Current Affairs Quiz - November, 2022

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Sir David Butler, former BBC election analyst who pioneered exit polls and the concept of vote swing, has passed away at the age of 98.
Called as “the father of election science”, he co-invented the swingometer, a graphics device used to show the shift of votes from one party to another.

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India recently submitted its Long-Term Low Emission Development Strategy to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) at COP 27.
The National Hydrogen Mission, which was launched in 2021, aims to make India a green hydrogen hub. India also aspires to maximize the use of electric vehicles, ethanol blending to reach 20% by 2025.

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The ‘Global Shield’ insurance initiative was officially launched by the G7 and the V20 group of 58 climate vulnerable nations at the COP27 climate summit in Egypt.
Germany will provide USD 172 million to the initiative to help low-income and vulnerable countries to rebound in the event of climate calamities. Countries like Canada, Ireland and Denmark have so far pledged a further €40 million to the initiative. The US President also announced to support the initiative.

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G20 health and finance ministers launched a USD 1.4-billion fund to tackle the next global pandemic ahead of the G-20 leaders gathering for a summit on the Indonesian resort island of Bali.
The 24-nation fund is viewed as one of the early global outcomes of the summit. However, the Indonesian President Joko Widodo said USD 31 billion was required to tackle the next global pandemic

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State Bank of India topped the EASE  5.0 Reform Index for the first quarter of FY 2022-23. It is followed by the Union Bank of India.
The Index has various parameters including Digitally enabled customer offerings, Big data & analytics, Modem technology capabilities, Collaborative banking and Employee development and governance.

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The 18th edition of the India-US joint training exercise “Yudh Abhyas 22″ is scheduled to be conducted in Uttarakhand this month.
The previous edition of the exercise was conducted in Alaska in October 2021. The annual exercise aims of exchanging best practices and tactics between the armies of the two countries. The joint exercise will also focus on Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) operations.

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The 2022 Annual G20 Summit was held in Bali, Indonesia in November with the theme of ‘Recover Together, Recover Stronger’.
Leaders from the world’s major economies attended the summit, which is held against the backdrop of the Russia-Ukraine war.

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As per the data from the corporate affairs ministry (MCA), Maharashtra has added the most number of new companies since the outbreak of Covid-19, followed by Uttar Pradesh.
Uttar Pradesh added around 30,000 new companies in the last three years and it ranks third state in terms of number of active companies behind only Maharashtra and Delhi.

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The Bihar government signed an MoU with the Indian Council of Cultural Relations (ICCR) to help artists, handicrafts and ethnic arts to get international exposure.
The MoU will help Bihar to send group of artists to other countries as part of cultural exchange initiative by the Central and the state government. Bihar is famous for Madhubani and Mithila paintings, traditional folk dances and music.

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The Tripura Chief Minister Dr Manik Saha launched the ‘Amar Sarkar’ web portal in the capital city Agartala.
This portal will act as a bridge between the government and the people. It ensures implementation of central and state government welfare projects at village and village committee level. Various problems and grievances of the people can be raised from village level to block, district and state level through this portal.