Current Affairs Quiz - November, 2022

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The fourth edition of the Bangladesh Film Festival is being hosted in Kolkata. 37 films and documentaries from Bangladesh will be screened at the five-day event.
This will be the fourth year, that the Bangladesh Film Festival is being organised in Kolkata. The Cultural Events like book fairs and film festivals strengthen the bond between India and Bangladesh as well as West Bengal and Bangladesh.

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Indian shooters ended the ISSF World Championships campaign with the best-ever record of 38 medals, which placed India second in the tally after China.
The rifle/pistol competitions were held at Egyptian capital Cairo while shotgun competitions were held at Osijek, Croatia. In the previous world championships in Changwon, Korea in 2018, Indian squad finished with 27 medals. India also bagged three 2024 Paris Olympic quotas, this time.

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The Spain U-17 team defeated Colombia in the final match to win the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup title.
Spain is the also the first team to defend the title in the history of the competition. Colombia, in its 98 years of professional football, played in the FIFA World Cup final for the first time.

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China recently launched a lab module called Mengtian to be part of its space station currently under construction.
The second lab component was launched by Long March-5B Y4 and will be used for studying microgravity and carrying out experiments in fluid physics, materials science, combustion science and fundamental physics. Wentian lab which was sent earlier focused on biological and space life sciences.

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Ace racing driver Max Verstappen won the Mexico Grand prix title in the year 2022. Lewis Hamilton came in second position and his Red Bull teammate, Sergio Pérez, came in third position.
With his 14th win this year Verstappen has made the record as the driver with the most victories across a single F1 season. In 20 races he has surpassed the figure previously held by Michael Schumacher, who took 13 from 18 races and Sebastian Vettel, who took 13 from 19 races.

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The Karnataka government has announced the names of the recipients of ‘Rajyotsava Award’, as the state celebrates 67th Kannada Rajyotsava this year.
It is an annual award presented to eminent persons who have rendered significant service in various fields. Former ISRO Chairman K Sivan, Soligara Madamma who popularised cooperatives, Yakshagana artiste Dr M Prabhakar Joshi are among the 67 awardees.

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External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar represented India in the Meeting of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Council of Heads of Government.
Dr. Jaishankar also expressed interest in expanding India-SCO trade on the basis of fair market access. A Joint Communique of SCO Heads of Government and other Decisions were adopted at the conclusion of the Meeting.

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Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan launched the state government’s flagship ‘Ladli Laxmi 2.0’ financial assistance scheme.
The scheme aims to encourage girls to pursue higher education and make them independent. The state had launched the ‘Ladli Laxmi’ scheme in 2007, to provide monetary benefits to the eligible girl children to ensure they get good education.

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Delhi has topped the Employee Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) coverage with 61.5 per cent of their working population.
It is followed by Goa with 51.4 per cent and Haryana with 35.3 per cent, according to the vision document of EPFO. Maharashtra leads the chart with 11.9 million EPFO subscribers, followed by Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.

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As per the 2022 WTW Global Gender Wealth Equity report, women will have 74 per cent of the wealth accumulated by men, when they retire.
In Asia-Pacific (APAC), India had the worst gender wealth gap (64 per cent), more than the global average. A major factor for this is India’s gender pay gap for professional and technical roles. Another factor is that opportunities for women in leadership positions are limited, with only 3 per cent of women in workforce at senior positions.