Current Affairs Quiz - September, 2021

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• Noted Bengali writer Buddhadeb Guha, who authored several popular books including Madhukari, recently passed away.
• The writer passed away at the age of 85. He had won several awards including the Ananda Purashkar and Sharat Puraskar.
• The author of Bengali literature, has written notable books, including ‘Koel’, ‘Kojagar’, ‘Madhukari’, ‘Jangalmahal’, ‘Charibeti’ etc.
• He is also the creator of two popular fictional characters in Bengali literature named ‘Rivu and Rijuda’.

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• Navies of India and Germany carried out a joint exercise, in Gulf of Aden near Yemen.
• The exercise included helicopter landings and search and seizure operations.
• The Indian Navy’s frigate ‘INS Trikand’ exercised with German frigate ‘Bayern’ in the Gulf of Aden.
• INS Trikand is currently deployed in the Gulf of Aden region for anti-piracy patrol.

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• The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) released the Atlas of Mortality and Economic Losses from Weather, Climate and Water Extremes (1970–2019).
• As per the report, every third death (35 per cent) from extreme weather, climate or water stress in half a century was in Africa.
• The African continent accounts for only 17 per cent of global population.
• Four droughts (1973 and 1983 in Ethiopia, 1981 in Mozambique and 1983 in Sudan) were responsible for 89 per cent of the total deaths in Africa from weather, climate and water extremes in the last 50 years.
• Almost 99 per cent of all reported deaths occurred in low-to-lower-middle-income countries in Africa.

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• The International Labour Organization has released its flagship report “World Social Protection Report 2020-22” Social protection at the crossroads – in pursuit of a better future”
• It highlights the developments across the globe in social protection systems, including the impact of COVID.
• The report has a special focus on universal social protection coverage and achievement of SDG 2030.
• The ILO is headquartered at Geneva, Switzerland.

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Exercise Bright Star is a multinational military exercise, held once in two years at Egypt. This year’s exercise would witness participation from 21 countries including the USA.
The first such exercises were held in the year 1980 after signing of the peace treaty between Egypt and Israel. The last Bright Star exercise was conducted in 2018, with 16 participating nations.

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Adani Green Energy Ltd (AGEL) has recently raised a sum of $750 million, by sale of green bonds. The funds so raised would be used by the company to finance its under-construction projects.

With this, AGEL has completed the capital management plan presently has sufficient funds to achieve its stated target of 25GW by 2025. Green bonds are also known as climate bonds, are debt instruments used to finance projects which have a positive impact on the environment.

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Thailand Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha won votes of confidence in Parliament, which would help him to steady his government. The Government has been facing criticism in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

Prayuth and his government had survived two other no-confidence debates since the 2019 general election. Pro-democracy activists have been opposing his policies have been seeking his resignation since last year.

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In a survey conducted by the Morning Consult, the Indian Prime Minister has obtained an approval rating of 70 per cent. The survey calculates the approval and disapproval rating of global leaders, based on a 7-day moving average of adults in each country, which is analysed by online interviews.

Indian PM’s approval rating is highest among 13 global leaders polled in the survey and is ahead of the heads of Mexico, Italy, Germany, UK etc.

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The Tamil Nadu government has decided to celebrate every year the birth anniversary of reformist leader E. V. Ramasamy Periyar on September 17 as Social Justice Day. Periyar (September 17, 1879–December 24, 1973) was instrumental in the enactment of the first Constitutional Amendment Act (that safeguarded reservation for backward classes).

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Max Verstappen won the Formula One Dutch Grand Prix for Red Bull on September 5, 2021 at Zandvoort, Netherlands followed by Mercedes drivers Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas in second and third places respectively.