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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An Indian Air Force (IAF) team and Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully flight-tested India’s first indigenously developed Long-Range Bomb (LRB).
It was fired from the IAF Sukhoi-30 fighter jet flying at an altitude of 10 kilometres, over Balasore, Odisha. The LR Bomb was designed and developed by DRDO’s Research Centre Imarat (RCI). It has a range of 100 kilometres and can carry a warhead of 1000 kilograms.

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Scientists have discovered a species of human ancestors called ‘Homo bodoensis’ who lived around half a million years ago, in Africa during the Middle Pleistocene which is now known as Chibanian.
The term ‘bodoensis’ has been derived from a skull found in Bodo D’ar, Ethiopia. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature allows name changes under strictly defined rules. That age saw the rise of our own species, Homo sapiens as well as our closest relatives Neanderthals.

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Sweden is set to launch a trade promotion event named Time for India, to boost bilateral trade with India. The Swedish Ambassador in India Klas Molin announced that Sweden does not require vaccination from international travellers including those from India.
A Swedish diplomatic and economic delegation to Sweden along with the Indian embassy in Stockholm will launch a promotional campaign for Indian business.

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Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) is organising a week-long Deep Dive Online Training program.
The training program is organised by National e-Governance Division at MeitY under the Cyber Surakshit Bharat initiative. MeitY launched the Cyber Surakshit Bharat initiative in 2018, as the first public-private partnership in cyber awareness. This online program trains Chief Information Security officers (CISO) along with IT staff of different Ministries, PSUs and Banks.

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Tushil, the 7th Indian Navy Frigate of P1135.6 class was launched at Yantar Shipyard, Kaliningrad, Russia. “Tushil” is a Sanskrit word meaning Protector Shield.
India and Russia signed an Inter-Governmental Agreement (IGA) for the construction of two ships of Project 1135.6 ships in Russia and two ships in India at Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL).

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The Marusudar River is the largest tributary of River Chenab. The river originates from the Nunkun glacier in Jammu and Kashmir.
A 1000 MW Pakal Dul Hydro Electric Project is being constructed across the Marusudar River by Chenab Valley Power Projects Pvt Limited. Recently, the Union Power Minister R K Singh virtually inaugurated the diversion of Marusudar River, which permits quicker construction of the power project

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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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Four members namely the Government of the United Kingdom, Italian state lender Cassa Depositi e Prestiti, European Union and the Green Climate Fund (GCF) have collectively pledged a sum of $665 million toward a platform, to be managed by Asian Development Bank (ADB).
This funding aims to finance climate change related projects in the South East Asian Region. This announcement was made at the COP 26 Glasgow Summit.

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Coral Bleaching is a response by overheated corals during heat waves, where they lose their colour and struggle to survive.
As per a new study, eighty percent of the coral reeves have been bleached severely at least once since 2016. It also said that if global warming is held to 1.5 degrees, the Earth can still have vibrant barrier reef.