Current Affairs Quiz - November, 2020

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The India Mobile Congress (IMC) 2020 has been scheduled to be held 8th -10th December, through virtual mode.
Minister of State Sanjay Dhotre announced the fourth edition of the Congress. This event is jointly organized by the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) and Cellular Operators Association of India (COAT).

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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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The Union Cabinet has recently approved Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme worth up to Rs 1.46 lakh crore for 10 key sectors.
This move is expected to boost India’s manufacturing sector and exports. The ten sectors include white goods manufacturing, pharmaceutical, specialised steel, automobiles, telecom, textile, food products, solar photovoltaic and cell battery.

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Typhoon Vamco is expected to hit the eastern coasts of Philippines. Hence, the state authorities have ordered thousands of residents in eastern coastal communities to evacuate the area and move to safe shelters.
This cyclone is the 21st tropical cyclone of this year in Philippines.

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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 UT of Puducherry has recently launched online service of issuing low denomination non judicial e-stamps.
This service is aimed to prevent public crowding at authorised collection centres. The UT government has signed an MoU with Stock Holding Corporation of India Ltd (SHCIL) for collection of stamp duty in the Registration Department.

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National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), a Government owned organisation operates the electronic toll collection system named FASTag in India. NHAI has recently stated that FASTag users in the country have reached 2 crore mark.
The FASTag has registered more than 400% growth this year. The payment is made digitally through the FASTag linked to the bank wallet.

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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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Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) launched the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evem Utthan Mahabhiyan (PM KUSUM) Scheme.
Recently, the Ministry has amended the guidelines of the scheme as solar power plants can also be installed on pasture land and marshy land of farmers. Earlier, only barren, fallow and agricultural lands were used for installing solar plants.

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NTPC Limited, formerly known as National Thermal Power Corporation Limited has successfully developed a Geo-polymer coarse aggregate from fly ash.
Aggregates are commonly used in civil engineering projects to stabilise the terrain. The developed aggregate is environment friendly and do not require any cement for application in concrete. It also reduces carbon emission and water consumption.