Daily Current Affairs Quiz: November 1, 2023

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International Travel Exhibitions Asia has been held in Singapore from 25 – 27 October 2023.
The aim is to showcase varied tourism products and a series of transformative experiences for travelers to India under the theme ‘Incredible India! Visit India Year 2023’.
The government of India along with various stakeholders including state tourism departments participated in the above event.

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Veteran Congress leader Sarat Borkotoky, a former minister in the Assam government, died at a hospital in Guwahati.
Borkotoky, 86, was admitted to the Gauhati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) on October 16 with various age-related ailments.

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Dinesh Khara, Chairman of SBI welcomed MS Dhoni as the Brand Ambassador of SBI.
As the brand ambassador of SBI, MS Dhoni will play a pivotal role in various marketing and promotional campaigns.

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Vigilance Awareness Week 2023 is observed from 30th October till 5th November of every year.
It is observed as an outreach measure to create greater awareness about the importance of integrity and ethics in public life.
The theme for this year is, “Say no to corruption; Commit to the Nation.”
It commenced with integrity pledge by Central Vigilance Commissioner Praveen Kumar Srivastava.

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Dr Mansukh Mandaviya addressed the 76th session of the World Health Organization Regional Committee for South-East Asia.
He was joined by Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of, World Health Organization (WHO) who was present virtually.
Dr. Mandaviya was also unanimously elected as Chairperson of the 76th session of the regional committee of Southeast Asia.

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World Stroke Day 2023 has been observed on 29th October.
The theme for World Stroke Day 2023 is “Together we are Greater Than Stroke.”
Worldwide, brain stroke is the second leading cause of death and the third leading cause of disability.
Every year, approximately 18 lakh people suffer from stroke.
Low- & middle-income countries, including India, have witnessed more than 100% increase in stroke but developed countries have witnessed a drop of 42%.

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Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar has called for the convergence of all efforts to ensure a life of dignity for children with special needs.
The Higashi Autism School has been set up in collaboration with Musashino Higashi Gakuen School of Japan.
The school aims to provide autistic students education in individualized 1:1 teaching as well as in small group classes of six students each.

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On 31st October, PM addressed thousands of Amrit Kalash Yatris joining the program from across the country marking the Meri Maati Mera Desh campaign.
PM also inaugurated the Amrit Vatika and Amrit Mahotsav Memorial developed from soil collected from every part of the country.
The program has also marked the closing ceremony of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav.
PM launched the “Mera Yuva Bharat” platform for youth.

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Famous climate change expert Professor Saleemul Huq has passed away in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
He was the director of the International Center for Climate Change and Development.
He was a resident of Bangladesh.
Salimul Haq was a professor at the Independent University of Bangladesh (IUB).
He was an associate of the United Kingdom’s International Institute on Environment and Development (IIED).

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Indian female shooter Manu Bhakar secured the 11th Paris Olympic quota for India in the Asian Shooting Championship.
She finished fifth in the women’s 25-meter sports pistol event at the Asian Championships in Changwon, Korea.
Arjun Babuta in the men’s 10-meter air rifle event and Sarabjot Singh in the men’s 10-meter air pistol event have also secured the Paris 2024 quota.

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Malaysia has announced that its next and 17th king will be Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar from the southern state of Johor.
Malaysia’s royal families elected Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar to be the country’s next king.
He will take over from the incumbent King Al-Sultan Abdullah on 31st January next year.
Malaysia has a unique system in which the heads of its nine royal families take turns to be monarch for a five-year term.
The Southeast Asian country is a parliamentary democracy with the monarch serving as the ceremonial head of state.

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The inaugural program of the Tribal Youth Exchange Program was held at Mumbai University.
The 15th Tribal Youth Exchange Program will be organized from 28th October to 2nd November.
The program’s main aim is to generate curiosity among the tribal youth and to encourage them to become part of mainstream development.
It gave opportunity to tribal people to share their knowledge and intelligence among their community and peer group.
220 participants are participating in this program and participants will also get a chance to visit Vidhan Bhawan on 31st October.

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India finished the Para Asian Games 2023 in fifth position with a record haul of 111 medals.
India won 29 Gold, 31 Silver and 51 bronze medals at the Asian Games in Hangzhou.
Seven medals came from chess, four from athletics and one from rowing.
China with 521 medals including 214 Gold, 167 silver and 140 bronze topped the medal tally.
Iran and Japan won 131 medals and 150 medals respectively. Korea ended the tournament in fourth spot with 103 medals.
This year, India sent its largest contingent, consisting of 303 athletes (191 male & 112 female).
India competed in 17 out of 22 events and competed for the first time in rowing, canoeing, lawn bowls, taekwondo, and blind football.
This is the highest number of medals won by India in any major multisport event. Para Athletes surpassed the 107 medals record won at the Asian Games 2023.
India had won 14 medals in the 2010 edition, 33 in 2014 and 72 in 2018.
Earlier, India surpassed the 100-medal mark at a major multisport meet the 101 medals won at the Delhi Commonwealth Games in 2010.

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The Government has decided to impose a minimum export price (MEP) of $ 800 per tonne on onion exports. This decision will come into effect from 29 October.
The government has also announced the procurement of an additional 2 lakh tonnes of onion for the buffer.
In the retail market, Onion prices have further risen to ₹65-80 per kilogram.
The MEP is there for all varieties of onions except Bangalore Rose and Krishnapuram onions.
The DGFT notification added that certain onion consignments will be allowed to be exported without MEP.

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Adm R Hari Kumar CNS presented the maiden ‘NIB’ (Navy’s Intellectual Beacon) to Cdr M Arun Chakravarthy during a brief Presentation Ceremony at his chamber.
Cdr M Arun Chakravarthy is the winner of the Indian Navy’s Sardar KM Panikkar ‘NIB’ essay competition.
V Adm K Swaminathan COP and Cmde G Rambabu, Commodore (Naval Education) were also present on this occasion.

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In Manipur, the annual festival “Mera Houchongba” has been celebrated at Kangla in Imphal.
The festival is held to foster and consolidate relations among hill tribes and valley people of the State
Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh along with the titular king of Manipur and Member of Rajya Sabha Leishemba Sanajaoba inaugurated the festival.

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In Jammu and Kashmir, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha inaugurated the 4th Annual Conference of the Indian Economics & Allied Sciences Association at the University of Kashmir in Srinagar
Prof Sudhakar Panda, President Indian Economics & Allied Sciences Association (IEASA), and Dr Alok Kumar, Secretary of IEASA also spoke on the occasion and highlighted the key features of the annual conference.

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In a pioneering move, the Department of Consumer Affairs (DoCA) in India, in partnership with IIT-BHU, has launched the “Dark Patterns Buster Hackathon 2023”.
This initiative aims to harness the collective power of hackers to develop cutting-edge solutions that protect consumers from the deceptive practices of dark patterns in e-commerce platforms.
The hackathon will run until February 17, 2024, and is structured into four levels.
The top five teams will receive cash prizes as follows:
1st Prize: INR 10 lakhs
2nd Prize: INR 5 lakhs
3rd Prize: INR 3 lakhs
4th Prize: INR 2 lakhs
5th Prize: INR 1 lakh

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HAL and Safran Aircraft Engines have signed an MoU to enhance industrial cooperation in aerospace.
HAL will manufacture LEAP engine parts, while jointly developing the Indian Multi-Role Helicopter.
One of the central aspects of this collaboration involves HAL’s production of LEAP (Leading Edge Aviation Propulsion) engine forgings at its state-of-the-art Foundry and Forge facility located in Bengaluru.
These LEAP engines power prominent aircraft models such as the Airbus A320 Neo family and the Boeing 737 Max.

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The 37th National Games were officially inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a ceremony held in Panaji, Goa.
As a symbol of Goa’s culture and identity, Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant felicitated the Prime Minister with a traditional Kunbi shawl.
The 37th edition of the National Games has marked a historic moment as it is being held in Goa for the very first time.