Current Affairs Quiz - October, 2021

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Ircon International on behalf of Government of India (GoI), has handed over the newly commissioned cross-border rail section from Jaynagar to Kurtha (Nepal) to Government of Nepal.
Under the grant assistance from Government of India, the work of Jaynagar (India) to Bardibas (Nepal) rail line project was undertaken by Ircon International. The first phase of Jaynagar-Kurtha section is a part of Jaynagar-Bijalpura-Bardibas rail link being built under grant assistance of NPR 8.77 billion.

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Kittur Chennamma was the Queen of Kittur, a princely state in present-day Karnataka. She was one of the first Indian rulers to lead an armed revolt against the British East India Company in 1824, protesting the Doctrine of Lapse, introduced by Lord Dalhousie
Every year in the month of October since 1824, ‘Kittur Utsava’ has been observed to commemorate Kittur Rani Chennamma’s rebellion. The leader’s anniversary was observed recently.

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Australia has recently given in-principle to a target of zero net carbon emissions by 2050. This target has been announced by the Prime Minister Scott Morrison when he leaves for a UN summit in Glasgow, Scotland.
It has not moved from its 2015 pledge at Paris climate summit to reduce emissions by 26 per cent to 28 per cent below 2005 levels by 2030.

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The Union Minister for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Dharmendra Pradhan launched phase II of the Mahatma Gandhi National Fellowship (MGNF).
It is a two-year-long fellowship that aims to create opportunities for youth to contribute to enhance skill development at the grassroots. MGNF Phase-I was launched with IIM Bangalore as the academic partner while for this phase 8 more IIMs have been onboarded.

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The Government of India and the Asian Development Bank signed a $4.5 million project readiness financing (PRF) loan.
It aims to support project preparation and design activities to improve urban mobility in Aizawl, the capital city of Mizoram. It aims to identify high-priority urban transport investments and develop a Comprehensive Mobility Plan (CMP) for Aizawl and promote climate and disaster resilience.

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Union Minister of Finance & Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman participated in the 6th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) via video conference from New Delhi.
The Meeting has been jointly organized by AIIB and the Government of United Arab Emirates on the theme of “Investing Today and Transforming Tomorrow”. India is a Founding Member and the second largest shareholder in AIIB.

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The regional association BIMSTEC will adopt the connectivity master plan which includes 267 projects worth USD 124 billion in its upcoming summit at Colombo.
The Secretary-General of BIMSTEC Tenzin Lekphell said that BIMSTEC Charter will also be signed during the summit. Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) is a regional organization. Set up in 1997, it includes seven member states Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Thailand.

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Research firm We Are Social released a report titled ‘Digital 2021: October Global Snapshot”. As per the report, more than 65% of the world’s population now uses a mobile phone.
Global mobile phone users reached 5.29 billion in October and the global users are increasing by nearly 100 million in the past year. The report also highlighted that social media users are likely to be adopted by 60% of the global population in the first half of 2022.

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The Union Ministry of Civil Aviation has launched the Krishi UDAN 2.0, which aims to integrate agriculture harvest and air transportation, thereby helping to improve the Agri Value Addition Chain.
The scheme incentivises the movement of Agri-produce by air transportation, by providing full waiver of Landing, Parking, TNLC and RNFC charges for Indian freighters.

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The 16th Edition of East Asia Summit was hosted recently by Brunei in a virtual format, in which the India Prime Minister Narendra Modi participated.
During the meeting, the Indian Prime Minister affirmed India’s commitment and focus on cooperation, international order and territorial integrity of all the nations.