Current Affairs Quiz - November, 2021

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Sitting Bull was a legendary Hunkpapa Lakota leader who led his people during years of resistance against United States government policies
Recently, Scientists have confirmed a South Dakota man- Ernie LaPointe- as the great-grand son of the 19th century Native American leader Sitting Bull, by checking a sample of hair belonging to the leader.  Scientists took DNA from a tiny sample of Sitting Bull’s hair was stored in Washington DC.

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India successfully test-fired surface-to-surface ballistic missile Agni-5 that can strike targets at ranges up to 5,000 km with a very high degree of accuracy.
The test-firing was carried from APJ Abdul Kalam Island in Odisha. As per the Defence Ministry, the successful test of is in line with India’s stated policy with the commitment to ‘No First Use’. This missile has been tested amidst border standoff with China in eastern Ladakh.

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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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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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Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry presented the 14th edition of Urban Mobility India (UMI) Conference 2021.
Surat won the award for the city with the best public transport system, and Kochi was judged the city with most sustainable transport system. The awards were presented by Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri at Urban Mobility India conference. Nagpur’s multi-modal integration with Metro rail, Delhi’s Metro also won awards.

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The small island nation of Tonga has recently confirmed its very first case of COVID-19. Tonga has a population of about 105,700 people
Five hundred and ninety-seven days after the World Health Organization first identified the novel coronavirus as a pandemic, the country has reported its first case, from a traveller who arrived in the country on a flight from Christchurch, New Zealand. The Pacific nations of Tuvalu and Nauru are the only countries in the world to have not reported any COVID-19 cases.

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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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Famous Kannada Actor Puneeth Rajkumar recently passed away after suffering a heart attack, at the age of 46.
He was the son of legendary actor Rajkumar. He was known to fans as “Appu” and “Power Star”. The actor began his career as a child star, when he was just six-months-old in 1976.

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World Cities Day is observed globally on October 31 every year to promote the international community’s interest in global urbanization.
The day was established in 2013, by the United Nations General Assembly in its resolution and the occasion was first celebrated in 2014. This year, the theme for World Cities Day is ‘Adapting Cities for Climate Resilience’.

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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.