Current Affairs Quiz - November, 2021

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The Social Justice and Empowerment Ministry has recently recommended that the National Fund to Control Drug Abuse may be used to carry out de-addiction programmes.
The fund was created in accordance with a provision of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, has a nominal corpus of ₹23 crore. The Act states that the fund would be used to combat illicit trafficking of narcotics, rehabilitating addicts, and preventing drug abuse. As the fund is being used only for policing activities, the Ministry proposed to add de-addiction to it.

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The Information and Broadcasting Minister of Bangladesh, Dr Hasan Mahmud recently inaugurated Bangabandhu Sambad Kendra at the Kolkata Press Club.
It was done on the occasion of the golden jubilee of the country’s independence and the birth centenary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The centre was inaugurated in recognition of the significant contribution of the journalists of the Kolkata Press Club in the liberation war of Bangladesh.

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The Matsya 6000 is the deep-sea vehicle being designed under the Samudrayan initiative. The vehicle will be ready for qualification trials by December 2024
It is designed to carry three people in a titanium alloy personnel sphere of 2.1-metre diameter enclosed space. The vehicle could work at a depth between 1000 and 5500 meters. The technology would help in carrying out deep ocean exploration of non-living resources like poly-metallic manganese nodules, gas hydrates, hydro-thermal sulphides and cobalt crusts.

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CAATSA-Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act is a 2017 law, which intends punish countries that did business with some countries including Russia.
Three Republican U.S. senators filed legislation to exempt India from sanctions for purchasing a Russian S400 missile defense system. This would create a 10-year exemption for member countries of the QUAD – Australia, Japan and India – from sanctions imposed by CAATSA.

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During the recently concluded G20 Summit, the leaders adopted the Rome Declaration and emphasised on Covid-19 immunisation across the globe
World leaders had discussions on issues of global importance such as fighting the pandemic, improving health infrastructure, boosting economic cooperation and furthering innovation. The countries agreed that the COVID-19 immunisation is a global public good.

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The Union Minister of Youth Affairs & Sports announced the National Sports Awards 2021 recently. 12 sports persons have been announced for the ‘Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award’ 2021, which is awarded to the spectacular and most outstanding performance in sports over a period of the previous four years.
35 number of Sports persons will receive Arjuna Awards this year.

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India and Bhutan will have seven additional entry and exit points for trade as part of measures to increase trade connectivity.
These include Nagarkata Land Customs Station, Agartala Land Customs Station, Pandu port (Guwahati Steamerghat), Jogighopa port, Asian Highway 48 connecting Torsha Tea Garden in India and Ahllay in Bhutan among others. Trade between India and Bhutan rose from USD 484 million in 2014-15 to USD 1,083 million in 2020-21.

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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) recently published its ‘Statement of Commitment to Support Greening India’s Financial System – NGFS.
RBI joined the Central Banks and Supervisors Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS) as a Member on April 23, 2021. On the occasion of the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26), NGFS agreed to contribute to meet the objectives of the Paris Agreement.

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A new research, funded by Cancer Research UK, has recently found that the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, reduced the risk of developing the cancer by 62 per cent in women between the ages of 14 and 16.
Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine is administered to protect against cervical cancer in women. As per the research, it reduced the risk by 34 per cent in women who were aged 16-18 years when they were offered the jab.

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Tech major Yahoo has proposed to pull out its operations from China, following China’s Personal Information Protection Law coming into effect on Nov. 1.
It has stated that the company’s services would no longer be accessible from China from November 1st, 2021. It is stated that Yahoo has made this decision on the grounds that China’s business environment is increasingly challenging.