Current Affairs Quiz - November, 2021

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The Sela Tunnel is the world’s longest bi-lane road tunnel being constructed by the Border Roads Organisation in Arunachal Pradesh, near the Indo-China border. The tunnel is being constructed at a height of 13,800ft above the MSL.
The tunnel would provide all weather connectivity to Tawang and enable better men and material movement to Line of Actual Control.

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The Rezang La, is a mountain pass on the Line of Actual Control, situated in Eastern Ladakh. This is known for the Battle of Rezang La, as a part of 1962 war in which 13 troops of the Indian Army’s Kumaon Regiment defeated several waves of the Chinese Army at a height of over 16,000 feet
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is set to inaugurate the revamped war memorial at Rezang La in memory of the battle.

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Shakti 2021 is a biennial training exercise between the armies of India and France. This year’s exercise is the 6th edition of the biennial training between the two nations and would be conducted at France.
Indian Army would be represented by a platoon strength of a Gorkha Rifles Infantry Battalion.

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The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope captured the majestic spiral galaxy UGC 11537. Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 has captured the tight spiral arms at infrared and visible wavelengths.
UGC 11537 is 230 million light-years away in the constellation Aquila. It lies close to the plane of the Milky Way.

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According to recent research in the USA, white-tailed deer are being infected by SARS-CoV-2, commonly called the COVID virus.
During the study from January to March 2021 across Michigan, Pennsylvania, Illinois and New York state, it was found that 40% of deer that were tested contained SARS-CoV-2 anti bodies.

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The National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR) is an autonomous Research and Development Institution under the Union Ministry of Earth Sciences, which manages Indian Antarctic program and related expeditions. It is situated in Vasco da Gama, Goa.
Recently India has launched the 41st scientific expedition to Antarctica and the first batch of its contingent comprising 23 scientists and support staff has reached Antarctica.

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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has released new advice on ‘transgender athlete rules’. The new advice seeks to shift the focus from individual testosterone levels.
It also called for evidence to prove when a performance advantage existed. It highlighted that ‘No athlete should be excluded from competing based on an unverified, alleged or perceived unfair competitive advantage due to their sex variations, physical appearance and/or transgender status’.

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The banking and financial sector regulator – Reserve Bank of India has recently withdrawn more than 100 redundant circulars pertaining to Foreign Portfolio Investors, RTGS, KYC – AML etc. This is done as per the recommendations of Regulations Review Authority (RRA 2.0) set up by the RBI in April 2021.
The RRA 2.0 was established with an objective to review the regulatory circulars, remove redundant and duplicate circulars and reduce the compliance burden on regulated institutions.

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Border Roads Organisation (BRO) constructed and black topped the world’s highest motorable road at 19,024 feet at Umlingla Pass in Ladakh.
BRO also received the Guinness World Records certificate for this achievement. This 52-kilometre long Chisumle to Demchok tarmac road betters the previous Guinness record of a road in Bolivia, which connects volcano Uturuncu at 18,953 feet.

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An MoU was signed between the Department of Animal husbandry and Dairying (DAHD) and the Ministry of Food Processing Industry (MoFPI).
DAHD functions under the aegis of Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying. This MoU will facilitate extension of benefits to dairy entrepreneurs and dairy industries through convergence of various schemes of Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying.