Current Affairs Quiz - November, 2022

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The National Education Day is being celebrated on November 11 every year since 2008 to commemorate the birth anniversary of the first Education Minister Maulana Abul Kalam Azad.
Azad played a significant role in shaping the country’s education system and contributed to set up several academic institutes UGC, AICTE and other bodies. This year the theme is ‘Changing Course, Transforming Education’.

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India’s first privately developed rocket, named Vikram-S is set to be launched on a sub-orbital mission with three payloads.
Hyderabad-based space startup Skyroot Aerospace will become the first private space company in India to launch a rocket into space.  The mission named ‘Prarambh’ will carry payloads of two Indian and one foreign customer and is set for launch from ISRO’s launchpad at Sriharikota.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited’s U-field onshore facilities in B R Ambedkar Konaseema district of Andhra Pradesh.
U-field is situated in Krishna Godavari basin block in Bay of Bengal. Natural gas from the field will be brought to the onshore facility through undersea pipelines before being dispatched to the users.

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The birth anniversary of two freedom fighters namely J B Kripalani and Abul Kalam Azad fell on November 11.
Acharya Kripalani adopted Mahatma Gandhi’s leadership during the Champaran Satyagraha, and was a great Parliamentarian. Abul Kalam Azad widely admired for his intellectual prowess and initiatives towards education.

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During the India-US Economic Financial Partnership, US treasury secretary Janet Yellen said that the US will pursue the ‘friendshoring’ approach of deepening economic integration with trusted trading partners like India.
This was the 9^th meeting of the India-US EFP. During the sidelines of the meeting, Union Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that while India’s headline inflation number was in a manageable range, the government is keenly watching external factors.

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Vostro account is the name of the account that a bank holds on behalf of another, often a foreign bank.
The Union government has given approval to nine banks to open special Vostro accounts, three months after the Reserve Bank of India allowed trade settlement in Indian rupees. Out of the nine, three have opened accounts- Gazprombank with UCO Bank (Kolkata), VTB and Sberbank with their own branch offices. The move will facilitate India’s exports to Russia.

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The Paris 2024 Olympics and Paralympics association has recently unveiled their mascots, two Phrygian caps.
The Phrygian cap is the red bonnet famously worn by Marianne, the artistic personification of the free French republic. The mascots are named the Phryges — Olympic Phryge and Paralympic Phryge. It is seen as a symbol of revolution and freedom.

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National Health Mission (NHM) observes the National Newborn Week, 2022 from November 15 to 21, every year.
It is observed with an objective to spread awareness on child survival and care for the newborn for a healthy nation. For this year, the week is being observed on the theme ‘Ensuring quality health care for every newborn’.

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An agreement worth USD 74.5 million was signed by Britain and France to stop illegal migrants from Channel crossings.
The multi-year agreement calls for a 40% increase in the number of French officers patrolling French beaches with British funding. More than 40,000 people have already crossed the Channel to Britain this year, up from 28,000 last year.

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The International Financial Services Centres Authority, IFSCA and Reserve Bank of India have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for collaboration in the field of regulation and supervision of regulated entities.
The MoU facilitates technical cooperation and exchange of information. The agreement aims to strengthen the safety, stability and strength of financial ecosystems. IFSCA is a unified regulator responsible for development and regulation of financial products, financial services and financial institutions in IFSCs.