Current Affairs Quiz - November, 2021

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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’s Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sushil Chandra led a three-member delegation to Uzbekistan to oversee the country’s presidential election.
Indian team has overseen the election as an international observer. Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev got over than 80% of the vote in the elections and was re-elected for a second five-year term. CEC Sushil Chandra and Uzbekistan’s election commission, led by Zainiddin Nizamkhodjaev, held a meeting on electoral cooperation.

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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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Food Processing Industries Minister Prashupati Kumar Paras launched a bakery brand Dilli Bakes, under the One District, One Product (ODOP) initiative. Whole wheat rusk is the first product launched under the Dilli Bakes brand.
The Government is promoting one product from one district under the Pradhan Mantri Formalisation of Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PMFME) Scheme. The product has been launched in association with cooperative NAFED.

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The National e Governance Division (NeGD) of the Ministry of Electronics and IT is organising AI Pe Charcha (AI Dialogue) on the theme, “AI for Date Driven Governance”.
The session aims to cover the importance of data driven and AI-enabled governance along with the global best practices. , AI Pe Charcha is a series of panel discussions involving various global and domestic leaders from the Government and industry, researchers sharing their experiences.

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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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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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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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The UK will provide an “India Green Guarantee” to the World Bank, to unlock 750 million pounds for green projects across India.
This was announced at the COP26 summit in Glasgow. The green guarantee financing will support clean and resilient infrastructure in sectors including clean energy, transport and urban development. UK committed over 210 million pounds at the UN climate summit under Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG).

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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