Current Affairs Quiz - November, 2020

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‘International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict’ is observed every year on November 6.
The UN General Assembly declared the observance of this day, in the year 2001. As per the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), at least 40 percent of all internal conflicts are linked to the exploitation of natural resources.

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The One Rank One Pension (OROP) scheme was launched to provide uniform pensions for Armed Forces Veterans, who are retiring in the same rank with the same length of service.
The Prime Minister has recently highlighted that the One Rank One Pension scheme has completed five years since its implementation. The pension is provided irrespective of the time they retire.

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Gold and silver coins in the name of the Vaishno Devi shrine have been released by the Lt. Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Manoj Sinha.
The coins have been released ahead of Diwali festival. The Vaishno Devi shrine board has decided to make the coin available in Jammu as well as in Delhi.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will co-chair the virtual 17th India-ASEAN summit, along with the Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.
The leaders are expected to note the adoption of ASEAN-India Plan of Action (2021-2025). The Prime Minister attended the 16th ASEAN-India Summit in Bangkok in November last year.

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Hurun India and Mumbai-based EdelGive foundation has recently released the EdelGive Hurun India Philanthropy List 2020.
As per the list, the Founder-Chairman of Wipro Azim Premji has topped the list with a donation of Rs 7904 crore. Shiv Nadar of HCL Technologies came second in the list, while Mukesh Ambani retains his third position.

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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has recently announced a grant of Rs 900 crore for research and development of COVID-19 vaccine.
The grant has been announced to the Department of Biotechnology for the vaccine research. The grant is provided for Covid Suraksha mission. The actual cost of vaccine and distribution expenses will be announced later.

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The International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA) has approved the draft of the International Financial Services Centres Authority (Banking) Regulations, 2020. This was enable setting up of banking units in the International Financial Services Centre.
The regulation would be notified by the Government of India soon, which will contain what kind of banking activities that would be permitted in the IFSC.

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Union minister for Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal delivered the keynote address at Conference ‘India: Drivers of Change’.
In the conference organized by the Bank of America, the Minister urged the global investors to invest in India. He also highlighted about the production-linked incentives provided for the manufacturing sector.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated Ayurvedic institutes in Rajasthan and Gujarat. This has been done on 5th Ayurveda Day.
The two institutions are Institute of Teaching & Research in Ayurveda (ITRA), Jamnagar and the National Institute of Ayurveda (NIA), Jaipur. Both the institutes are premier institutions of Ayurveda in the country.

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The Chief of Enforcement Directorate Sanjay Kumar Mishra has recently got one-year extension, after completing two years of his tenure.
The 1984-batch Indian Revenue Service official was appointed as the Executive Director in 2018. As per the recent order of the Finance Ministry, the previous order has now been modified with approval from the President.