Current Affairs Quiz - November, 2021

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India has signed a deal with the United States of America (USA), to develop air-launched unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) at the 11th Defence Technology and Trade Initiative (DTTI) meeting. The meeting was co-chaired by Raj Kumar – India’s secretary for defence production
The Government of India has stated that four joint working groups attended the meeting representing land, naval, air and aircraft carrier technologies.

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The United States of America (USA) has become the 101st country to join the International Solar Alliance (ISA). This announcement was made by the US at the UNFCCC COP26.
The International Solar Alliance is an intergovernmental alliance initiated by India which is headquartered at Gurugram. It was founded in the year 2015.

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The United Nations celebrates 10th November every year as the “World Science Day for Peace and Development”, which aims to highlight the role played by science in society.
The theme for 2021 World Science Day for Peace and Development is “Building Climate-Ready Communities” and 2021 marks the 20th edition of World Science Day for Peace and Development.

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The Reserve Bank of India’s “Retail Direct Scheme” and “Integrated Ombudsman Scheme” has been launched and dedicated to the nation by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Under the Retail Direct Scheme, retail investors can buy and sell government securities online. The Integrated Ombudsman Scheme helps improve the grievance redressal mechanism on customer complaints.

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Sri Lanka formed India-Sri Lanka Parliamentary Friendship group, with senior members of Lankan parliament to promote bilateral ties with India.
The country had earlier decided to buy fertiliser from India after rejecting the Chinese fertiliser consignment. The India- Sri Lanka Parliamentary Friendship Association for the 9th Parliament of Sri Lanka was established recently.

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World Pneumonia Day is observed every year on November 12. Over 100 children organisations joined the Global Coalition against Child Pneumonia to hold the first World Pneumonia Day.
Under the universal immunisation programme, the Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV) programme was launched in India. The programme aims to spread awareness and reduce mortality and morbidity among children due to pneumonia. In India, it is estimated that 1.2 million children die before 5 years and 15.9% of deaths are due to pneumonia.

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Wayanad district of Kerala has reported 13 cases of norovirus, which is a contagious stomach bug and causes gastrointestinal illness.
The virus is said to be transmitted through contaminated water and food and leads to inflammation of the lining of the stomach and intestines. The infection is said to be serious in young children and elderly people.

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Public Service Broadcasting Day is celebrated every year on 12th November to commemorate the only visit of Mahatma Gandhi to All India Radio in Delhi in 1947.
Mahatma Gandhi addressed the displaced people through Radio, who had temporarily settled at Kurukshetra in Haryana after partition.

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The Ministry of Culture has launched a unified mobile app for the ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ events to enable access to all information related to the celebrations.
‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ is the 75th anniversary of India’s Independence. The app includes links to sections such as ‘Digital District Repository’ and ‘Unsung Heroes’ under ‘History Corner’.

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Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), a Defence Firm has unveiled its “Scorpius” suite of electronic warfare (EW) systems.
It is claimed to be the world’s first EW system capable of simultaneously targeting multiple threats, across frequencies and in different directions. The system is based on Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) technology.