Current Affairs Quiz - November, 2021

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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus  is the present Director General of the World Health Organisation (WHO). He has been elected unopposed as the Director General of WHO for the second term.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus belongs to Ethiopia, who holds a doctorate in community health. He is the first African to head WHO and is also the first non Doctor to hold the position.

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The Government of Madhya Pradesh has announced to provide Residential Lands, free of cost to people of the state, who do not own any land. The land can be used for building own houses by the people.
The free plots would be provided under the scheme named “Mukhyamantri Awasiya Bhu-adhikar Yojna”.

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Pune International Centre (PIC) has convened the 6th ‘Pune Dialogue on National Security (PDNS) 2021’. It is a two-day virtual conference, with the theme of ‘National Security Preparedness in the Age of Disasters and Pandemics’.
National Security Advisor Ajit Doval delivered the inaugural address at conference, which will have a keynote address by Dr Soumya Swaminathan, Chief Scientist of the WHO.

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India has applied a USD 2 billion loan to purchase COVID-19 vaccines, from Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) along with the Asian Development (ADB).
Manila-based ADB is expected to finance USD 1.5 billion and Beijing-based AIIB is considering to provide USD 500 million. About 667 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines were expected to be procured through the loan.

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Indian Railways has introduced a special train ‘Gati Shakti Superfast Special train’ between Delhi and Patna.
The Anand Vihar Terminal – Patna – Anand Vihar Terminal Gati Shakti Superfast Special train has been launched for the convenience of the passengers during this festive season. The Superfast Special train runs with 20 new 3-AC Economy Class coaches.

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The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet reappointed Shaktikanta Das, Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for three years beyond 10.12.2021 or until further orders.
Shaktikanta Das, a retired Indian Administrative Services (IAS) officer, assumed charge as the 25th governor of the RBI effective December 12, 2018. He had also served as a member of the 15th Finance Commission for a year. Benegal Rama Rau served RBI Governor between July 1, 1949, and January 14, 1957 and that is the longest such tenure so far.

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A group of entomologists have documented the odonate fauna in the state of Kerala for the first time. Kerala is home to 181 species of dragonflies and damselflies. It also nurtures 68 species that are endemic to the Western Ghats.
According to the study, the odonates of the Western Ghats stands at 207, of which 80 species are endemics.

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Retired Supreme Court Judge-Justice Ashok Bhushan has been appointed as the new Chairperson of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT), for four years or till he attains 70 years.
The post was left vacant by the retirement of the then chairperson, Justice S J Mukhopadhaya, in March 2020. The government also appointed retired Chief Justice of Manipur High Court, Justice Ramalingam Sudhakar, as the chairperson of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), for a period of five years, or till he attains the age of 67 years.

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Gnanasekaran Sathiyan and Harmeet Desai claimed the World Table Tennis Contender title in Tunis, Tunisia.
It was their first tour doubles title, both individually and together and they haven’t played doubles together since the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Sathiyan is a World No. 24 singles player, which is also the best rank any Indian has ever achieved and Desai is currently at 73rd rank.

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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.