Current Affairs Quiz - November, 2021

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A new indigenous ship, named ‘Sarthak’ was recently commissioned and dedicated to the nation in Goa. ICGS Sarthak will be based at Porbandar in Gujarat and operate on India’s Western Seaboard.
It will be operated under the Operational and Administrative Control of the commander of Coast Guard Region (Northwest). ICGS Sarthak is fourth in the series of five Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs) that are being built indigenously by Goa Shipyard Limited for the Indian Coast Guard.

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The United Nations Development Progrmme (UNDP) has released a report titled “The State of Climate Ambition”, which has observed that close to 93% of Least developed countries (LDCs) have submitted enhanced national climate pledges. The report is released ahead of the upcoming COP26 climate negotiations.
The report makes a comparative study between the current climate trends and the assessment made in the 2019 NDC Global Outlook report.

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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 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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Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders (MDL) has delivered First Ship of Project 15B Class Destroyer-Yard 12704 (Visakhapatnam) to the Indian Navy.
The ship is constructed using Indigenous Steel DMR 249A and is amongst the largest Destroyers constructed in India. It has an overall length of 164 meters and a displacement of over 7500 tons. It is armed with supersonic Surface-to-Surface ‘Brahmos’ missiles and ‘Barak-8’ Long Range Surface to Air Missiles.

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The UN Security Council adopted a resolution on the protection of education in armed conflict named ‘Resolution 2601’.
The resolution won the unanimous support of the 15-member council. It strongly condemns all violations of international law involving the recruitment and use of children by parties to armed conflict, their killing, sexual violence and abductions. It also condemns attacks against schools and hospitals as well as denial of humanitarian access by parties to armed conflict.

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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.

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Karnataka government launched ‘Janasevaka’, an online portal, and ‘Janaspandana’, an Integrated Public Grievance Redressal System (IPGRS).
Janasevaka is an initiative to help people avail government services easily. People can get up to 56 government services delivered to their doorsteps, including home delivery of ration, Aadhar card, Income certificate etc. using a mobile application or website, or via a call centre.

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UK medicines regulator has recently approved the first antiviral pill designed to treat symptomatic Covid.
The tablet named Molnupiravir will be given twice a day to vulnerable patients recently diagnosed with the disease. The pill which was originally developed to treat flu, is claimed to cut the risk of hospitalisation or death by about half.