Current Affairs MCQ & Quiz 23rd November 2020

SITMEX 2020 is the two-day trilateral exercise between India, Singapore and Thailand. The naval exercise has commenced in the Andaman Sea. The format of the exercise is non-contact and sea-only, which will involve war-at-sea exercise along with naval manoeuvres.

Government of Karnataka has set a target of achieving $ 50 billion from Bio-Economy revenue by 2025. Karnataka accounts for 33% of the National Bio economy. Bio Economy is production of commodities and products using biological resources in a sustainable way.

Education Minister, Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ has been awarded with Vatayan Lifetime Achievement. The award has been presented by the London-based Vatayan-UK Organization to honour poets, writers and artists for their exceptional works in their respective fields. E=Ramesh Pokhriyal has written more than 75 books.

PM Narendra Modi has virtually laid the foundation stone of the Rural Drinking Water Projects in Mirzapur and Sonbhadra districts of Uttar Pradesh. The project aims to provide water tap connections in all rural households of 2,995 villages for the benefit of 42 lakh people.

India has become the 4^th nation to get approval from International Maritime Organization (IMO) for its independent regional navigation satellite system as a part of World Wide Radio Navigation System. USA, Russia and China already have their independent regional navigation satellite system.

Centre has approved a grant of Rs. 107.42 crore to 28 food-processing projects in 10 states which will generate employment for 10,000 people. The grant has been given under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed fine on Manappuram Finance and Muthoot Finance for non-compliance with the guidelines on maintaining loan to value ratio in gold loans. Fine of Rs. 10 lakh and 5 lakh have been imposed on Muthoot Finance and Manappuram Finance respectively.

Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industries –FICCI Ladies Organization (FICCI-FLO) has signed an agreement with IESC and Indian Institute of Mangement (IIM) Shillong for mentoring the women entrepreneurs. Under this agreement, women entrepreneurs will be nurtured in an instructive & supportive environment during the initial phase of their businesses.

Mala Adiga has been appointed as the Policy Director of Jill Biden. She is the wife of US President-elect Joe Biden and the upcoming First Lady of USA. Mala Adiga is Indian-American lawyer who joined the US administration during Barack Obama’s Presidency in 2008.

Indian Oil has signed an MoU with Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas. The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas will act as technology provider to Indian Oil for its Compressed Bio-Gas Plants. Indian Oil is the first company to market CBG.

Ajay Adrushyappa Desai was also known as ‘Elephant Man’. He died at the age of 62. He has spent many years in studying species-specific behavior of Asiatic elephants. He also served as a consultant to World Wildlife Fund (WWF).

Girish Chandra Murmu has been appointed as the External Auditor of Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), Geneva for a period of 3 years. IPU is an international organization formed in 1889. It has played significant role in the formation of United Nations, League of Nations and Permanent Court of Arbitration.

‘Realizing the Opportunities of 21^st Century for all’ was the theme of G-20 Summit 2020. G-20 is an international organization for economic cooperation between developed and developing nations. The G-20 countries account for 80% of the global economic output. India will be the host of G-20 Summit 2022.

Maharashtra government has launched Maha Awas Yojana in Maharashtra on 21^st November. It was launched by CM Uddhav Thackeray. The project aims to construct 8.82 lakhs of rural houses in 100 days at an estimated cost of Rs. 4000 crores.

National Newborn Week was celebrated from 15^th to 21^st November 2020 to make people aware about the importance of survival and development of a new born child. Around 0.75 million neonates died in India in 2013. India has aimed to reduce Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) to 20 deaths per 1000 live births by 2035.