Current Affairs Quiz - October, 2021

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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.

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The Government of Madhya Pradesh has announced a scheme named “Mukhyamantri Ration Aapke Dwar Yojana”, under which physically challenged and senior citizens of the state would be supplied with ration at the doorsteps, transported by vehicles.
Also, ration would be transported to villages in vehicles where there are no fair price shops.

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The ‘Police Commemoration Day’ is observed every year in India on October 21. The day is observed memory of 10 police personnel who died at Hot Springs in Ladakh while fighting Chinese troops in 1959.
The Police Forces across the country paid tributes to 377 martyrs from the police and Central Armed Police Forces from last year. They also paid tributes to the warriors, who lost their lives during the times of the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Saudi Arabia has announced plans to massive new theme park, or ‘Extreme Park’. Named “The Rig”, it is claimed to be massive new theme park.
The country also announced earlier that they were developing a new city with the world’s fastest roller coaster in 2023. Dubai, a major city of the UAE is known for the entertainment attractions including the Burj Khalifa. It plans to convert an oil rig into a massive 1.6 million-square-foot, to be opened in 2025.

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Tech major Intel has recently launched a skill development program named “Intel Unnati”, which is designed to upskill and equip Engineering students with industry relevant data.The company has planned to establish 100 Intel Unnati Data Centric Labs under the program in next one year.

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The Union Cabinet has approved the ambitious Rs. 100 lakh crore PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan. The plan was launched by the Prime Minister on October 13, which aims to create multi modal connectivity in India and bring infrastructure under one common platform.
The master plan envisages to create a centralised portal comprising of all infra-activities in India involving 16 central ministries and departments to achieve coordinated planning and project execution.

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The United States has recently released the first-ever National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on climate. As per the report, India has been categorised as a ‘country of concern’ along with 10 other countries.
The other countries on the list are Afghanistan, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Iraq, Pakistan, Nicaragua, Colombia, Myanmar and North Korea. The report has also named two regions of concern, countries on the African continent.

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Saudi Arabia, one of the world’s largest oil producers, announced that it aims to reach “net zero” greenhouse gas emissions by 2060.
Saudi Arabia is the 10th largest emitter of carbon dioxide globally. It is also the largest emitter on a per capita basis among G-20 countries. This was announced by the Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the inauguration of the kingdom’s first-ever Saudi Green Initiative Forum.

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Forty-three countries called on China at the UN to ensure the rights and respect of Muslim Uyghur community in Xinjiang.
The declaration, signed by the United States, European countries, Asian countries and other spoke of inhuman treatment, forced sterilization, sexual and gender-based violence and forced separation of children.

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The Group of Seven wealthy nations agreed on a collective set of principles to govern cross-border data use and digital trade.
The deal is expected to bridge the highly regulated data protection rules used in European countries and the more open methods of the United States. Trade ministers from the G7 reached agreement at a meeting held recently in London.