Current Affairs Quiz - November, 2021

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NASSCOM, Union Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeITY) and the IT Industry have come together to launch “FurtureSkills Prime”, which is a Digital re-skilling/up-skilling platform.
It is an aggregator learning platform, which offers technologies such as AI, IoT, Data Analytics, cloud computing whose curriculum are globally accepted.

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India and Italy have agreed to explore development of green hydrogen, set up renewable energy corridors, and projects in the natural gas sector.
A joint statement was issued after Prime Minister Narendra Modi held the first in-person meeting with his Italian counterpart Mario Draghi on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Rome. The Action Plan for an enhanced Partnership between India and Italy (2020-2024) was signed in 2020.

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Amit Shah, Union Minister Cooporation   launched the “Dairy Sahakar” scheme at Anand, Gujarat, during the celebration of 75th Foundation Year of Amul.
The Dairy Sahakar scheme will be implemented by NCDC, under Ministry of Cooperation, with a total investment of Rs 5000 crore. Under the scheme, financial support will be extended to eligible cooperatives for various activities such as milk procurement, processing, quality assurance, value addition, branding, packaging, marketing, transportation and storage of products and exports.

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The UN Security Council adopted a resolution on the protection of education in armed conflict named ‘Resolution 2601’.
The resolution won the unanimous support of the 15-member council. It strongly condemns all violations of international law involving the recruitment and use of children by parties to armed conflict, their killing, sexual violence and abductions. It also condemns attacks against schools and hospitals as well as denial of humanitarian access by parties to armed conflict.

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India Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Initiative for the Resilient Island States (IRIS) for developing infrastructure of small island nations.
The Prime Minister said that the Small Island Developing States or SIDS face the biggest threat from climate change. India’s space agency ISRO will build a special data window for them to provide them information about cyclones, coral-reef monitoring, coast-line monitoring. through satellite.

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Kerala, Karnataka Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Chhattisgarh, and Andhra Pradesh celebrate their statehood or foundation days on November 1.
In Kerala, the foundation day is celebrated as ‘Kerala Piravi Day’ while in Karnataka the foundation day is celebrated as ‘Karnataka Rajyotsava’.

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The National Mission for Clean Ganga is registered as a society under the Societies Registration Act 1860, and it is the implementation arm of National Ganga River Basin Authority.
The Mission has set a Guinness World Record for the highest number of photographs of handwritten notes uploaded on Facebook in one hour.

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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.

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Dr. Kamal Ranadive was an Indian cell biologist who has made groundbreaking research in the field of Cancer. She was instrumental in establishing country’s first tissue culture laboratory at Indian Cancer Research Center. She also played a key role in founding the Indian Women Scientists’ Association.
Recently, Google has dedicated a doodle to Dr. Kamal Ranadive remembering her 104th birth anniversary.

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Union Commerce and industry Ministry released the Logistics Ease Across Different States (LEADS) Report 2021.
Gujarat retained its top slot for the third consecutive year followed by Haryana and Punjab while Uttar Pradesh jumped seven slots from its previous 13th position. The index was launched in 2018 and it ranks 21 states on the basis of ease of logistics parameters such as infrastructure, services, and operating and regulatory environment.