Current Affairs Quiz - October, 2021

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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar held talks with the top Kyrgyztan leadership to boost bilateral ties, including defence cooperation.
India also agreed to provide a USD 200 million Line of Credit for development projects in the country. Jaishankar is on his four-day visit to Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Armenia with an aim to further expand bilateral ties with the three Central Asian countries.

 

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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal recently launched the ‘Desh ke Mentor’ programme to provide career guidance to the students of class 9 to 12.
The Delhi government school students will be mentored by subject experts for providing various career options. Every mentor will adopt up to 10 students to provide career counselling. Actor Sonu Sood has been named by the Delhi government as the brand ambassador of the initiative.

 

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Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder, known as ASKAP, is a radio telescope situated at the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory in Australia. It is run by Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australian Government agency.
Recently, using this telescope, Astronomers have discovered unusual signals coming from the direction of the Milky Way’s center. This new signal had very high polarisation and varying brightness. It was named as ‘ASKAP J173608.2-321635’.

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The ‘International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction’ is observed every year on October 13. The 2021 edition of the day will focus on “International cooperation for developing countries to reduce their disaster risk and disaster losses”.
The International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction was started in 1989, after the United Nations General Assembly declared the day to promote a global culture of risk awareness and disaster reduction.

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The Union Ministry of Environment has released a draft notification on regulation of extended producer responsibility under the plastic waste management rules 2016. This covers three categories of plastics namely rigid plastic packaging: flexible plastic packaging of single layer / multilayer plastics.
As per the draft, quantity of waste that will have to be managed by producers and importers has been specified.

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The Department of Biotechnology has recently launched ‘One Health’ consortium, to monitor important bacterial, viral and parasitic infections of zoonotic and pathogens in the country.
The project aims to study the use of existing diagnostic tests and the development of additional procedures for monitoring and understanding the spread of emerging diseases. One Health Consortium consists of 27 organisations led by DBT-National Institute of Animal Biotechnology, Hyderabad.

 

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‘International Day for Rural Women 2021’ is celebrated on October 15. The day focuses on gender equality and empowering women in rural areas.
The theme for this year is “Rural women cultivating good food for all”. The United Nations General Assembly had established this day on December 18, 2007. According to a report by the United Nations, 40% of the total agricultural labour force in developing countries includes women.

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The Naval forces of China and Russia have commenced the “The Naval Interaction-2021” joint Naval exercise, which aims to enhance the two country’s capability and hone their skills to jointly deal with maritime security threats.
The exercise is taking place at Russia’s Peter the Great Gulf in the Sea of Japan.

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The Government of Delhi has launched an App named “MyParkings”, which permits people to book parking slots online in areas under the jurisdiction of the South Delhi Municipal Corporation.
The app has been designed to provide information about the present number of parked vehicles, total free parking spaces available etc. The app has been built by Broadcast Engineering Consultants India Limited.

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The Delhi government is set to create the Rojgar Bazaar 2.0 portal, as a job matching platform for entry-level jobs.
As per the Delhi government, it will offer end-to-end employment related information to those searching for jobs in the national capital. The site will use artificial intelligence to draw up the best job matches and provide access to skill training, career guidance and skill credentialing.