Current Affairs Quiz - November, 2022

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Union Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya inaugurated the India Chem 2022 at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi with the theme ‘Vision 2030: Chemicals and Petrochemicals Build India’.
The 12th edition of INDIA CHEM was organised in association with the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI). India’s export of chemicals for 2021-22 has hit a record at USD 29,296 Million.

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Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) awarded the ‘Union Home Minister’s Special Operation Medal’ for the Year- 2022, to 63 police officers from Telangana, Punjab, Maharashtra, Delhi and Jammu and Kashmir. The medal was constituted in the year 2018.
They were selected for four special operations conducted in areas of terrorism, border action, arms control, prevention of narcotics smuggling and rescue operations.

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Jamshed J Irani, also known as the steel man of India, passed away recently in Jamshedpur in the age of 86.
He served as the Managing Director of Tata Steel in 1992 before retiring in 2001. Irani retired from the board of Tata Steel in June 2011, leaving behind a legacy of 43 years. He was conferred the Padma Bhushan in 2007 for his contribution to industry.  Dr Irani was also the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Government of India in 2008 for his services in metallurgy.

 

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The Indian Government has decided to grant Indian citizenship to Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians coming from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan and currently living in two districts of Gujarat under the Citizenship Act, 1955.
The move to grant citizenship comes under the Citizenship Act, 1955 and not the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019 (CAA).

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Ministry of Education has recently released the Unified District Information System for Education Plus (UDISE) report.
As per the report, Gross Enrollment Ratio (GER) has improved at primary, upper primary, and higher secondary levels of school education in 2021-22 as compared to 2020-21. In 2021-22, the total number of students enrolled in school education from primary to higher secondary increased by 19.36 lakh enrolments from the previous year.

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The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG), Ministry of Jal Shakti is organizing Ganga Utsav- The River Festival 2022 on 4th November, 2022 in New Delhi.
NMCG has been celebrating Ganga Utsav since 2017 every year on 4th November. One of the main objectives of Ganga Utsav 2022 is to celebrate our rivers and spread awareness on the significance of river rejuvenation across river basins in India.

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A coalition led by the right-wing former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has won a majority of seats in the Israeli parliament.
Knesset is the name of the unicameral legislature of Israel. Netanyahu was the country’s prime minister for 12 years between 2009 and 2021.  Netanyahu, who is on trial for corruption, will be invited by Israeli President Isaac Herzog to form a government.

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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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‘National Cancer Awareness Day’ is observed on November 7 every year in India, to highlight the risks of cancer.
National Cancer Awareness Day was announced in September 2014. It also coincided with the birth anniversary of Nobel laureate Marie Curie, whose contributions led to the development of radiotherapy for cancer treatment.

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Veteran writer M.T. Vasudevan Nair has been named the recipient of the first Kerala Jyothi award instituted by the State Government.
The jury was chaired by the renowned film-maker Adoor Gopalakrishnan. Actor Mammootty, former civil servant, social activist T. Madhava Menon among others are selected for the Kerala Prabha award while sculptor Kanayi Kunhiraman, scientist and educationist M.P. Parameswaran and singer Vaikom Vijayalakshmi among others will be presented Kerala Sree award.