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📖 Exam Related Current Affairs with Static Gk : 30 October 2021 

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1) Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia inaugurated the two-day 'Smart Urban Farming Expo' in Delhi's Thyagaraj Stadium in order to start a movement towards mass adoption of urban farming in the national capital.

2) Union Minister of State Rajeev Chandrasekhar launched a pilot project to revive and promote traditional 'Namda' craft in Jammu and Kashmir.

➨The objective of these projects is to boost and preserve the traditional Namda craft of Kashmir and upskill the local weavers and artisans of the UT to enhance their productivity through RPL assessment and certification.

3) Sohan Roy, a Forbes-listed entrepreneur from Kerala and who has a passion for getting noticed in the film industry through his unconventional contribution to humanity and the world cinema has now become the first Indian who has been awarded the honorary title of 'Knight of Parte Guelfa' in Italy.

4) Paytm Payments Bank Limited launched the Paytm Transit Card, keeping in mind the vision of one nation, one card. 

➨The card will take care of users' everyday needs — from travel in metro, railways, state-owned bus services, toll & parking charges, to payments at offline merchant stores, online shopping and more. The card also enables withdrawal of money from ATMs.

5) Hunar Haat, organized by the Ministry of Minority Affairs at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, received the prestigious India International Trade Fair, 2021 Silver Medal for strengthening commitment to “Vocal for Local” and its strong presence at the Trade Fair.

6) Noted mountaineer from Uttarakhand Harshwanti Bisht has earned the distinction of being elected the first woman president of the Indian Mountaineering Foundation (IMF).

➽International Monetary Fund :-

Formation - 27 December 1945

Headquarters - Washington, D.C.

Managing Director - Kristalina Georgieva

Chief Economist - Gita Gopinath

7) Indian Railways is constructing the world’s tallest railway bridge pier at Noney Valley in the state of Manipur with a height of 141 metres. 

➨As a part of the ambitious 111 Kilometre long Jiribam-Imphal railway line, which aims to connect the capital of Manipur with the broad gauge network of the country, the travel time of 10 to 12 hours will be reduced to just 2.5 hours.

8) DBT-National Brain Research Centre (DBT-NBRC) have recently developed project SWADESH, a unique brain initiative focusing on certified neuroimaging, neurochemical, neuropsychological data and analytics that are made accessible to researchers for managing brain disorders.

9) Japanese director Masakazu Kaneko's "Ring Wandering", about an aspiring manga artist, won the top honour at the closing ceremony of the 52nd edition of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI), in Goa.

➨The film won the coveted Golden Peacock Award, which consists of a cash prize of Rs 40 lakh to be shared equally between Kaneko and producer Takashi Shiotsuki.

10) Madhya Pradesh Cabinet has approved the proposal to create cyber tehsils in the state of Madhya Pradesh. After this, MP will become the first state in the country to have a cyber tehsil.

▪️Madhya Pradesh 

➨CM - Shivraj Singh Chouhan

➨Governor - Mangubhai Chhaganbhai

➨Bhimbetka Caves

➨Buddhist Monument at Sanchi

➨Khajuraho Temple

11) The Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan on Monday released findings of the National Health Accounts (NHA) Estimates for India for 2017-18.

➨It has increased from 1.15 per cent in 2013-14 to 1.35 per cent in 2017-18.

12) Indian tennis player Ramkumar Ramanathan won his maiden Challenger level singles title on Sunday, 12 years after turning pro, when he outplayed Evgeny Karlovskiy in the summit clash of the ATP80 Manama event.

13) The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) adjudged Sadar Bazar police station in the Capital as the best police station across the country this year.

➨Two other police stations -- Gangapur in Odisha and Bhattu Kalan in Haryana -- were ranked second and third on the list.

14) With an expanded definition to reflect the times, Merriam-Webster has declared "vaccine" as its 2021 word of the year.

➨This was a word that was extremely high in our data every single day in 2021.

15) Sahitya Akademi Award-winning Assamese poet Sananta Tanti passed away at a private hospital in New Delhi after a prolonged illness. He was 69.

➨He received several awards and recognitions, including the prestigious Sahitya Akademi Award in 2018 for 'Kailoir Dinto Amar Hobo' (Tomorrow will be ours), a collection of his poems in Assamese.

16) The government has appointed senior bureaucrat Vivek Johri as the Chairman of the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC).

➨Johri, a 1985-batch Indian Revenue Service (Customs and Indirect Taxes) officer, is currently working as a member of the board.

▪️Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) :-

Chairperson - Vivek Johri 

Elected officer responsible - Nirmala Sitharaman, Finance Minister of India

Founded - 1 January 1964

Headquarters - New Delhi

17) Actor Dhanush's stellar performance in director Vetrimaran's Tamil film Asuran fetched him the Best Actor Award at the BRICS Film Festival, which was held alongside the 52nd edition of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Goa.

18) Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma launched the ambitious Assam Micro Finance Incentive and Relief Scheme 2021 to incentive those making regular payment of microfinance loans.

▪️Assam 

➨Dibru Saikhowa National Park

➨Kaziranga National Park

➨Nameri National Park

➨Manas National Park

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✅Movement and year Related to freedom movement

1. Establishment of Indian National Congress

Ans-1885 AD

2. Bang-Bhang Movement (Swadeshi Movement)

Ans-1905 AD

3. Establishment of Muslim League

Ans-1906 AD

4. Congress Partition

Ans-1907 AD

5. Home Rule Movement

Ans1916 AD

6. Lucknow Pact

Ans- December 1916 AD

7. Montague Declaration

Ans-20 August 1917 AD

8. Rowlatt Act

Ans-19 March 1919 AD

9. Jallianwala Bagh Massacre

Ans-13 April 1919 AD

10. Khilafat Movement

Ans-1919 AD

11. Hunter Committee report published

Ans-18 May 1920 A.D.

12. Nagpur session of Congress

Ans - December 1920 AD

13. Start of non-cooperation movement

Ans-1 August 1920 AD

14. Chauri-Chaura Scandal

Ans-5 February 1922 AD

15. Establishment of Swarajya Party

Ans-1 January 1923 AD

16. Hindustan Republican Association

Ans - October 1924 AD

17. Appointment of Simon Commission

Ans-8 November 1927 AD

18. Simon Commission's visit to India

Ans-3 February 1928 AD

19. Nehru Report

Ans- August 1928 AD

20. Bardauli Satyagraha

Ans - October 1928 AD

21. Lahore Padantra Case

Ans-8 April 1929 A.D.

22. Lahore session of Congress

Ans: December 1929 A.D.

23. Declaration of Independence Day

Ans-2 January 1930 AD

24. Salt Satyagraha

Ans-12 March 1930 AD to 5 April 1930 AD

25. Civil Disobedience Movement

Ans-6 April 1930 AD

26. First Round Table Movement

Ans-12 November 1930 AD

27. Gandhi-Irwin Pact

Ans-8 March 1931 AD

28. Second Round Table Conference

Ans-7 September 1931 AD

29. Communal Award (Communal Arbitration)

Ans-16 August 1932 AD

30. Full Pact

Ans- September 1932 AD

31. Third Round Table Conference

Ans-17 November 1932 AD

32. Formation of Congress Socialist Party

Ans- May 1934 AD

33. Formation of forward block

Ans-1 May 1939 AD

34. Salvation Day

Ans-22 December 1939 AD

35. Pakistan demand

Ans-24 March 1940 AD

36. August offer

Ans-8 August 1940 AD

37. Cripps mission proposal

Ans- March 1942 AD

38. Quit India proposal

Ans-8 August 1942 AD

39. Shimla Conference

Ans-25 June 1945 AD

40. Naval Rebellion

Ans-19 February 1946 AD

41. Prime Minister Atlee's Announcement

Ans-15 March 1946 AD

42. Arrival of Cabinet Mission

Ans-24 March 1946 AD

43. Direct Action Day

Ans-16 August 1946 AD

44. Establishment of Interim Government

Ans-2 September 1946 AD

45. Mountbatten Plan

Ans-3 June 1947 AD

46. ​​Got independence

Ans-15 August 1947 AD