Current Affairs Quiz - November, 2021

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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 Padma awards, were conferred on 119 recipients in 2021. As the ceremony to honour the awardees could not be held in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The list comprises 7 Padma Vibhushan, 10 Padma Bhushan and 102 Padma Shri awardees. Sixteen awards have been conferred posthumously. The list of awardees also includes 29 women and one trans person. Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abew was selected under the Public Affairs.

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The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) has taken a decision to deploy its specialised engineering wing for constructing roads and foot tracks along the Line of Actual Control.
It aims to speed up connectivity projects with its posts in Ladakh and Arunachal Pradesh. The decision has been approved by the Union Home ministry and this comes amid a military standoff with China in the eastern Ladakh region.

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Karnataka government has decided to rename the Mumbai-Karnataka region comprising seven districts as ‘Kittur Karnataka’.
The Mumbai-Karnataka region consists of Uttara Kannada, Belagavi, Dharwad, Vijayapura, Bagalkote, Gadag and Haveri districts. Kittur is a historical taluk in Belagavi district that was ruled by Rani Chennamma. In 2019, the Hyderabad-Karnataka region was renamed as “Kalyana-Karnataka”.

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Red Bull’s Max Verstappen achieved a dominant win in the Mexico City Grand Prix to rise 19 points above Lewis Hamilton in the Formula One championship with four races remaining.
Seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton was at the second place for Mercedes. Red Bull’s Sergio Perez who was third, became the first Mexican to stand on his home podium. Max Verstappen is a 24-year-old Belgian-Dutch racing driver.

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The International Solar Alliance (ISA) and Netherlands-based publishing company Elsevier has launched journal ‘Solar Compass’ with Ambassador Stephane Crouz at the COP26 Climate Conference.
The ISA is an inter-governmental treaty-based international organisation initiated by India. Ajay Mathur, Director-general of International Solar Alliance released the first official call for papers to authors around the world.

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India’s Manush Shah and T. Reeth Rishya bagged the men’s and women’s singles titles in the ITTF Ecuador International Open table tennis tournament.
Reeth Rishya became the first Indian woman to win a singles crown in a pro-tour when she beat her compatriot Ankita Das. Manush, seeded sixth, defeated Juan Jesus Gomez of Mexico in the men’s final.

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A group of 24 nations are members of the Like Minded Developing Countries (LMDCs). They serve as negotiators in international organizations such as the United Nations and the World Trade Organization. It includes China, India, Sri Lanka, and Malaysia among others.
Recently the LMDCs and African countries, have sought at least US $1.3 trillion per year from the wealthy countries in climate finance starting from 2030 at COP 26 summit.

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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath recently flagged off the trial run of the Kanpur Metro. The work on Kanpur Metro had started on November 15, 2019.
Uttar Pradesh is currently having operational metro railway service in Ghaziabad, Noida, Greater Noida and Lucknow. After the Kanpur Metro is flagged off, Uttar Pradesh would be the only state in the country to have metro facilities in five districts.

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As part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, States/UTs have conducted week-long Clean Green Village activity under MGNREG scheme from 29th October to 4th November 2021.
During the Clean Green Village Week, the focus was on the identification and construction of Soak pits, Vermicompost/NADEP pit and initiatives such as vermin-composting, reuse of waste materials, recycling of non-biodegradable waste.