Current Affairs Quiz - November, 2020

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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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Technology Major Facebook has recently announced that it has launched an offline to online small and medium businesses (SMB) guide.
The company has also launched other new resources to help small and medium businesses. The guide will be publicly available for free while the platform is to be made accessible to 9 million small businesses across the country, which needed it the most.

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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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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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The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has recently announced relaxations to Islamic laws. These relaxations allowing unmarried couples to cohabitate, lifts some restrictions on alcohols and on criminalising honour killings.
This is seen as a major step towards westernisation of the nation and aims to improve personal freedom.

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The Union Ministry of Finance has given an approval for creation of the first ever national database of migrant labour called the National Database of Unorganised Workers (NDUW), which would be seeded with Aadhaar.
This database would provide a platform for the government to implement specific programmes for such labourers

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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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India and Maldives have recently signed two MoUs for High-impact community development projects, MoU on cooperation in sports and youth affairs and another MoU for the USD 100 million grant for the Greater Male Connectivity Project (GMCP).
India also affirmed its support for Maldive’s Foreign Minister Shahid’s candidature for the Presidency of the 76th session of the UN General Assembly in 2021.

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Fintech major Paytm has recently launched ‘Pay-out Links’, to enable the businesspersons instantly process pay-outs to customers, employees and vendors.
Using this platform, the businesses can send incentives and refunds to customers using just a link. It also eliminates the need to collect and store thousands of bank details.

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The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has recently notified that GST e-invoicing would be mandatory for any firm whose turnover exceeds Rs 100 crore.
This would be applicable from January 1, 2021. The earlier limit applicable for GST e-invoicing was Rs.500 crore which has now been revised to Rs.100 crore.