Khelo India Centre of Excellence (KISCE). These centres would be upgraded at a cost of Rs 67.32 crore for FY 2020-21 and subsequent four years.
These centres have been identified in the states / UT of Assam, Meghalaya, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Sikkim and Daman & Diu.

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Joe Biden of the Democratic Party has been elected as the 46th President of United States of America and Kamala Harris has been elected as the Vice President of the country.
She is a member of the Democratic Party and is set to assume the office of the Vice President on January 20, 2021.