Current Affairs Quiz - October, 2021

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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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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 UN En­v­­i­ron­ment Programme (UNEP), along with the leading rese­a­r­ch institutes released the 2021 Production Gap Report.
The report measures the gap between governments’ plan­ned production of coal, oil, and gas and the global production levels consistent with meeting Paris Agreement limits. As per the new report, governments plan to produce more than double the amount of fossil fuels in 2030 than the consistent level to limit global warming to 1.5°C.

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Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh launched a web-based project monitoring portal for military engineer services (MES).
The portal has been developed by the Bhaskaracharya National Institute for Space Applications and Geo-informatics (BISAG-G). It will enable real time monitoring of projects along the process. All stakeholders not only from MES but also the Armed Forces can gain access to the project information.

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Konkan Shakti 2021 is the first-ever tri-services joint exercise between India and the UK. The week-long exercise has begun recently.
The exercise will be a platform to share each other’s experiences and to showcase the cooperation between the two countries. The maritime component of the exercise will be conducted off India’s west coast and the Harbour phase will be held in Mumbai. The land phase of the exercise will be held at Chaubatia in Uttarakhand.

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Scientists have named a newly identified gecko species, the Jackie’s day gecko (Cnemaspis jackieii), after Jackie Chan.
This lizard is one of 12 new gecko species found in India and all 12 species are endemic to the Western Ghats. Due to its agile nature, similar to the ace martial artist Chan, it has been named so. It is one of 12 new gecko species found in India that the researchers describe in Zoological Research.

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Under Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM) of the Ministry of Rural Development, a total of 152 Centre for Financial Literacy & Service Delivery (SAKSHAM Centres) were launched across 77 districts of 13 states.
The Centres would act as one stop solution for basic financial needs of Self-Help Group (SHG) households in rural areas. The main objective of the Centre is to provide financial literacy and deliver financial services to SHG members and rural poor.

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WeProtect Global Alliance, a global movement released the ‘Global Threat Assessment report 2021’. As per the report, COVID-19 contributed to a significant spike in child sexual exploitation and abuse online.
WeProtect Global Alliance is a global movement of more than 200 governments, private sector companies and civil society organisations. It aims to transform the global response to child sexual exploitation and abuse online.

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The Reserve Bank of India has proposed minimum 11.5% capital for the four all India financial institutions (AIFI). Minimum total capital is proposed at 9% along with minimum capital buffer at 2.5%.
This proposal has been made in line with Basel III framework to raise their financial strength in periods of stress. The new capital norms would be applicable to Exim Bank, NABARD, NHB and SIDBI from the next fiscal year.

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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.