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 Government of India and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed a $251 million loan for integrated urban flood protection and management in the Chennai-Kosasthalaiyar basin.
It aims to strengthen the capacity of Chennai city to floods. The project will build flood protection infrastructure as well as strengthen the Greater Chennai Corporation and communities for better preparedness.

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The Andhra Pradesh State Cabinet, under the chairmanship of Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy approved passing a resolution in the Assembly urging the Centre to undertake caste census of Backward Classes while conducting general census 2021.
Cabinet gave its approval for setting up a separate department for Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) to effectively implement schemes. It was also decided to set up separate corporations for the welfare of Jains and Sikhs in the State.

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Ministry of Culture has announced three competitions under Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav. They are  Deshbhakti Geet writing, Rangoli Making and Lori writing.
The competitions have been launched from Tehshil and Taluka level to National level. The initiative was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Mann Ki Baat. This competition will be held for a couple of months and the rewards to the winners will be presented by the Ministry.

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Independent researchers from India have conceptualized and developed an online dashboard named “Climate Equity Monitor” on Global climate policy.
The Climate Equity Monitor dashboard provides an online dashboard for assessing equity in climate action, inequalities in emissions, energy consumption across the world, and climate policies of several countries. It aims to monitor the performance of Annex-I Parties under the UNFCCC (developed countries).

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World Meteorological Organisation released the ‘State of Global Climate 2021’ report. As per the report, the last seven years have been the warmest on record.
It also highlighted that global sea-level rise increased since 2013, reaching a new high in 2021.  The report attributed the record sea-level rise to warming up and acidification of ocean waters. The report was released was released in Geneva as the COP26 conference began in Glasgow. WMO also launched the Water and Climate Coalition.

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Union Minister of State Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Dr Jitendra Singh dedicated “Sardar Patel Leadership Centre” to the nation at Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA), Mussoorie.
This was inaugurated on the occasion of Rashtriya Ekta Diwas, marking the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.

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A glacier in Antarctica has been formally named Glasgow Glacier in honour of the city hosting the UN climate summit which formally opened recently.
The 100-km long body of ice, which has been experiencing rapid melting, was named by a team of researchers at the University of Leeds to mark the 26th Conference of Parties (COP26) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

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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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World Tsunami Awareness Day is observed every year on November 5, by the United Nations to spread awareness about this disaster. In December 2015, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) passed a resolution in this regard.
As per a UN report, the Tsunami in the Indian Ocean in 2004 has been recorded as the most hazardous natural disaster which occurred in the past 100 years.