Current Affairs Quiz - November, 2021

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According to a new NASA study published in the journal, Nature Food, climate change may affect the production of maize and wheat by 2030 under a high greenhouse gas emissions scenario.
As per the study, Maize crop yields are projected to decline by 24%, while wheat could potentially see a growth of about 17%. This is due to increases in temperature, shifts in rainfall patterns, and elevated surface CO2 concentrations from greenhouse gas emissions.

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Tech major Yahoo has proposed to pull out its operations from China, following China’s Personal Information Protection Law coming into effect on Nov. 1.
It has stated that the company’s services would no longer be accessible from China from November 1st, 2021. It is stated that Yahoo has made this decision on the grounds that China’s business environment is increasingly challenging.

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Every year, the United Nations observes 2 November as the “International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists”, to highlight the instrumental role played by Journalists in investigating and prosecuting.
As per an UN report, over 1,200 journalists have been killed between 2006 and 2020, for reporting the news and bringing information to the public.

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United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) released a new report titled ‘Sustainable Urban Cooling Handbook’.
As per the report, cities will be the hotspots as global warming continues uncontrolled. Overheated cities will face climate change costs, twice those of the rest of the world because of the urban heat island effect. The report is based on an analysis of the world’s 1692 largest cities.

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At least 98 people have died after a massive explosion when a fuel tanker collided with a lorry in the city of Freetown, Sierra Leone’s capital.
Sierra Leone’s National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) announced that the vehicles collided when the tanker was entering a nearby filling station to discharge its fuel. Sierra Leone is a country in West Africa, located on the Atlantic Ocean.

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The Delhi government started spraying water on roads using anti-smog water tanks, a day after the national capital’s pollution level rose alarmingly.
Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) announced that the air quality index (AQI) rose to the ‘severe’ category, measuring 533. The Government also banned 92 construction sites for violating norms.

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The ‘Build Back Better World initiative’ (B3W) was launched by the G7 in June this year. The initiative is aimed at narrowing the $40 trillion in infrastructure investment that developing countries will need by 2035.
It also aims to provide an alternative to the lending practices by China. The United States plans to invest in 7 to 10 large infrastructure projects around the world in January as part of the B3W initiative to counter China’s Belt and Road Initiative.

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Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution has amended the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules 2011.
The amendments will come into effect from 1st April, 2022. A new provision has been introduced to indicate the unit sale price on pre packed commodities. The provision of declarations of MRP has been simplified by removing illustration and making the mandatory declaration of MRP in Indian currency inclusive of all taxes.

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Deocha Pachami Harinsingha Dewanganj, the world’s second-largest coal block was allocated to West Bengal by the Central Government.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee recently announced a compensation package of ₹10,000 crore for the people who would get displaced or affected due to the Deocha-Pachami coal mine project in Birbhum district.

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Daniel Ortega won a fourth consecutive presidential term in elections held in Nicaragua. This also happens to his fifth overall term.
According to official partial results from the country’s Supreme Electoral Council, Ortega had 75% of votes with ballots in 49% of polling stations counted. Most of the opponents were said to be detained or jailed.