Current Affairs Quiz - November, 2020

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Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) is set to invest Rs 9,555 crore (USD 1.29 billion) for 2.04 per cent equity stake in Reliance Retail Ventures (RRVL).
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud is the chairman of PIF. It had previously invested in several giant companies including Facebook, Boeing, and Disney.

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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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The Chief of Indian Army, General MM Naravane has been conferred with the Honorary rank of General of the Nepali Army, by the President Bidya Devi Bhandari during a special ceremony.
General KM Cariappa was the first Indian Army chief to be honoured with the title in 1950. Last year, Nepali Army chief General Purna Chandra Thapa was also made the honorary General of the Indian Army.

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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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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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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.

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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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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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The Ministry of Power has issued notification to cover all the Electricity Distribution Companies (DISCOMs) under the preview of the Energy Conservation (EC) Act 2001.
The DISCOMs will be governed under the various provisions of EC Act, like Appointment of Energy Manager, Energy Accounting & Auditing, identification of Energy Losses etc.