Current Affairs Quiz - November, 2020

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The Prime Minister of Armenian has announced that a peace agreement has been signed with Russia and Azerbaijan. The agreement aims to end the war between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed area of Nagorno-Karabakh.
Under the agreement, all military operations in the disputed area have been stopped and Russia has deployed peacekeeping forces in the Armenia – Azerbaijan border.

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World Pneumonia Day is observed every year on 12 November. The day was established by the Stop Pneumonia Initiative in 2009 to raise awareness about the disease.
Pneumonia is considered as the leading disease which causes more deaths of children around the world. ‘Stop Pneumonia Initiative’ and ‘Every Breath Counts Coalition’ jointly mobilise the people about tackling the disease.

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Khalifa bin Salman al-Khalifa, the Prince of Bahrain the world’s longest-serving Prime minister, has recently passed away.
The Prince, who had held the post since independence in 1971, has passed away at the age of 84. He played a significant role in the political and economic affairs of Bahrain for more than three decades.

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‘National Rail and Transportation Institute’ (NRTI) is the first and only transportation university of India, which is located in Vadodara, Gujarat.
NRTI has recently launched seven new programmes including Undergraduate, MBA and MSc. The MSc programme is offered in partnership with the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom whereas the MBA programs focus at Transportation and Supply Chain Management.

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Facebook has recently announced to launch the feature of ‘Vanishing messages’ in its Messenger platform.
A similar feature of disappearing messages was first introduced in WhatsApp. Under the new mode, the messages would disappear once the receiver read it in their chat and closed the window. The feature has to be activated in both the sender and the receiver.

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Jammu and Kashmir government has recently launched an e-Auction portal to promote trading of GI tagged ‘Kashmir Saffron’ across the country.
Using the portal, buyers can have access to quality ‘Kashmir Saffron’ and saffron growers can get optimum returns of their yield. International Kashmir Saffron Trading Centre will be used to provide awareness about the portal.

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Typhoon Vamco has recently hit the Philippines and caused extensive flooding. It is said to have killed around 40 people.
Vamco has followed Typhoon Goni, which is one of the strongest typhoons in the world this year. The country is hit by about 20 typhoons and tropical storms each year as it is one of the world’s most disaster-prone countries.

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World Diabetes Day (WDD) is observed every year on 14 November. This year it was observed with the theme of ‘The Nurse and Diabetes’.
World Diabetes Day (WDD) was created in 1991 by International Diabetes Federation and the World Health Organization, to commemorate the birth anniversary of Sir Frederick Banting, who co-discovered insulin along with Charles Best in 1922.

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The 8th BRICS Science, Technology and Innovation Ministerial meeting was held virtually, which was organised by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of Russia.
Russia is the Chair of the 12th BRICS Summit. The Ministerial meeting unanimously adopted BRICS STI Declaration 2020. The Members applauded India’s ‘SERB–POWER’ (Promoting Opportunities for Women in Exploratory Research) scheme.

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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) recently announced that it has allocated USD 20.3 million aid to its developing member countries to access coronavirus vaccine.
The funds include USD 20 million from ADB’s Technical Assistance Special Fund (TASF) and USD 300,000 from the High-Level Technology Fund financed by Japan. Earlier in April, ADB had approved USD 20 billion assistance package to help its developing members fight Covid-19.