Current Affairs Quiz - November, 2022

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Meghalaya government signed an MoU with the Credit Guarantee Fund Trust for Micro and Small Enterprises (CGFTMSE), to facilitate flow of credit to the MSE sector.
The MoU was signed CGTMSE under the Union Ministry of MSME to implement the ‘Meghalaya Credit Guarantee Scheme’. Currently, loans taken by MSME borrowers are covered under CGTMSE against a risk coverage of 75 per cent of the loan amount under various MSME schemes.

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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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The University Grants Commission (UGC) has instructed all higher educational institutions to observe a ‘Bharatiya Bhasha Divas’ on December 11 every year.
The Day aims to celebrate language harmony and promote Indian languages. The move came after recommendations of a committee constituted by the Ministry of Education last year to emphasise the importance of Indian languages.

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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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Uttar Pradesh’s Ranipur Tiger Reserve has become the 53rd tiger reserve of India. The tiger reserve is spread across over 529.36 sq km.
It is also the fourth tiger reserve in Uttar Pradesh and the three other tiger reserves being Dudhwa, Pilibhit and Amangarh. Ranipur tiger reserve is covered by northern tropical dry deciduous forests and is home to mammals like megafauna tiger, leopard, bear, spotted deer, sambhar, chinkara among others.

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As per a new study, Blue whales may swallow roughly 10 million microplastic pieces daily, or up to about 95 pounds (43.5 kg) of plastic.
Krill-favoring humpbacks may ingest about 4 million microplastic pieces (up to 38 pounds of plastic) daily, while those favoring fish may take in roughly 200,000 pieces (up to a couple of pounds of plastic).

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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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‘Permacrisis’, a term that describes ‘an extended period of instability and insecurity’, has been named Word of the Year 2022 by Collins dictionary
The word relates to the challenges posed by climate change, the war in Europe, a cost-of-living crisis and political chaos. It was first used in academic contexts in the 1970s. In 2020, Collins picked “lockdown” as its word of the year and last year, it opted for “NFT- Non-fungible token”.

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Kerala is set to host the Track Asia Cup 2022 Cycling Tournament, which is one of the biggest cycling events. Track Asia cup is also the selection of Asian countries for the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Around 200 cyclists from over 25 countries in Asia will take part in the event, which is being conducted outside Delhi for the first time. Track Asia Cup Cycling 2022 is sanctioned by Asian Cycling Confederation and Cycling Federation of India.

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India’s defunct Radar Imaging Satellite-2 (RISAT-2) re-entered the earth atmosphere in an uncontrolled manner and hit the Indian Ocean near Jakarta.
The re-entry of the satellite was monitored by Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) with the Multi Object Tracking Radar (MTOR) at the Sriharikota rocket port. The 300 kg RISAT-2 surveillance satellite was launched in April 2009, using the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV), with a design life of four years.