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08 Nov 2021

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

Iraq PM Mustafa al-Kadhimi Unharmed in Drone Assassination Attempt

  • Iraq's Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi survived an assassination attempt with armed drones that targeted his residence and officials said that he was unharmed. The attack was a major escalation amid tensions sparked by the refusal of Iran-backed militias to accept last month's parliamentary election results.

Palestine, Israel Spar over US Mission in Jerusalem

  • Palestinians slammed Israel for rejecting the promised reopening of the US consulate in Jerusalem, a move that would restore Washington's main diplomatic mission for the Palestinians in the contested city.
  • Israel PM Naftali Bennett said that there was no room in Jerusalem for another American mission.
  • The Trump administration shuttered the US Jerusalem consulate, an office that for years served as the de facto embassy to the Palestinians. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has pledged to reopen it, a move that Israel says would challenge its sovereignty over the city. The Palestinian Foreign Ministry said it views the reopening as part of global community's commitments to ending Israel's occupation of territories the Palestinians seek for their future state.

India Signs up to COP26 Action Agenda on Sustainable Agriculture

  • India is among 27 countries to sign up to a sustainable agriculture action agenda at the conclusion of the first week of the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, laying out new commitments to make farming more sustainable and less polluting.
  • The 'Sustainable Agriculture Policy Action Agenda for the Transition to Sustainable Agriculture and Global Action Agenda for Innovation in Agriculture' was among the highlight action pledges to be clinched by the participating countries at the 26th Conference of Parties (COP26) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
  • Others besides India to sign up to the action plan include Australia, Uganda, Madagascar, Tanzania, Vietnam, Nigeria, Lesotho, Laos, Indonesia, Guinea, Ghana, Germany, Philippines, Ethiopia, UK, Colombia, Costa Rica, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Philippines, Sierra Leone, Spain, Switzerland and the UAE.
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BUSINESS AND ECONOMY

PhonePe Launches Tokenisation Solution 'SafeCard'

  • Digital Payment firm, PhonePe has launched a tokenization solution named 'SafeCard' for online debit and credit card transactions. Earlier in September 2021, RBI had made a device-based tokenization framework applicable to Card-on-File Tokenisation (CoFT) services as well, i.e. Card-on-File (CoF) means that the Credit/Debit card details are stored by merchants for ease of payment.
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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

China Launches 3 New Remote Sensing Satellites

  • China successfully launched three new remote sensing satellites from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre located in southwestern Sichuan province.
  • The satellites belong to the Yaogan-35 family.
  • They were launched by a Long March-2D carrier rocket and entered the planned orbit successfully.
  • This was the 396th mission for Long March series carrier rockets of China.
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SPORTS

Manika-Archana Win Women's Doubles Title in Slovenia

  • India's Manika Batra and Archana Kamath tasted their first major success as a pair by winning the women's doubles title at the WTT Contender Lasko.
  • The world number 36 pairing beat the 23rd-ranked combine of Melanie Diaz and Adriana Diaz from Puerto Rico 11-3, 11-8, 12-10. The India duo saved four game points in third set to seal the match.
  • Manika and Archana had to dig deep to beat China's Liu Weishan and Wang Yidi in the semi-finals.

T20 World Cup: India Ousted as New Zealand Clinch Semi-final Spot

  • India were sent packing from the T20 World Cup after a clinical New Zealand clinched a facile eight-wicket triumph over Afghanistan in their final Super 12 game to claim the last available semi-final spot.
  • India's slim hopes hinged on Afghanistan upstaging the Black Caps as that would have brought the Net Run Rate into equation and opened the doors for Virat Kohli's men.

Mountaineer Mohite Gets Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award

  • Maharashtra-based mountaineer Priyanka Mohite was bestowed with the prestigious 'Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award 2020' for her outstanding contribution in the field of land adventure.
  • Mohite, who hails from Satara district, received the award from President Ram Nath Kovind at a function in the Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi.
  • Mohite, who started out by trekking in Sahyadri ranges in western Maharashtra and rock-climbing, began summiting mountains from 2010.
  • In her 11-year mountaineering career, she has scaled the world's highest peak Mt Everest besides Mt Lhotse and Mt Makalu, among others.
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NATIONAL AFFAIRS

Ministry of Civil Aviation Declares Srinagar Airport as 'Major Airport'

  • The Ministry of Civil Aviation declared the Srinagar International airport as a "Major Airport".
  • Notably, in October, Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated international flight operations at Srinagar airport.
  • Shah inaugurated the first direct international flight between Srinagar and Sharjah and United Arab Emirates (UAE) there.

Cochin Airport, First to Run Fully on Solar Power, Launches Hydro Project

  • The Cochin International Airport Ltd (CIAL), which is the world's first fully solar-powered airport, commissioned its own hydroelectric project, now taking pioneering strides in the production of sustainable energy. With the hydro plant commissioned, CIAL aims to provide power to the KSEB grid from its plant at Arippara near Kozhikode.
  • According to CIAL, the hydroelectric plant is a "run-of-river" project, which uses the natural downward flow of rivers and microturbine generators to capture the kinetic energy carried by water. CIAL constructed a weir dam across the Iruvazhinji River and hydro-mechanical and electro-mechanical systems at Arippara, near Kodencheri in Kozhikode district.
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DEFENCE

Iran Begins Annual War Games Ahead of Nuke Talks with West

  • Iran's military began its annual war games in a coastal area of the Gulf of Oman, less than a month before upcoming nuclear talks with the West.
  • The navy and air force units as well as ground forces were participating in a more than 1 million square-kilometer (386,100 square-mile) area east of the strategic Strait of Hormuz.
  • Dubbed "Zolfaghar-1400," the war games are aimed at improving readiness in confronting foreign threats and any possible invasion.
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PERSONS IN NEWS

Founder of Ideal Ice Creams Prabhakar Kamath Dies

  • Prabhakar Kamath, founder of the Ideal Ice Creams died. He was 79.
  • He founded Ideal in 1975 that went on to earn fame and recognition and grew as one of the popular ice cream brands across the country. Ideal has five parlours in the city and its products are available in retail outlets in three states.
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AWARDS AND HONOURS

Brazil: Scientists Reject Prestigious Medals in Row with Bolsonaro

  • Twenty-one scientists awarded one of Brazil's highest honors, the National Order of Scientific Merit, rejected their medals after President Jair Bolsonaro withdrew two colleagues whose work apparently discomfited his government from the list of honorees.
  • The far-right President had named 25 people to receive the honor, which Brazil created in 1992 to recognize the most important contributions to science and technology.
  • However, two days later, he withdrew the names of two prominent scientists from the list.
  • One was Dr. Marcus Lacerda, who published one of the first studies finding the drug chloroquine is ineffective against Covid-19 -- rebutting Bolsonaro's pet strategy for fighting the pandemic.
  • The other was Dr. Adele Benzaken, who was fired as director of the Brazilian health ministry's HIV/AIDS department when Bolsonaro took office in 2019 after her department published a pamphlet aimed at transgender men.
  • In protest, all 20 of the other scientists and one of the three "national personalities" named by Bolsonaro to receive the honor rejected their medals in an open letter.

Mountaineer Mohite Gets Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award

  • Maharashtra-based mountaineer Priyanka Mohite was bestowed with the prestigious 'Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award 2020' for her outstanding contribution in the field of land adventure.
  • Mohite, who hails from Satara district, received the award from President Ram Nath Kovind at a function in the Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi.
  • Mohite, who started out by trekking in Sahyadri ranges in western Maharashtra and rock-climbing, began summiting mountains from 2010.
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GENDER/ HEALTH/ EDUCATION

Britain Approves World's First Oral Pill to Treat Covid-19

  • Britain's health regulators have approved the world's first pill to treat cases of symptomatic COVID-19. Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) said, the antiviral molnupiravir has been found to be safe and effective at reducing the risk of hospitalisation and death in people with mild to moderate COVID-19, who are at increased risk of developing the disease.

Punjab Cabinet Approves Amendment to Make Punjabi Compulsory in Schools

  • In a bid to strictly enforce the implementation of Punjabi as a compulsory subject for all students of first to tenth class across the state, the Punjab Cabinet approved an amendment in Punjab Learning of Punjabi and other Languages Act, 2008.
  • After the amendment, the penalties will increase from Rs. 25,000, Rs. 50,000 and Rs. 1 Lakh to Rs. 50,000, Rs. 1 Lakh and Rs. 2 Lakh, respectively for contravening the provisions of the said Act. The Cabinet also gave a go-ahead to introduce this bill in the current session of Punjab Vidhan Sabha.
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TOURISM AND HOTEL INDUSTRY AWARENESS

IRCTC Plans Shri Ramayana Yatra Train Tours to Promote Religious Tourism

  • To promote religious tourism, the IRCTC has planned a series of Shri Ramayana Yatra Tours, which will mark a gradual resumption of domestic tourism by trains in view of the improved COVID-19 situation.
  • The first departure on the Ramayana Circuit train commenced on November 7 from New Delhi followed by four other departures in the subsequent month.
  • To meet the requirement of the pilgrim tourist market of south India, IRCTC will be operating Shri Ramayana Yatra Express-Madurai with its budget-segment train comprising of sleeper class coaches.
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ART AND CULTURE

India's First Rooftop Drive-in Theatre Launched in Mumbai

  • The first open-air rooftop drive-in movie theatre in India was inaugurated at Jio World Drive mall of Reliance Industries in Mumbai, Maharashtra. The drive-in theatre would be operated and managed by the multiplex chain PVR Ltd. The theatre was launched in partnership with the Reliance Retail and multiplex chain PVR. The facility can accommodate around 290 cars. The first movie screened at the theatre was Akshay Kumar's Sooryavanshi.
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