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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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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Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal had a virtual meeting with his Australian counterpart.
The Meeting was held to discuss the status of ratification of IndAus ECTA (India-Australia Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement), which was signed in April 2022. The pact’s early implementation was also deliberated upon.

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‘Operation Vigilant Storm’ is a Defence exercise conducted between USA and Republic of Korea (South Korea).
The four-day training exercise involves hundreds of aircraft and designed to enhance combat readiness and interoperability. The exercise has sparked opposition from North Korea’s Foreign Ministry.

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The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has invited stakeholder comments on the proposed new common ITR form.
At present, taxpayers are required to furnish their Income-tax Returns in various forms including ITR-1 to ITR-7 depending upon the type of person and nature of income.  The draft proposes to introduce a common ITR by merging all the existing returns of income except ITR-7.

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HDFC ERGO has launched first-of-its-kind satellite index-based Farm Yield Insurance Policy for farmers.
The satellite-based index will be used to provide localized farm level coverage and it will provide comprehensive cover across the crop life cycle from sowing to harvesting, basis satellite-based data.

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The Central Government has set up a high-level panel to strengthen the assessment and accreditation of higher educational institutions.
The committee has been formed under the chairmanship of K Radhakrishnan, chairperson, Board of Governors, IIT Kanpur. He is also the chairperson of IIT Council Standing Committee.

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‘International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists 2022’ is marked on 2nd November 2022. The United Nations General Assembly declared this day as the ‘International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists’ in General Assembly Resolution.
The landmark resolution condemns all aggression and violence against journalists and media workers. The date was selected to commemorate the assassination of two French journalists in Mali in November 2013 named Claude Verlon and Ghislaine Dupont while reporting.

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Adani New Industries has installed India’s largest Wind Turbine Generator (WTG) at Mundra in Gujarat. The turbine is said to be taller than Statue of Unity (182 meters).
The turbine has been installed by Mundra Windtech Ltd (MWL), a wholly-owned subsidiary incorporated by Adani Enterprises Ltd (AEL).

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A new global study has found that over 63,000 people died across the world due to snakebites in 2019, and out of this, the number of deaths was the highest in India at more than 51,000.
In the study authored by the ‘Global Burden of Disease (GBD),’ snakebite envenoming is the deadliest neglected tropical disease (NTD).