Current Affairs Quiz - November, 2022

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Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) observes Vigilance Awareness Week during the week in which the birthday of late Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (31st October) falls.
This year, Vigilance Awareness Week is being observed from 31st October to 6th November, 2022 with the theme of ‘Corruption free India for a developed Nation’. Earlier, CVC carried out a three-month campaign highlighting preventive vigilance initiatives as focus areas.

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Indian Agriculture Research Institute has successfully tested two new dwarf varieties: Pusa Narendra Kalanamak 1638 and Pusa Narendra Kalanamak 1652, in Uttar Pradesh.
Kalanamak, a traditional variety of paddy with a black husk and a strong fragrance. It is considered a gift from Lord Buddha to the people of the Sravasti. It is grown in 11 districts of the Terai region of Uttar Pradesh and in Nepal. The crop was affected by ‘lodging’ condition, while the new dwarf variety seeks to give double the yield.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the ‘Mangarh Dham ki Gaurav Gatha’ programme at Mangarh Dham in Rajasthan.
He paid homage to the sacrifices of unsung tribal heroes and martyrs of the freedom struggle. Mangarh is considered as a shared heritage of the people of Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat. On 15th November, the country is going to celebrate Janjatiya Gaurav Diwas on the birth anniversary of Birsa Munda.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the inaugural function of ‘Invest Karnataka 2022’ Summit.
This year’s edition of the Karnataka’s Global Investors Meet (GIM), is built under the theme ‘Build for the World’. The three-day program will have more than 80 speaker sessions. The sessions are hosted by partner countries – France, Germany, Netherlands, South Korea, Japan, and Australia.

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The Union cabinet approved a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and Denmark on cooperation in the field of Water Resources Development and Management.
Both the countries launched a Joint Statement on establishment of Green Strategic Partnership. A Centre of Excellence for Smart Water Resources Management and a smart Lab on Clean River waters in Varanasi is also planned.

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The ‘National Tribal Dance Festival’ has been recently hosted by Chhattisgarh’s Raipur. The festival is attended by nearly 1 lakh people.
As many as 1,500 dancers from across India and countries like Mozambique, Mongolia, Tonga, Russia, Indonesia, Maldives, Serbia, New Zealand and Egypt participated in the festival.

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The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has topped the ‘Grievance Redressal Index’ published by Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG).
This is the third month in a row when UIDAI has topped the rankings. The UIDAI also launched a new AI/ML based chatbot named ‘Aadhaar Mitra’. The new Chatbot comes with enhanced features like – checking Aadhaar enrollment status, information on enrollment centre location among others.

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A new species of endemic honeybee has been discovered in the Western Ghats. It has been named Apis karinjodian given the common name Indian black honeybee.
A new species of honeybee has been spotted from the Western Ghats after more than 200 years. The last honeybee described from India was Apis indica in 1798.

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Tesla Inc boss Elon Musk announced that he will serve as Chief executive of Twitter, the social media company he bought for USD 44 billion.
Musk also runs rocket company SpaceX, brain-chip startup Neuralink and tunneling firm the Boring Company. He had fired Twitter’s previous chief Parag Agrawal and other top company officials and proposed revisions to the platform’s user verification process.

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The country’s first voter 106-year old Master Shyam Saran Negi passed away, after a prolonged illness. He was a resident of Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh.
His last rites were performed with full honours by the district administration. Mr. Negi had cast his vote for the Himachal Pradesh assembly elections through postal ballot three days ago through postal ballot.