Current Affairs Quiz - October, 2021

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NASA’s Deep Space Atomic Clock, has successfully ended its mission. The clock was built by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in southern California.
The Deep Space Atomic Clock is an ultra-precise, mercury-ion atomic clock. It was launched aboard the Department of Defense Space Test Programme 2 mission on June 25, 2019. After the instrument completed its one-year primary mission in Earth orbit, NASA extended the mission to collect more data.

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Union Minister for Ports, Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal recently launched a port mobile application called ‘MyPortApp’ in Kolkata.
The Application is aimed at promoting transparency and easy access to port-related information. The app includes all details digitally and monitors the operations of ports virtually.

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The International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA) along with GIFT city has launched the FinTech Hackathon Series named “I-Sprint’21”. The first series of the Hackathon is “Sprint01: BankTech” with special focus on Banking.
The IFSCA was established in April 202 under the provision of IFSCA Act 2019. It is headquartered at GIFT City – Gandhinagar.

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The State Election Commission of Telangana is about to conduct a dry run of the voting using their smartphones. This trial has got approval from the state government.
The trial would be run in Khammam district on October 20th 2021 and would be the country’s first e-voting process using mobile smart mobile phones.

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The conservative Chancellor of Austria – Sebastian Kurz has stepped down from the post, on allegations and suspicion of corruption.
This move has been made by Sebastian three days before a special sitting of the country’s parliament, in which the members were preparing to back a motion of no-confidence, which might have forced him out of the post.

 

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Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope recently announced Mission Kavach Kundal from October 8-14 to carry out 15 lakh vaccinations daily.
The State has a target to vaccinate 9.15 crore people out of which about 6 crore people have taken the first dose of the vaccine and 2.5 crore people have taken both doses of vaccine. Hence, about 65 per cent of the eligible population have taken the first dose while 30 per cent, their second dose.

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From the images captured by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, a team of astronomers led by Timothy Hamilton have discovered an unusual gravitational lensing configuration.
Named as ‘Hamilton’s Object,’ it consists of two images of a spiral background galaxy in a fold configuration and a third resolved image of the same spiral galaxy. Together, they create a tangential point configuration.

 

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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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The Prime Minister recently launched the Indian Space Association (IsPA)). It is an industry association of space and satellite companies.
The Founding members include Larson & Toubro, Nelco (Tata Group), OneWeb, Bharti Airtel, Mapmyindia, Walchandnagar Industries and Ananth Technology Limited. Other core members include Godrej, Hughes India, among others. Lt Gen Anil Bhatt (Retd) has been appointed the director-general of the association.

 

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Every year, 17th October is celebrated as World Trauma Day across the world. This day highlights the high rate of accidents and injuries causing death and disability across the world and the need to prevent them.
Road Traffic Accident (RTA) is the leading cause of trauma across the world. Every year, over 5 million people die from injuries across the world. In India alone, around one million people die and 20 million are hospitalized every year due to injuries.