Current Affairs Quiz - November, 2020

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The Chief of Enforcement Directorate Sanjay Kumar Mishra has recently got one-year extension, after completing two years of his tenure.
The 1984-batch Indian Revenue Service official was appointed as the Executive Director in 2018. As per the recent order of the Finance Ministry, the previous order has now been modified with approval from the President.

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Union External Affairs Minister of India S. Jaishankar represented India in the 15th East Asia Summit, which was recently held virtually.
The East Asia Summit is a premier forum in the Asia-Pacific region which was founded in the year 2005. Apart from the 10 ASEAN member states, the Summit includes India, China, Japan, Republic of Korea, Australia, New Zealand, United States and Russia.

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Legendary Indian actor Soumitra Chatterjee from West Bengal has recently passed away in Kolkata, at the age of 85.
During his six-decade-long career in Bengali language films, he starred more than 300 movies including those filmed by the legendary director Satyajit Ray. He was also a proficient playwright, theatre actor and poet.

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The 12th BRICS summit 2020 was held in a virtual mode recently. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi participated in the virtual summit, chaired by the Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The theme of the summit is “Global stability, shared security and innovative growth”. Other agendas of the summit include intra-BRICS cooperation, mitigating the effect of Covid-19, counter-terrorism cooperation, among others.

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The Prime Minister of Russia Mikhail Mishustin has recently approved to begin a major governance reform in the country. The reforms are to begin from January 1, 2021.
These reforms were to be implemented earlier, but were postponed due to many factors including COVID 19. The proposed reforms are aimed to improve the efficiency of Government functioning.

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The only known white giraffe, which was seen in the news, is found in Kenya. The giraffe has been fitted with a GPS tracking device to help protect it from poachers.
Leucism, a genetic trait causes the white color in animals. The single male giraffe is in a dangerous state at the risk of poaching. The GPS tracking device, which is attached to one of the giraffe’s horns, will alert wildlife rangers about its location.

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The first stand-alone Summit between India and Luxembourg in the past two decades was held virtually.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended the summit along with his Luxembourg counterpart Xavier Bettel. Three agreements were signed during the summit, including those between the Luxembourg Stock Exchange with State Bank of India and with the India International Stock Exchange.

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The United Nations has adopted a resolution tabled by the Organisation of Islamic Countries (OIC) and European Union (EU), which called for an urgent solution of the Rohingya crisis.
The resolution was adopted by a majority of 132 countries voting in favour. The resolution called for granting citizenship and ensuring return to their homes by creating a safe environment to Rohingya and other minorities.

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Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has recently launched a portal for defence land management system (LMS), to bring transparency and speed in dealing with land management matters.
This is the first time an LMS is developed by the Department of Defence along with the Directorate General Defence Estates (DGDE) and Armed forces. The technical support for this GIS-based system has been provided by Bhaskaracharya Institute for Space Applications and Geoinformatics.

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The International Cricket Council (ICC) recently announced that the next Women’s T20 World Cup would be held in February 2023 in South Africa.
Earlier, it was announced that the Women’s T20 World Cup was earlier scheduled to be held in November 2022. Earlier, ICC had postponed the Women’s World Cup planned in New Zealand from 2021 to 2022.