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Daily G.K. - Top Stories

22 Nov 2021

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

Iraq Refutes Reports of US Military Exit Extension

  • Iraq denied reports that the US had extended the period of its military presence in Iraq beyond December 31.
  • In July, the US and Iraq held a session of strategic dialogue, during which the two countries agreed to withdraw all American combat troops from Iraq by the December 31 deadline.

United Arab Emirates Reopens its Embassy in Kabul

  • The United Arab Emirates (UAE) reopened its embassy in the capital Kabul.
  • Prior to the Taliban`s takeover of Afghanistan in August, most of the foreign embassies had closed their diplomatic mission in the country due to the escalating violence in the country.

US, Canadian, Mexican Leaders Hold First Summit in 5 Years

  • US President Joe Biden hosted Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador at the White House for their first North American Leaders' Summit since 2016.
  • Ahead of the three-person summit, which was shunned by former US President Donald Trump, Biden separately met Trudeau and Obrador.
  • During the summit, the three leaders reiterated their strong ties and integration, and willingness to chart a new path for their partnership at a time when they face incredibly complex global challenges.
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BUSINESS AND ECONOMY

FM Announces Clearance of Two Proposals of IFSCA at GIFT City in Gujarat

  • Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced clearance of two proposals worth Rs. 469 crore of the International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA) at GIFT City in Gujarat.
  • Sitharaman announced formal clearance of Rs. 269.05 crore for supervisory technology fund for IT infrastructure and Rs. 200 crore for headquarter building.
  • She also underlined the central government's commitment to make GIFT City a world-class fintech hub as stated in the Union Budget 2021-22.

RBI Releases Report of Working Group on Digital Lending

  • A working group constituted by the Reserve Bank of India on digital lending through online platforms and mobile apps submitted its report. This report is aimed at enhancing customer protection and making the digital lending ecosystem safe while encouraging innovation.
  • The working group (WG) was set up in January 2021, with Jayant Kumar Dash, Executive Director, RBI as the Chairman. The group has recommended subjecting the digital lending applications to a verification process by a nodal agency, which may be set up in consultation with stakeholders.

MIDC Inks 25 MoUs at Dubai World Expo 2020

  • At the World Expo 2020 held in Dubai, Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) signed 25 MoU's with a proposed investment of almost Rs 15,260 crore ($2 billion) under Magnetic Maharashtra 2.0.
  • With this, Magnetic Maharashtra 2.0 was in its seventh edition and its first international edition.
  • The MoUs signed are in key sectors such as auto and auto components, logistics, electric vehicles, textiles, data centre, pharma, bio-fuels and energy.
  • Companies looking to invest in Maharashtra are from Japan, Singapore, Sweden, Korea, Germany and Italy.
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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

China Launches New Satellite from Taiyuan Center in Shanxi Province

  • China launched a new satellite from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in the northern province of Shanxi.
  • The satellite, Gaofen-11 03, was launched by a Long March-4B rocket and entered the planned orbit successfully.
  • The launch marked the 397th mission for the Long March series carrier rockets.
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SPORTS

Indonesia Masters: Kento Momota Clinches Men's Singles Title

  • World No. 1 Japan's Kento Momota clinched the Indonesia Masters badminton tournament men's singles title after beating Denmark's Anders Antonsen in the final.
  • He dismissed Antonsen with his typical high-octane game and registered a convincing 21-17, 21-11 victory in a 49-minute encounter.
  • In the women's singles final, Japan's Akane Yamaguchi, who had beaten India's P. V. Sindhu in the semi-final, was defeated by An Se-Young. The South Korean shuttler, seeded four, won 21-17, 21-19 in a thrilling contest.

Arif Khan Qualifies for Beijing Winter Olympics Next Year

  • Jammu and Kashmir alpine skier Arif Mohammed Khan has qualified for the 2022 Winter Olympics to be held in Beijing.
  • Khan, who hails from North Kashmir, booked the Winter Games ticket in an Olympic qualifier alpine skiing event in Dubai. He has earlier represented the country in many international events, including World Championships.
  • The Winter Olympics will be held in Beijing from February 4 to 20.
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NATIONAL AFFAIRS

Rajasthan Cabinet Reshuffle

  • Fifteen ministers - eleven cabinet and four ministers of state - were sworn in in Rajasthan, in a much-awaited expansion of the Ashok Gehlot ministry.
  • Governor Kalraj Mishra administered the oath of office to the new ministers.
  • The 11 cabinet ministers include three - Mamta Bhupesh, Bhajan Lal Jatav and Tikaram Jully-- who have been elevated from minister of state (MoS) to cabinet rank, while two -- Vishvendra Singh and Ramesh Meena -- are those who were sacked last year for rebelling and have been reinducted as cabinet ministers.
  • Hemaram Choudhary, Mahendrajeet Singh Malviya, Ramlal Jat, Mahesh Joshi, Govindram Meghwal and Shakuntla Rawat were also sworn in as cabinet ministers.
  • Zahida, Brijendra Singh Ola, Rajendra Gudha and Murari Lal Meena were sworn in as MoS.
  • The council of ministers in Rajasthan now has 19 cabinet ministers and 10 MoS, apart from the Chief Minister.

BJP Elevates Vinod Tawde to General Secretary

  • The BJP made several new appointments in its national team, including elevating Vinod Tawde to the post of general secretary and designating Rituraj Sinha as its national secretary.
  • The appointments come ahead of assembly elections in five states, including politically crucial Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Uttarakhand. This will further strengthen the organisation before these polls.
  • Tawde was elevated to the post of general secretary to fill up a vacancy created after Bhupender Yadav became Union Minister.

Andhra Tops IPF Smart Policing Index 2021

  • Assam Police secured the third position among 29 states and Union Territories in the Indian Police Foundation's list of 'Smart Policing' index. Assam Police secured the third rank in the country with an overall rating of 7.89 out of 10. Andhra Pradesh was ranked first with a score of 8.11 and Telangana secured the second position with 8.10 points.
  • The Indian Police Foundation (IPF), a multidisciplinary think tank and policy advocacy platform, conducted the "IPF SMART Policing Survey 2021" in 29 states and Union Territories of the country and published its report.
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DEFENCE

Navy Commission INS Visakhapatnam

  • INS Visakhapatnam was formally commissioned into the Indian Navy in the presence of Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai.
  • INS Visakhapatnam is a P15B stealth-guided missile destroyer. It is indigenously designed by the Indian Navy's in-house organisation Directorate of Naval Design and constructed by Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited, Mumbai.
  • Visakhapatnam class ships, built with indigenous steel, are follow-on of the Kolkata class destroyers commissioned in the last decade. Designed by Directorate of Naval Design and built by M/s Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd, Mumbai. The four ships are named after major cities of the country, viz. Visakhapatnam, Mormugao, Imphal and Surat.

Southern Command Launches Military Exercise

  • Pune-based Southern Command launched a military exercise in Rajasthan and Gujarat. Named 'Dakshin Shakti', the exercise with troops aims to validate the battle readiness and operational effectiveness of troops of Southern Army in an integrated and futuristic battlefield scenario.
  • The exercise is conducted against the backdrop of the soon to emerge Integrated Theatre Commands that give major emphasis on tri-service integrated operations.
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AWARDS AND HONOURS

Beryl Thanga Receives Manipur State Award for His Novel

  • Novelist Beryl Thanga received the 12th Manipur State Award for Literature 2020 for his book – 'Ei Amadi Adungeigi Ithat' (I and the then island). Manipur Governor La. Ganesan conferred the award on the writer for his novel published in 2015. The award carries a plaque, citation, Rs. 3 lakh (in cheque) and a shawl.
  • The awardee (Beryl Thanga) was selected for the year 2020 by a Board of Eminent persons set up by the Government. The Governor said that the Manipuri language is one of the 22 scheduled languages under the Constitution of India. It is regarded as the most advanced of the Tibeto-Burmese languages spoken in India.
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GENDER/ HEALTH/ EDUCATION

Tribal Affairs Ministry, CBSE Jointly Launch Online Certificate Course on Experiential Learning for 21st Century

  • Ministry of Tribal Affairs and Central Board of Secondary Education, CBSE jointly launched an online certificate course on Experiential Learning for the 21st Century for Eklavya Model Residential School and CBSE teachers. It was jointly launched by Secretary, Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Anil Kumar Jha and CBSE Chairman Manoj Ahuja.
  • The certificate course is for capacity building of educators to achieve the aims of National Education Policy, 2020. The Experiential Learning for 21st Century Programme has been conceptualized as an online certificate course for educators - teachers, school heads and principals to help them adapt classroom learning to real life experiences.
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ART AND CULTURE

Archaeologists Discover the World's Oldest Jewelry

  • In a cave in the western Morocco desert, archaeologists discovered the world's oldest jewelry: a set of shell beads dated from 142,000 and 150,000 years ago.
  • Made from half-inch-long sea snail shells, the 33 beads turned up during excavations conducted between 2014 and 2018 near the mouth of Bizmoune Cave, about 10 miles inland from the coastal city of Essaouira.
  • The archaeologists used uranium-series dating, which measure the radioactive decay of uranium, to test the age of the beads and the surrounding layers of ash and sediment. The beads come from two sea snail species: the Columbella rustica, from the dove snail family, and Tritia gibbosula, commonly called the swollen nassa.

Thousands of Venezuelan Musicians Set World's Largest Orchestra Record

  • Thousands of Venezuelan musicians, most of them children and adolescents, have earned the title of the world's largest orchestra. The record was set by 8,573 musicians.
  • Guinness World Records announced that the musicians, all connected to the country's network of youth orchestras, earned the designation with a performance a week earlier of Tchaikovsky's Slavonic March".
  • The musicians, ranging in age from 12 to 77, attempted the record during a patriotic concert at a military academy in the capital of Caracas. To set the record, more than 8,097 had to be tallied playing at the same time during a five-minute period of Tchaikovsky's piece.
  • The network of orchestras known as El Sistema, or The System, assembled some 12,000 musicians for the concert.
  • The previous record belonged to a Russian group that played that country's national anthem.
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