Current Affairs Quiz - November, 2020

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The Tungabhadra Pushkaralu is a 12-day festival celebrated in the state of Andhra Pradesh, to honour the Tungabhadra river. It commenced on November 20, this year.
Tungabhadra river starts from the state of Karnataka and continues to flow through two neighbouring states -Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. 12 major rivers across the country are worshipped by a festival named ‘Pushkaralu or Pushkaram’.

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India-Japan Mutual Agreement Procedure (MAP) cooperation has won the OECD MAP 2019 award for highest agreement ratio.
The award has been announced for a pair of jurisdictions for transfer pricing cases, which demonstrates the commitment of India to provide tax certainty and an effective dispute resolution mechanism for the Japanese companies.

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A MoU was signed between the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas and leading oil & gas marketing companies and technology providers to set up Compressed Bio-Gas (CBG) plants across India.
The CBG plants are to be set up under the Sustainable Alternative Towards Affordable Transportation (SATAT) initiative. The Union Government has set a target to set up 5000 CBG plants by 2023-24 with production target of 15 MMT.

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The European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation, also known as Europol, is the law enforcement agency of the European Union. It is headquartered at the Hague, Netherlands.
Recently, the Europol, Interpol and the Basel Institute on Governance organised the virtual 4th Global Conference on Criminal Finances and Cryptocurrencies. Over 2,000 representatives from 132 countries attended the conference.

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Tarun Gogoi, the former Chief Minister of Assam has recently passed away, at the age of 84. He had tested positive for Covid-19 in August.
He was also the longest serving chief minister of Assam. Being a veteran Congressman, Gogoi was elected the Chief minister of Assam in 2001 in the state elections, following which he led the party to a record three consecutive electoral victories in the state.

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India International Cherry Blossom Festival is annually celebrated in Meghalaya, which attracts a large number of tourists in its capital city, Shillong.
The pink Cherry flowers have started blooming in Shillong and is expected to bloom till the end of November. This year, the festival has been cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.

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India and the United States of America has recently extended the Memorandum of Understanding for cooperation on nuclear energy for 10 more years.
In a joint statement issued by the two countries, this is the tenth year of cooperation between them at the Global Centre for Nuclear Energy Partnership (GCNEP). The MoU was signed at New Delhi in the year 2010.

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Veteran Congress leader and eight-time parliamentarian Ahmed Patel recently passed way due to Covid related complications, at the age of 71.
He had been the political adviser of Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and is known for driving the party out of difficult situations. He was serving as the Congress treasurer. At a very young age, he was selected by the then PM Rajiv Gandhi to lead the Gujarat Congress.

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India and Finland recently signed an MoU for developing cooperation in the field of Environment protection and biodiversity conservation.
The MoU also seeks to exchange best practices in areas like prevention of air and water pollution, waste management, and promotion of circular economy. Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar signed the MoU virtually with his Finnish counterpart.

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Odisha is set to celebrate International Sand Art Festival, at its Chandrabhaga Beach starting from December 1, 2020.
The five-day Sand Art Festival festival also coincides with the Konark Festival that is held in the backdrop of the Sun temple in Konark. On account of Covid-19 restrictions, only Indian sand artists will showcase their art using sand, bronze or wood.