Current Affairs Quiz - November, 2021

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The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) has recently released its annual review of India’s actions on climate change. NRDC is an international non-profit environmental organisation.
As per the report, India is largely on track to meet its Paris Climate Agreement targets. It said that the country is to meet its targets of reducing emissions by 33 to 35 per cent of its GDP by 2030 from the 2005 levels and achieve 40 per cent of installed power capacity from non-fossil fuels by 2030.

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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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According to a release issued by the Union Health Ministry of India, “Har Ghar Dastak” (Knock Every Door) campaign is scheduled to start soon in districts with low vaccination rates.
It aims to motivate people to get vaccinated. As per the Health Ministry, there were more than 10.34 crore people in the country who had missed the second dose of COVID-19 vaccine that they were due to take while more than 12 crore unutilised doses were available with the States.

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India has launched its first manned ocean mission, ‘Samudrayan’, joining six other nations engaged in exploring Deep Ocean for research. While launching the mission, Union minister Jitendra Singh
The Samudrayan project will be a part of the Deep Ocean Mission. It is being undertaken by the National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT). The National Institute of Ocean Technology in 1993 is an autonomous society under the Ministry of Earth Sciences.

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The Changing Wealth of Nations 2021 report has been published by the World Bank. As per the report, South Asia suffers the most among all regions of the world in terms of loss of human capital due to air pollution.
The report has measured wealth creation and distribution in 146 countries covering a 20-year period from 1995-2018. Human capital was the largest source of worldwide wealth, with 64 per cent of total global wealth in 2018.

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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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The latest GHG bulletin has been released by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO). As per the report, the increasing trend of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions continued in 2021.
The report also highlighted that all three major GHGs, carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O), recorded an increase in concentration in 2020 compared to previous years. The average global warming would exceed Paris Agreement’s target of global temperature if emissions continue at the current pace.

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AY.4.2, which was seen in the news, is a ‘Coronavirus lineage’. Lineages are the labels given to the branches of the COVID evolutionary chart to illustrate their relatedness.
The lineages are overseen by the Pango network, a team of researchers from the universities of Edinburgh and Oxford. They act as the custodians of lineages and handle the assignment of new labels. This AY.4.2. lineage is traced back to April this year.

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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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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).