Current Affairs Quiz - November, 2021

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In Madhya Pradesh, the Shivraj Singh Chouhan Government has decided to set up a tax plan for“cow welfare in the State.
He announced this during a review meeting of the ‘Madhya Pradesh Gaupalan and Livestock Promotion Board’. The government is planning to impose a surcharge on products such as liquor and services provided by local bodies to generate ₹100 crore to meet the expenses of cow shelters.

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Indian Strategic Petroleum Reserves Limited (ISPRL) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Oil Industry Development Board (OIDB) under the Union Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas.
India will release 5 million barrels of crude oil from its strategic petroleum reserves from ISPRL. The company maintains strategic crude oil storages at three locations namely, Visakhapatnam, Mangalore and Padur totaling 5 million metric tons.

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India’s very first All-India Survey on Domestic Workers has commenced and is being conducted by the Labour Bureau.
The survey is aimed to calculate the proportion of domestic workers at the national-level and in the States, number of labourers engaged in informal work, number of migrant labourers etc. The survey is expected to be completed in one year.

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Seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton won the inaugural Qatar Grand Prix for Mercedes while Red Bull’s Verstappen came second.
40-year-old Double world champion Fernando Alonso was third for Renault-owned Alpine. This is Alonso’s first podium finish since 2014. The win was Hamilton’s seventh from 20 races this season and the record-extending 102nd title of his career.

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JP Morgan Chase has become the world’s most systemically important bank according to the latest annual ranking of the Financial Stability Board (FSB).
FSB, made up of regulators from G20 countries, published its latest table of the world’s 30 most systemic banks. BNP Paribas and Goldman Sachs were also deemed more systemic.

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Exercise “Dosti” is a biennial trilateral maritime exercise between the coast guards of India, Maldives and Sri Lanka. This year’s Exercise “Dosti” is the 15th edition is conducted in the Maldives during from November 20 to 24
India is represented by Indian Coast Guard vessels, ICGS Vajra and ICGS Apoorva.

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The Government of India’s Union health ministry has recently released the results of the fifth round of the National Family and Health Survey (NFHS-5), conducted in two phases between 2019 and 2021.
As per the survey, in 2019-2021, there are 1020 women for 1000 men in the country. Also, the total fertility rate has come down to 2.

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The National Apprenticeship Training Scheme is a flagship skill development scheme of the Union Education Ministry, which envisages to provide a one year training programme to equip technically qualified youth with practical knowledge and skills.
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has recently approved stipendiary support of Rs. 3,054 crore to apprentices who undergo training in the said scheme for the period from 2021-22 to 2025-26.

 

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Science and Innovation Council” (SIC), is apex body to review overall bilateral scientific cooperation between India and the UK and it is held once in two years alternatively in two countries.
Union Minister of State (IC) Science & Technology Dr Jitendra Singh held an online meeting with the UK Science Minister. They discussed Green Energy collaboration between the two countries. The India-UK Science & Technology (S&T) collaboration has been growing close to £300-400 million.

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A first-of-its-kind programme to promote women in the field of research and development through lateral entry was launched recently.
Named the Women’s Involvement in Science and Engineering Research (WISER), it was launched by Indo-German Science & Technology Centre (IGSTC) for encouraging women researchers in joint R&D projects.