Current Affairs Quiz - November, 2020

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The International “Satavadhanam’’ program has been launched by the Vice President Venkiah Naidu in a virtual mode.
Satavadhanam is a literary event that is organized by Dr. Medasani Mohan under the sponsorship of Sri Krishnadevaraya Satsang in Tirupati. It includes literary performance like solving tricky literary posers, improvising poems etc.

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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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The Gov Tech Thon 2020 is a virtual hackathon that was organized by IEEE, National Informatics Centre (NIC) and Oracle, under the aegis of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.
The team from Robert Bosch Engineering and Business Solutions Private Limited named “Fit For Future” has bagged the first position in the hackathon for demonstrating prototype for automating vehicle fitness checks.

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India and Italy have signed 15 agreements in various sectors during the virtual Bilateral Prime Minister’s meet that held on November 7, 2020.
The agreements are expected to provide for cooperation in a wide range of sectors like energy, green energy, shipbuilding, media etc. and to review the bilateral relationship.

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United Nations has recently warned that around nine million people are at the risk of displacement in Ethiopia.
As per the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, OCHA report, about 6 lakh people depend on food aid. Due to the declaration of emergency by the Ethiopian government, there was blockage in food and other aid.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has recently inaugurated several development projects in the city of Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, via video conferencing.
The development projects include Sarnath Light and Sound show, infrastructure facilities for protection and conservation of cows, Varanasi city smart lighting work among others.

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Russian tennis player Daniil Medvedev has clinched his maiden Paris Masters title. This is also his career’s eighth title.
He has registered his victory against the German star Alexander Zverev. It was the first time that the two players were in the finals of any international tournament.

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State of Uttarakhand is celebrating November 9th as its statehood day. The Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi has greeted the people of Uttarakhand on their Statehood Day.
The state of Uttarakhand has been formed in the year 2000 in accordance with the Uttar Pradesh Reorganisation Act.

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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.