Current Affairs Quiz - November, 2022

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India hosted the 2nd BIMSTEC Agriculture Ministers meeting under the chairmanship of Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, in New Delhi.
Agriculture Ministers of Bhutan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, and Thailand participated in the meeting. BIMSTEC stands for Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation.

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The Odisha government observed 10th November this year as ‘Millet Day’ in the state. The primary aim of celebrating the day is to promote millets as a highly nutritive and eco-friendly food product. The Odisha government launched the Odisha Millet Mission (OMM) in 2017 and the Chief Minister of Odisha Naveen Patnaik announced Rs.100 crore government support under OMM in 2019-20.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off south India’s first Vande Bharat Express train, connecting Mysuru and Chennai via Bengaluru.
This is the fifth Vande Bharat Express train in the country and it will enhance connectivity between Chennai, Bengaluru and Mysuru. The Prime Minister also flagged off the ‘Bharat Gaurav Kashi Darshan’ train, which aims to send pilgrims from Karnataka to Kashi.

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The fifth edition of the Paris Peace Forum was inaugurated, with the theme of “Riding out the multicrisis”.
The Forum will focus on how to overcome the socio-economic impact of multiple crises, develop international cooperation on major issues, support multilateralism and improve global cooperation mechanisms. The Paris Peace Forum was initiated by French President Emmanuel Macron to promote multilateral cooperation and address global challenges. The first edition was held in 2018.

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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 Indian Navy began the largest nationwide Coastal Defense Exercise Sea Vigil-22 from the Paradip port of Odisha.
This is the third edition of the ‘Pan-India’ Coastal Defence Exercise ‘Sea Vigil-22’ and will be conducted over two days. This national level coastal defence exercise was conceptualized in 2018 towards enhancing maritime security. The exercise is being conducted by the Indian Navy in coordination with the Coast Guard and other related ministries.

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An International travelling exhibition ‘Vaccines Injecting Hope’ was inaugurated by Union Minister of State for Culture Arjun Ram Meghwal.
It was inaugurated at National Science Centre in New Delhi. NCSM and Science Museum Group, London partnered to display the story of global effort to develop vaccines at higher speed.

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Six-time World women’s boxing champion and Olympic medallist Mary Kom was elected as the Chairperson of the Athletes Commission of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA).
The vice Chairperson position went to Sharath Kamal, ace table tennis player. 10 Olympians, including Olympic medallists PV Sindhu, Gagan Narang, Mary Kom and Mirabai Chanu were elected unopposed as members of the Athletes Commission of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA).

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India’s election commissioner Rajiv Kumar has been invited by the Election Commission of Nepal as an international observer for the upcoming general elections.
He leads the delegation of ECI officials as a state guest in Nepal for federal and provincial elections to elect 275 members to Parliament and 550 members to seven provincial assemblies.

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World Toilet Day is observed every year on November 19 to mark the invention of toilets and raise awareness of the sanitation crisis.
World Toilet Day is celebrated in partnership between the UN-Water and governments around the world. This year the theme for World Toilet Day is ‘Making the Invisible Visible’.