Current Affairs Quiz - October, 2021

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Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) has launched “U Fill” which is an automated fueling technology at the fuel outlets.
The technology is said to eliminate manual intervention during vehicle fueling enhance the customer experience. The company has launched the technology in 65 cities.

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Every year World Food Day is observed on October 16, to raise awareness on the issue of hunger and healthy food habits for all. It marks the founding day of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in the year 1979.
This year the day is jointly be led by organisations like FAO, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the World Food Programme (WFP). The theme for World Food Day 2021 is “Safe food now for a healthy tomorrow”.

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As per a civic report on vector-borne diseases, Delhi recorded over 720 Dengue cases and first death, this season so far.
This is also the highest case count since 2018 for the same period. Over 240 cases have been recorded in one week. A woman from south Delhi has died due to dengue, which is the first fatality due to the disease reported in the capital this year.

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Kudumbashree is a flagship community-oriented programme of Kerala. Recently, the Kerala Government has planned to start an online platform to deliver products manufactured by Kudumbashree and other micro, small and medium production units.
The state also inaugurated the State-level seed capital financial assistance scheme, in which assistance will be given to self-help Groups as part of the Pradhan Mantri Formalisation of Micro food processing Enterprises (PMFME) project.

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India is set to host young leaders from 75 democracies under the initiative of Gen-Next Democratic Network.
As per the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), this initiative is a part of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav. Young leaders below the age of 35 from the ruling party, opposition party and other major parties are being invited. The first batch will include leaders from Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Japan, Indonesia, Chile and Zambia.

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India has ranked 40th out of 43 pension systems across the world in the 2021 Mercer CFS Global Pension Index survey.
In 2020, India was placed at 34th position out of 39 pension systems. Iceland was ranked highest with an overall index value of 84.2 while Thailand had the lowest overall index value at 40.6.
The index analyses the strengths of retirement pension systems around three sub-indexes – adequacy, sustainability and integrity.

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People of Thailand are using capsules of a herbal medicine called green chiretta (Andrographis paniculata) to treat asymptomatic and mild COVID.
In Thailand, Green chiretta – nicknamed the “king of bitters” is a common herbal medicine. In early 1990s, researchers concluded after a clinical trial that chiretta is equally effective as paracetamol to treat fever and sore throat in patients with inflammation of the pharynx and tonsils.

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As per media reports, China’s military conducted two hypersonic weapons tests recently. China first tested a rocket using ‘Factional orbital bombardment system (FOBS), to launch a hypersonic glide vehicle capable of carrying nuclear weapons.
China is also reported to have conducted a second hypersonic test in August. However, the Foreign Ministry of China cited the test as a routine spacecraft test to verify the technology of the spacecraft’s reusability.

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Russia’s Energy Ministry signed an agreement with India’s Steel Ministry to increase coking coal supply to India up to 40 million tonnes per year.
The deal was signed at the Russian Energy Week Forum, held in Moscow. Russia currently supplies around 80 lakh tonnes of coal to India. The pact also aims for development of coal deposits, development of coal logistics and promotion of R&D in production.

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Ecuador President Guillermo Lasso announced a 60-day nationwide state of emergency in response to a wave of violent crime.
The President announced that Police and the armed forces were being mobilised. As per official figures, the number of murders in the first eight months of this year are twice those in the same period last year. Some weeks ago, a prison fight in the port city of Guayaquil made 119 inmates dead.