Current Affairs Quiz - November, 2023

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Senior IPS officer Alok Sharma was appointed the director of the Special Protection Group (SPG), the elite security unit responsible for the security of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet approved the appointment of Alok Sharma, a 1991-batch IPS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre who is currently working as Additional Director General in the SPG.

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‘Climate finance provided and mobilised by developed countries for the period 2013-21’ report was published by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
It showed that economically developed countries fell short of their promise to jointly mobilise USD 100 billion a year, towards the climate mitigation and adaptation needs of developing countries, in 2021.

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Bollywood Actor Madhuri Dixit was bestowed with the ‘Special Recognition for Contribution to Bharatiya Cinema’ Award at the 54th International Film Festival of India.
Over the course of a career that spans four decades, she has appeared in over 70 films. The actress primarily works in Hindi films.

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Luxembourg’s former finance minister Luc Frieden has become the country’s new prime minister, leading a government coalition of his Christian democratic party and the liberal party of former Prime Minister Xavier Bettel.
Frieden’s Christian Social People’s Party (CSV), Luxembourg’s long-dominant centre-right party, won the election last month, leaving the former coalition of liberals, socialists and greens without a majority.

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Vajra Prahar 2023 is a joint exercise of the special forces of India and the United States. It is being organized in Meghalaya’s Umroi Cantonment.
The Indian Army contingent is led by Special Forces personnel from the Eastern Command. The first edition was conducted in the year 2010 in India.

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The report, Climate Equality: A Planet for the 99%, based on research with the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), assesses the consumption emissions of different income groups.
The wealthiest one percent of the global population produced carbon emissions equivalent to the combined emissions of the poorest five billion people, who constitute 66 percent of the world’s population.

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International Emmy Awards 2023, Indian actor-comedian Vir Das, clinched the Emmy in the Best Comedy category for his Netflix stand-up special, “Vir Das: Landing.”
Multi-talented producer Ekta Kapoor received the prestigious International Emmy Directorate Award for her “significant contribution to the world of arts and entertainment,” making her the first Indian woman to achieve this distinction.

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The Central Council for Research in Ayurveda Sciences (CCRAS), under the Ministry of Ayush, has initiated “Ayurveda Gyan Naipunya Initiative” (AGNI) to advance research and validate Ayurvedic practices through scientific methods.
This program is specifically designed for physicians practicing Ayurveda, aiming to integrate evidence-based appraisal into mainstream Ayurvedic approaches.

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The National Stock Exchange (NSE) of India and the West Bengal government signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to help small and medium enterprises (SMEs) raise funds through the capital market.
It aims to spread awareness among MSMEs in the state regarding fundraising via the IPO mechanism using NSE Emerge, the SME platform of NSE.

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Noa-Dihing music frog is a newly discovered species found in the Namdapha-Kamlang landscape of Arunachal Pradesh.
It has been named after the Noa-Dihing River. The 380 kilometre-long Noa Dihing or Burhi Dihing is a large tributary of the Brahmaputra River.