Current Affairs Quiz - October, 2021

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Andrew Yule & Co Ltd is a Central Public Sector Enterprise in Tea Sector under Ministry of Heavy Industries. It is a 158 years old company with 15 Tea Gardens spread across Assam and West Bengal.
The CPSE has launched a series of Azadi Amrut Chai in Orthodox, Elaichi, Adrakh and Masala flavors,  to celebrate Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav and to commemorate the 75th year of India’s Independence. It will be available at Tea Board counter of Parliament, TRIFED outlets, Udyog Bhawan and other Central Government offices.

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Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has ordered his foreign ministry to declare 10 ambassadors from western countries ‘persona non grata’.
This decision has been taken after the ambassadors of 10 countries including the US, German, France, Norway, Sweden among others, calling for the release of philanthropist Osman Kavala. ‘Persona non grata’ can remove diplomatic status and results in withdrawal of recognition of envoys. Osman Kavala has been in jail for more than four years over protests and a coup attempt.

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The Reserve Bank of India issued a new set of rules for non-banking finance companies (NBFCs). It includes limiting the lending to IPO investors to Rs 1 crore per borrower from April 1, 2022.
At present some high-net-worth individuals have been borrowing in excess of Rs 100 crore, from NBFCs for investing in IPOs. These curbs are a part of RBI’s “scale-based regulations”, which aim to mitigate systemic risks.

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Kollywood superstar Rajinikanth was conferred with 51st Dadasaheb Phalke Award for his outstanding contribution to the Indian Cinema.
The award was presented by Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu at the 67th National Film Awards ceremony, recently held in New Delhi. The Dadasaheb Phalke Award is considered to be India’s highest film award and was instituted by the Indian Government in the year 1969.

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Italy has been holding the presidency of the G-20 since December last year and the 16th G-20 Summit is scheduled to be held in Rome from October 30-31.
Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi will be participating in the 16th G-20 Summit in Rome, at the invitation of Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi. He would also attend the World Leaders’ Summit of COP-26, at Glasgow, UK.

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Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has been re-elected for a second five-year term, according to the preliminary results of a poll.
Mirziyoyev won the elections with 80.1 percent of the vote as per Uzbekistan’s Central Election Commission. The 64-year-old leader took office in 2016 following the death of long-time President Islam Karimov. Mirziyoyev is known for relaxing many policies of his predecessor.

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The UN Disarmament Week is observed annually during the month of October. This year disarmament week started on October 24 and the week-long observance will continue till October 30.
It aims to promote the awareness and understanding the issues of disarmament in several countries. The observance aims to reduce the use of weapons, specifically nuclear weapons, to bring peace in the society. The United Nations Disarmament Commission (UNDC) was set up in 1952 under the UN Security Council to eliminate all weapons of mass destruction.

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The Supreme Court recently set up an expert panel to investigate whether the Centre used the Pegasus spyware to snoop on citizens.
The three-member expert panel, overseen by retired Supreme Court judge R.V. Raveendran, will also find out details of people targeted by the military-grade Israeli spyware. This was announced by the bench, headed by Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana.

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According to a gazette notification issued in Sri Lanka, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has set up a 13-member ‘Presidential Task Force for One Country, One Law’.
The panel is chaired by Galagodaatte Gnanasara of the Bodu Bala Sena (Buddhist Power Force). Earlier, there was a Cabinet decision to amend the country’s Muslim personal laws. Sri Lanka also has Kandyan Law and Thesawalamai Law, related to the Sinhalese and Tamil community respectively.

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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.