Current Affairs Quiz - October, 2021

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A micro-snail species named Georissa mawsmaiensis has been discovered in Mawsmai, a limestone cave in Meghalaya.
Before 170 years, Georissa saritta, a member of the same genus, was collected and described from the Musmai valley near Cherrapunjee. The researchers involved in the discovery are from the Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Bengaluru.

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International Union for Conservation (IUCN), Global conservation body alerted Assam government on the threats faced by Bengal florican.
As per IUCN, Development activities and the state government’s plan to set up a university at Kokilabari seed farm near Manas National Park in Assam has posed a threat to the Bengal florican. IUCN urged that the Kokilabari seed farm, which is a haven for the Bengal florican, should be protected by declaring it a community reserve.

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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 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 Central Government notified Indian Telegraph Right of Way (Amendment) Rules, 2021 recently. It has fixed a nominal one-time compensation of ₹1,000 per km (maximum).
The amendments also aim to incorporate uniform procedure for establishment of overground telegraph line. These will ease the permission procedures for establishment and augmentation of digital communication infrastructure across the country.

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Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu presented the 67th National Film Awards, at Delhi’s Vigyan Bhawan.
The Best Feature Film award was given to Priyadarshan’s Malayalam period epic Marakkar: Lion of the Arabian Sea. Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut won Best Actress awrd for her performances in Manikarnika and Panga, while the Best Actor award went to Manoj Bajpayee for Bhonsle and Dhanush for Asuran.

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On October 26, 2021, India and Sweden are set to celebrate the 8th Innovation Day. The online event was themed “Accelerating India Sweden’s Green Transition”
The event was hosted by India Unlimited in association with the Embassy of India in Sweden, Sweden-India Business Council (SIBC), Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and Start-Up India. Various aspects of climate change and the possible solutions to bring green transition were discussed.

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Ace Racing Driver Max Verstappen (Red Bull) has recently won the title of U.S. Grand Prix. Lewis Hamilton is a five-time winner at COTA.
He defeated the seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton and won his eighth race of the season. The young Dutchman is also seeking his first world championship. Max Verstappen is a Belgian-Dutch racing driver currently competing in Formula One.

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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.