Current Affairs Quiz - November, 2023

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Goa’s Santa Cruz village panchayat has expressed surprise over preparations under way for undertaking cultivation in Bondvol lake’s catchment area.
Recently, the panchayat discovered that the water of the lake has been drained by unknown persons. Some forums has alleged that lake water was drained by tampering with a valve that was operated by the water resources department (WRD).

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The ‘Basic Animal Husbandry Statistics 2023’ report was released by the Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying during National Milk Day event.
It is based on the Animal Integrated Sample Survey (March 2022 to February 2023). Production of milk, egg and meat has significantly increased in 2022-23 over the past five years, though wool output during the same period has witnessed a negative growth.

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Ingenuity, nicknamed Ginny, is a small autonomous helicopter presently operating on the planet Mars. It is part of NASA’s Mars 2020 mission.
The Ingenuity helicopter has recently set records for airspeed and flight endurance on the Red Planet. Simultaneously, groundbreaking rotor tests on Earth at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory unveiled advancements for potential use in future Mars helicopters.

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A salmonella outbreak linked to cantaloupes and pre-cut fruit products has caused at least two fatalities and severe illness in dozens of individuals, in the United States.
The outbreak has expanded to 32 states and Canada, with new cases emerging in 17 additional states. Consuming food contaminated with salmonella can lead to food poisoning within 12 to 72 hours, resulting in symptoms including diarrhoea, fever, and abdominal cramps.

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The central government has issued a notification approving the proposal to merge the Noradehi Sanctuary with the Durgavati Sanctuary of the Damoh district, creating a vast tiger reserve spanning 2,300 square kilometres.
Damoh district in Madhya Pradesh is set to become home to the country’s largest tiger reserve.

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Max Verstappen’s outstanding season ended with a victory at the Abu Dhabi, earning the Formula One champion a record-extending 19th victory of the campaign and 54th overall to move into third on the all-time list.
Verstappen finished ahead of Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and Mercedes driver George Russell, and also collected a bonus point for the fastest lap. His 54th career win moved him one ahead of Sebastian Vettel, with only Michael Schumacher (91) and Lewis Hamilton (103) left ahead of him.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to pay a two-day visit to Dubai this week to attend World Climate Action Summit, which is part of the 28th meeting of the United Nations ‘Conference of the Parties’ on climate, known as COP28.
The global summit on climate change would focus on reducing emissions and supporting developing countries in dealing with extreme weather events.

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Last financial year, 34 asset management companies (AMCs) have conducted 10,364 programmes covering more than half a million participants.
281 investor awareness programmes (IAPs) were conducted by AMFI covering 84,818 participants. In the previous year, 33 AMCs had conducted 8,426 programmes covering about half a million investors. The mutual fund industry has added 4.7 million new investors over the last one year. SEBI has mandated AMCs to invest two basis points of their assets under management on investor awareness activities.

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Irish author Paul Lynch received this year’s Booker Prize for his dystopian novel ‘Prophet Song’ at a ceremony at Old Billingsgate.
This is his fifth novel which narrates the story of protagonist Eilish Stack, who struggles to protect her family in Ireland slowly tipping into totalitarianism. Edugyan was twice shortlisted for the £50,000 prize. Paul Lynch is the fifth Irish writer to win the Booker Prize in its 54-year history.

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Constitution Day is observed across the country to commemorate the adoption of the Constitution of India on 26th November, 1949 as well as to honour and acknowledge the contribution of Founding Fathers of the Constitution.
The Government of India declared 26 November as Constitution Day in 2015, on the 125th birth anniversary of Dr Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar. The aim of celebrating the day was to encourage people to follow the constitutional values in their lives.