Nov-6th

 📖 Exam Related Current Affairs with Static Gk : 06 November 2021 

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1) South African writer Damon Galgut won the prestigious Booker Prize for fiction with “The Promise,” a novel about one white family’s reckoning with South Africa’s racist history.

2) World Health Organization has granted emergency use listing (EUL) to Covaxin, adding to a growing portfolio of vaccines validated by the global health body for the prevention of COVID-19.

➨Covaxin is a whole virion-inactivated vaccine against SARS-CoV2, developed in partnership with ICMR and NIV, Pune.

▪️ World Health Organization :-

Headquarters - Geneva, Switzerland

Founded - 7 April 1948

Director-general - Tedros Adhanom

3) Inauguration of the advanced 650 teraflops supercomputing facility at the National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute (NABI) was done online by Union Minister of Science and Technology and Earth Sciences Jitendra Singh.

➨The facility has come up under the National Supercomputing Mission (NSM) in collaboration with C-DAC, Pune.

4) The First Miss India 2021 title was bagged by Pearl Agarwal with Lekh Utaiah as 1st runner up and Shreya Gupta as the 2nd runner up while Rayna Sikri was declared as the First Miss India Teen 2021 with Shubhi Dhaneta as 1st runner up and Mrunmayi Barve as the 2nd runner up.

➨ The grand finale of the All India Beauty Pageants First Miss India'21 and First Miss India Teen'21 was held at Novotel Dona Sylvia Resort, Goa.

5) The Union Minister for Tribal Affairs Shri Arjun Munda launched 4 new Tribes India Outlets virtually one in Patna and three at Chennai Metro.

➨ With this, Tribes India has expanded its retail network to 147 outlets across the country.

6) To bring a sharper focus on moving women to the higher economic order, the Ministry of Rural Development launched an initiative to aim at creating 'Lakhpati' Self Help Group (#SHG) women, to enable rural SHG women to earn at least Rs 1 lakh per year.

7) The National Commission for Women (NCW), along with the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) launched a pan-India Legal Awareness Program for Women titled "Empowerment of Women through Legal Awareness" to impart practical knowledge about legal rights and remedies.

8) Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched Infrastructure for Resilient Island States (IRIS) on sidelines of climate summit in Glasgow.

9) China launched the SDGSAT-1 science satellite into space from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern China on November 5, 2021.

10) NITI (National Institution for Transforming India) Aayog And World Bank (WB) working together to facilitate a program for faster and easier financing Electric vehicles (EVs).

11) The first-ever open-air floating theatre in Jammu and Kashmir has been launched in the famous Dal lake.

➨This theatre aims to attract tourism to the union territory. Kashmir has earned fame on a global level for its natural beauty and Bollywood filmmakers have called it a 'photographers paradise'.

▪️Jammu and Kashmir :-

➨L. Governor of J&K - Manoj Sinha 

➨Rajparian  Wildlife Sanctuary

➨Hirapora  Wildlife Sanctuary

➨Gulmarg  Wildlife Sanctuary

➨Dachigam National Park

➨Salim Ali National Park

12) Haryana  Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal launched "Uttam Beej Portal" in Chandigarh. The portal will benefit lakhs of farmers of the State.

➨This portal will provide transparency in the seed production programme arranged by Government as well as private seed producing agencies and will ensure better quality of certified seed.

▪️Haryana 

➨Governor :- Bandaru Dattatraya

➨CM - Manohar Lal Khattar

➨Haryana  Government has decided to develop Pipli in Kurukshetra as a world-class tourist hub.

13) Former India captain Rahul Dravid has been appointed the head coach of the men's national team to succeed Ravi Shastri.

➨Former captain Dravid, who played 164 Tests and 344 one-dayers between 1996 and 2012, is credited for India's steady supply of young talent as head of the National Cricket Academy.

14) Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh launched ‘Go to Village 2.0’ in Thoubal district with an aim for efficient service delivery to people’s doorsteps.

▪️Manipur 

➨CM :- Nongthombam Biren Singh

➨Governor :- La. Ganesan

➨Khonghampat Orchidarium

➨Loktak Lake

➨Keibul-Lamjao National Park

15) The Reserve Bank of India has now appointed Bandhan Bank as an Agency Bank of the RBI to conduct government business.

➨Bandhan Bank now joins several other private banks that have been empanelled as an Agency Bank of the RBI.

◾️Reserve Bank of India:- 

➨Headquarters:- Mumbai, Maharashtra, 

➨Established:- 1 April 1935, 1934 Act. 

➨ First Governor - Sir Osborne Smith

➨ First Indian Governor - Chintaman Dwarkanath Deshmukh

➨Present Governor:- Shaktikanta Das

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Q.1. Which country has approved Merck's anti-viral pill, which is considered useful in the treatment of corona infection?

Ans. Britain

Q.2. Which company has announced the closure of its business from China due to the increasingly challenging business and legal environment?

Ans. Yahoo Inc.

Q.3. Which ministry and Flipkart have signed MoU to empower local businesses?

Ans. Ministry of Rural Development

Q.4. The Cook Strait separating the North and South islands of which country has been in the news?

Ans. New Zealand

Q.5. Which state government has launched two new schemes?

Ans. Government of Karnataka

Q.6. India and which country has launched an international network of solar power grids?

Ans. United Kingdom (UK)

Q.7. Damon Galgut has won the Booker Prize 2021 for which of his novels?

Ans. Du Promise

Q.8. Who has been appointed by the BCCI as the head coach of the Indian cricket men's team?

Ans. Rahul Dravid

Q.9. Which Indian has been elected as Ambassador to Estonia?

Ans. Ajnish Kumar

Q.10. Recently who has inaugurated the supercomputing facility?

Ans. Jitendra Singh

1. Which South African writer has been awarded the Booker Prize 2021 for his book “The Promise”?

Ans : Damon Galgut

2. Who has taken oath as the judge of Odisha High Court?

Ans : Aditya Kumar Mohapatra

3. Which cricket club has been banned by the England and Wales Cricket Board from hosting international matches?

Ans : Yorkshire County Cricket Club

4. The coach of many legendary cricketers has passed away at the age of 71. What was his name?

Ans : Tarak Sinha

5. Afghanistan has banned the use of which in the country?

Ans : Foreign Currencies

6. Who has been appointed as the Ambassador of India to Estonia?

Ans : Ajnish Kumar

7. Which BBL (Big Bash League) team has roped in former India Under-19 cricket team captain Unmukt Chand?

Ans : Melbourne Renegades

8. Which scheme has been launched by the Manipur State Government?

Ans : Go to Village 2.0

9. Arun Chawla has been appointed as the Director General of

Ans : FICCI

10. Who has won the title of Rujna Jora Chess Tournament 2021?

Ans : Indian GM Panneerselvam Iniyan

11. Which network has been launched by India in association with United Kingdom (UK)?

Ans : Solar Energy Grid International Network

12. How many new cases of corona have been reported in the country in the last 24 hours?

Ans : 10,929 Cases (392 Deaths)

13. Today (November 06) is being celebrated across the world as which day?

Ans : International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict.

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     🎯 Daily CA One Liners | 06-11-2021 🎯

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1. Veteran actor Youn Yuh-jung, who won the Oscar for best supporting actress in 'Minari' earlier this year, has received South Korea's highest cultural sector medal.

इस साल की शुरूआत में 'मिनारी' में सर्वश्रेष्ठ सहायक अभिनेत्री का ऑस्कर जीतने वाली दिग्गज अभिनेत्री यूं युह-जुंग को दक्षिण कोरिया का सर्वोच्च सांस्कृतिक क्षेत्र का पदक मिला है।

2. Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated an elevated corridor on a national highway connecting Ahmedabad to Gandhinagar that will further ease the movement of traffic and reduce congestion on this important road in Gujarat.

केंद्रीय गृह मंत्री अमित शाह ने गुजरात में अहमदाबाद को गांधीनगर से जोड़ने वाले राष्ट्रीय राजमार्ग पर एक एलिवेटेड कॉरिडोर का उद्घाटन किया, एलिवेटेड कॉरिडोर से यातायात में सुविधा होगी और इस महत्वपूर्ण सड़क पर भीड़भाड़ कम होगी।

3. Amit Shah, Union Minister of Home Affairs and Cooporation launched the "Dairy Sahakar" scheme at Anand, Gujarat, during the function organised by Amul for celebration of 75th Foundation Year of Amul.

केंद्रीय गृह और सहकारिता मंत्री अमित शाह ने अमूल के 75वें स्थापना वर्ष समारोहों के अवसर पर अमूल द्वारा आयोजित एक कार्यक्रम में गुजरात के आणंद में “डेयरी सहकार” योजना का शुभारंभ किया।

4. Prime Minister Zoran Zaev announced his resignation following the heavy defeat of his governing Social Democratic Union in North Macedonia's local elections.

नॉर्थ मैसेडोनिया के प्रधानमंत्री ज़ोरन ज़ेव ने स्थानीय चुनावों में अपनी पार्टी सोशल डेमोक्रेटिक यूनियन की करारी हार के बाद अपने इस्तीफे की घोषणा की।

5. Air Marshal Sanjeev Kapoor took charge as Commandant of the prestigious National Defence Academy (NDA) from Lieutenant General Asit Mistry, who retired after serving the Army for 39 years.

एयर मार्शल संजीव कपूर ने 39 साल तक सेना की सेवा के बाद सेवानिवृत्त हुए लेफ्टिनेंट जनरल असित मिस्त्री से प्रतिष्ठित राष्ट्रीय रक्षा अकादमी (एनडीए) के कमांडेंट के रूप में कार्यभार संभाला।

6. Leaders of the G20, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, have agreed that the WHO would be strengthened to fast-track the process for emergency use authorisation for COVID-19 vaccines.

प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी समेत जी-20 के नेताओं ने सहमति जताई है कि विश्व स्वास्थ्य संगठन (डब्ल्यूएचओ) को कोविड-19 टीकों की आपातकालीन उपयोग मंजूरी को लेकर प्रक्रिया को तेज करने के लिए मजबूत किया जाएगा।

7. Alexander Zverev won his fifth ATP title of the season and 18th overall by defeating American qualifier Frances Tiafoe 7-5, 6-4 at the Erste Bank Open.

एलेक्जेंडर ज्वेरेव ने अर्स्टे बैंक ओपन में अमेरिकी क्वालीफायर फ्रांसेस टियाफो को 7-5, 6-4 से हराकर सत्र का पांचवां और कुल 18वां एटीपी खिताब अपनी झोली में डाला।

8. The Gujarat government launched its 'e-Sarkar' app on a pilot basis in its effort to make administrative works paperless, quick and easy for citizens.

गुजरात सरकार ने नागरिकों के लिए प्रशासनिक कार्यों को कागज रहित, त्वरित और सुगम बनाने के अपने प्रयास में प्रायोगिक आधार पर अपना ‘ई-सरकार’ ऐप लॉन्च किया।

9. Former Australia cricketer Peter Philpott died aged 86.

ऑस्ट्रेलिया के पूर्व क्रिकेटर पीटर फिल्पॉट का 86 साल की उम्र में निधन हो गया।

10. Miss South India 2021 Ansi Kabeer and Miss Kerala 2019 runner-up Anjana Shajan died in Kochi's Vyttila.

मिस साउथ इंडिया 2021 अंसी कबीर और मिस केरल 2019 की उपविजेता अंजना शाजन का कोच्चि के व्यत्तिला में निधन हो गया।