24,November, 2018 Current Affairs - Daily Current Affairs
24,November, 2018 Current Affairs - Daily Current Affairs
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Who has been appointed as the first 'Youth Advocate' of
UNICEF for the north eastern region?
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Answer: Option A
Explanation:
Popular Assamese singer, Nahid Afrin was
appointed as the first 'Youth Advocate' of the north eastern region by the
United Nations Children's Fund, (UNICEF) to fight for child rights at an
event held in Guwahati. Nahid Afrin from Biswanath Chariali, Assam made her
playback debut in 2016 in the Bollywood film Akira, starring Sonakshi Sinha
and won several awards. The 17-year-old Nahid received the best female
playback singer award at the Assam state Film Award 2018. UNICEF India also
appointed Hima Das as India's Youth Ambassador on 15th Nov 2018.
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Sidharth Rath was appointed as the Managing Director
& CEO of ___________.
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Answer: Option B
Explanation:
State Bank of Mauritius (SBM) has appointed
Sidharth Rath as the Managing Director & CEO of SBM Bank (India). Before
this he was working with Axis Bank as Group Executive and Head of Corporate,
Transaction Banking and International Banking. SBM Bank (India) has been
recently granted licence by the RBI to carry on business as a scheduled
commercial bank under the Banking Regulation Act, 1949, with effect from 1st
December. It claims to be the first foreign bank to have been granted a
universal banking licence under RBI's wholly-owned subsidiary scheme.
Currently SBM Bank has a total of four branches across Mumbai, Chennai,
Hyderabad and Ramachandrapuram.
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Denmark-based Grundfos company plan to set up its third
pump production unit by 2020 in __________.
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Answer: Option C
Explanation:
The Indian subsidiary of Denmark-based Grundfos
is to set up its third pump production unit by 2020 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
It plans to set it up in a State which would offer approvals on fast track.
Despite the invitations from several States to the Grundfos, it said that it
has 'natural tendency' to establish the unit in Tamil Nadu as it possessed 15
acres of land near Chennai. However, it has sought clarity on the policy and
system fronts. The company plans to invest Rs.25 crore towards a preliminary
study for the new plant and other related activities.
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As per the Chief Vigilance Commissioner (CVC)
guidelines and the State Legislature, Which bank was brought under the
purview of the Right to Information (RTI) act?
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Answer: Option D
Explanation:
As per the Chief Vigilance Commissioner (CVC)
guidelines and the State Legislature, the Jammu and Kashmir bank was brought
under the purview of the Right to Information (RTI) act. The decision was
taken by the State Administrative Council (SAC) chaired by Governor Satya Pal
Malik. The objective of the decision was to strengthen better corporate
governance. As per the proposal, hereafter, the J&K Bank Limited will be
treated as a Public Sector Undertaking (PSU).
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2019 Union World Conference on Lung Health wil be
hosted by __________.
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Answer: Option A
Explanation:
The International Union against Tuberculosis and
Lung Disease (The Union) released the agenda to host the 4-day 50th Union
World Conference on Lung Health in Hyderabad on 30 October - 2 November 2019.
The conference theme will be: "Ending the Emergency: Science,
Leadership, Action". It would be held after the first ever United
Nations (UN) High-Level Meeting on TB and the third UN High-Level Meeting on
non-communicable diseases.
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The CM of this state launched a Nari Sashaktikaran
Sankalp Abhiyan in the state recently.
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Answer: Option B
Explanation:
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath
launched month-long Nari Sashaktikaran Sankalp Abhiyan or Women Empowerment
campaign in Lucknow. It is aimed to empower women in the state through
various programmes including education, self-employment, health, cleanliness,
nutrition. For the awareness of the campaign, women officers and female staff
of the state government will go door-to-door in villages to educate women
about the schemes.
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Name the company which has launched the Neighbourly app
in Delhi and Bangalore.
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Answer: Option B
Explanation:
Google's Next Billion Users (NBU) team announced
the national roll-out of its Neighbourly app in Delhi and Bangalore. It will
help people by sourcing local information from their neighbors about their
neighbourhood in an easier way.The full-fledged app offers services in 8
vernacular languages and is a targeted app with a geographic radius between 1
to 5 km. The initial phase was tested in Mumbai, followed by Jaipur,
Ahmedabad, Mysuru, Vizag, Kochi and Coimbatore. Henceforth more Indian cities
like Chennai, Hyderabad, Pune, and Kolkata would be covered.
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Which state tops with the highest employability in the
6th India Skills Report?
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Answer: Option B
Explanation:
As per the 6th edition & 2019 version of
India Skills Report, Andhra Pradesh topped the list of states with the
highest employability followed by Rajasthan and Haryana. Andhra Pradesh is
one of the preferred hiring destinations in India, with the highest
employability in India. Employability has risen to 47%, with female
employability at 46% and male participation at 48%. It is high in B.Tech/
B.E. whereas that of MBAs are low.
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9.
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Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC) signed a MoU with
__________ to help facilitate incubation of start-ups primarily in the
Eastern and North Eastern states.
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Answer: Option D
Explanation:
The Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC) signed a
memorandum of understanding with the IIM Calcutta Innovation Park to help
facilitate incubation of start-ups primarily in the Eastern and North Eastern
states. It will primarily be focusing on developing start-up ecosystems that
make a socio-economic impact in the eastern and north eastern states. This
will help start-up entrepreneurs access ICC's member network. IIM Innovation
Park is currently incubating 40 startups with almost half from Bengal. It
will further add 10 more by the end of this fiscal. The company has in the
last two years selected 25-odd start-ups for incubation. Most of these
start-ups are revenue generating and have reported a cumulative turnover of Rs.
50 crore in FY18.
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10.
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Name the SpaceX's Big Falcon Rocket(BFR) which had been
Renamed recently by its CEO Elon Musk?
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Answer: Option D
Explanation:
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has announced that he is
changing the name of "BFR" rocket to "Starship."This
rocket aims to carry people to the Moon and also to the Mars one day. BFR was
referred as the "Big Falcon Rocket." The rocket is 387-foot tall.
It has a first stage with engines and fuel systems, which will be called the
"Super Heavy."Passengers will ride in the second stage of "Starship".
The estimated cost of the rocket system is USD 5 billion.
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Researchers from this University have created the first
ever 'Ion Drive' plane with no moving part by adapting a technology that is
previously used in Spacecraft.
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Answer: Option C
Explanation:
Researchers at Massachusetts Institute of
Technology (MIT), USA have created the first ever 'Ion Drive' plane with no
moving part by adapting a technology that is previously used in Spacecraft.
Due to absence of moving parts, the plane will not produce any harmful
exhaust. The Maintenance cost will also reduce and the plane will not create
any noise. Ion Drives work by firing out a stream of charged particles which
will propel the vessel forward. Ion drives have been used in spacecraft since
1960s. The research will pave the way for the possibility of silent drones in
the near future. The research can be the first step towards the revolution of
aviation industry.
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The first Indian academician who won the Mexican Order
of the Aztec Eagle, the highest civilian honour given to a foreigner by
Mexico is;
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Answer: Option C
Explanation:
For the first time, the Mexican Order of the
Aztec Eagle, the highest civilian honour given to a foreigner by Mexico, was
awarded to Professor Shyama Prasad Ganguly in the India International Center
(IIC).He was the first Indian Academician to receive such honour. He was
decorated with the striking gold-yellow insignia by Mexican Ambassador Melba
Pria. The award was in recognition of his "outstanding work in the study
and dissemination of the Spanish language and Mexican culture". He is a
Hispanist who has headed the Centre for Spanish and Latin American Studies at
Jawaharlal Nehru University five times.
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Who among the following presented the 2018 National
Academy of Sciences, India (NASI)-Scopus Young Scientist Awards in New Delhi?
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Answer: Option A
Explanation:
Honorable Vice President of India, Shri M.
Venkaiah Naidu, distributed the 12th National Academy of Sciences, India
(NASI)-Scopus Young Scientist Awards 2018 at a gala ceremony held at Vigyan
Bhawan in the nation's capital New Delhi. This year's award is a joint
collaboration between Elsevier and National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI)
to celebrate the best and brightest young scientists in India, whose works
cut across a broad spectrum of key research disciplines such as the
"Make in India", "Digital India", "Healthy
India" and "Clean India" initiatives.
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Which country launched the second earth observation
satellite "Mohammed VI-B" recently?
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Answer: Option D
Explanation:
Arianespace launches Morocco's second earth
observation satellite named Mohammed VI-B, developed by Thales Alenia Space
and Airbus from French Guiana. Morocco's first satellite named Mohammed VI-A
was launched on 8th November 2017 by Vega rocket from Kourou space center. Mohammed
VI-B is the second satellite of Morocco's ambitious space program- the first
in Africa. The satellite is named after Mohammed VI, King of Morocco who
launched this ambitious space program in 2013. The satellite will be used for
mapping, Agricultural monitoring, land surveying, monitoring changes in the
environment and desertification as well as border and coastal surveillance.
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Recently, the U.S. suspended $1.66 billion in security
assistance to __________.
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Answer: Option B
Explanation:
The U.S. suspended $1.66 billion in security assistance
to Pakistan. This happened days after President Donald Trump said the country
does not do "a damn thing" for America alleging that its government
had helped al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden hide near its garrison city of
Abbottabad. Ties between the US and Pakistan strained after Trump, while
announcing his Afghanistan and South Asia policy in August last year, hit out
at Pakistan for providing safe havens to "agents of chaos" that
kill Americans in Afghanistan and warned Islamabad that it has "much to
lose" by harboring terrorists. In September, the Trump administration
cancelled USD 300 million in military aid to Islamabad for not doing enough
against terror groups like the Haqqani Network and the Taliban active on its
soil.
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Which of the following pair won a International James
Dyson award 2018 for designing a 'Urban wind turbine' called O-Wind Turbine?
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Answer: Option A
Explanation:
The prestigious International James Dyson award
2018 was won by Nicolas Orellana of Chile and Yaseen Noorani from Kenya for
their innovative design 'Urban wind turbine' called O-Wind Turbine. It would
help cities to harness energy to produce electricity and was inspired from
NASA's Mars Tumbleweed Rover. It is a sphere shaped object with vents that
spins and converts the power of the wind into electricity. This can either be
used as a direct source of power or it can be fed into the electricity grid.
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Indian and this country agreed to set up hotline for
effective coordination in checking smuggling.
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Answer: Option C
Explanation:
India and Nepal decided to set up a hotline to
ensure effective coordination to combat smuggling, improve border management
and facilitate trade. It was decided at the 2-day-19th annual Indo-Nepal
Director General-level talks in Kathmandu which held on November 19-20, 2018.
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Which organization was selected for the Asia
Environmental Enforcement Award 2018?
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Answer: Option B
Explanation:
The Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) was
selected for the Asia Environmental Enforcement Award 2018, for its
outstanding contributions in combating the trans-boundary environmental crime
by United Nations Environment program. WCCB is a statutory multi-disciplinary
body established by the government under the Environment Ministry to combat
organized wildlife crime in the country
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