Daily Current Affairs November 02

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November 02 | Daily Current Affairs 2021

Important Days – Daily Current Affairs November 02

1. National Ayurveda Day is observed on which date?
A) November 1
B) November 2
C) November 3
D) November 6
E) November 5
Answer: B) November 2

• The central government wants to reduce the burden of diseases by utilising the potential of Ayurveda.
• Ayurveda is perceived as one of the most ancient and well documented system of medicine equally relevant in modern times.
• The National Ayurveda Day is celebrated every year on the occasion of Dhanwantari Jayanti, Dhanteras since 2016.
• Lord Dhanvantari is considered as divine propagator of Ayurveda.
• Last year, the Prime Minister Narendra Modi had dedicated two future-ready Ayurveda institutions the Institute of Teaching and Research in Ayurveda, Jamnagar and the National Institute of Ayurveda, Jaipur.

International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists:

• Reporting the news can be a risky job if you are up against the powerful, and statistics tell you the same.
• On average, one journalist has been murdered every 4 days in the last decade.
• Many of these journalists were killed in countries with no armed conflict.
• More than 12,000 journalists have assassinated between 2006 and 2020 for just doing their job.
• UNESCO observatory for killed journalists says that the killers walk free in 9 out of 10 cases.
• These stats paint a gloomy picture for freedom of press.

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Obituary – Daily Current Affairs November 02

2. Aaron Beck passed away. He was related to which country?
A) Thailand
B) Nepal
C) USA
D) Bhutan
E) China
Answer: C) USA

• American psychiatrist Aaron T. Beck, considered the father of cognitive therapy — an approach developed in the 1960s that revolutionized the field of psychotherapy — died at age 100.
• He died at his home in Philadelphia, according to a statement from his daughter Judith Beck, the president of the Beck Institute, an organization of thousands of professionals practicing cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT.

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Banking and Finance – Daily Current Affairs November 02

3. Which Bank offers pre-approved 2-wheeler loan on mobile app?
A) Kotak Mahindra Bank
B) State Bank of India
C) Indian Bank
D) ICICI Bank
E) HDFC Bank
Answer: B) State Bank of India

• State Bank of India (SBI) has launched a pre-approved two-wheeler loan scheme ‘SBI Easy Ride’ through its digital banking platform YONO.
• Eligible SBI customers can avail of two-wheeler loans, up to 85 per cent of on-road price subject to eligibility, through the YONO app without visiting the bank branch.
• Customers can apply for the Easy Ride loan for an amount up to ₹3 lakh at an interest rate of 10.5 per cent per annum onwards for a maximum tenure of four years, the Bank said in a statement.
• The minimum loan amount has been fixed at ₹20,000.
• The Bank emphasised that the EMI is as low as ₹2,560 per lakh.
• The loan availed will be disbursed directly into the dealer’s account.

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4. Which company announced the launch of SafeCard, which is a tokenisation solution for online debit and credit card transactions?
A) BharatPe
B) Indel Money
C) PhonePe
D) LegalPay
E) Innoviti
Answer: C) PhonePe

• Digital payments major PhonePe announced the launch of PhonePe SafeCard, which is a tokenisation solution for online debit and credit card transactions.
• SafeCard will also enable PhonePe merchant partners to offer and use tokenisation on their own platforms through a simple Application programming interface (API) integration.

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Business and Economy – Daily Current Affairs November 02

5. Which company has become the first operator to bring mobile connectivity to Demchok in eastern Ladakh with the start of its 4G voice and data services in the border village?
A) TCS
B) Reliance Jio
C) Cisco
D) Microsoft
E) HCL Technologies
Answer: B) Reliance Jio

• Billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Jio has become the first operator to bring mobile connectivity to Demchok in eastern Ladakh with the start of its 4G voice and data services in the border village.
• Jamyang Tsering Namgyal, Member of Parliament from Leh, inaugurated Jio mobile tower in Demchok and dedicated 4G services to the people of the border village, Army, ITBA, and travellers.

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Books and Authors – Daily Current Affairs November 02

6. The Sage with Two Horns is authored by whom?
1) Kavitha Rao
2) Bimal Prasad
3) Sudha Murty
A) Only 1
B) Only 3
C) Only 2
D) Only 1 & 3
E) Only 2 & 3
Answer: B) Only 3

• One of India’s favourite authors Sudha Murty has a Diwali gift for children – her latest book ”The Sage with Two Horns” in which she tells numerous lesser-known and fascinating stories that have been lost in the pages of Indian mythology.
• This is the fifth and last book of her ‘Unusual Tales from mythology’ series featuring kings and queens, gods and goddesses, sages and extraordinary men and women of wisdom.

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Awards – Daily Current Affairs November 04

7. Which word declared Oxford English Dictionary’s word of the year?
A) Heavy
B) Spread
C) Covid
D) CoronaVirus
E) Vax
Answer: E) Vax

• Words related to vaccines have spiked in frequency in 2021 due to Covid, with double-vaxxed, unvaxxed and anti-vaxxer all seeing a surge in use.
• Vax and vaxx are both accepted spellings but the form with one x is more common.
• Use of the word pandemic has also increased by more than 57,000% this year.
• Oxford Languages and Collins each decide their own word of the year, and in 2020 Collins chose “lockdown”.

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Science and Technology – Daily Current Affairs November 02

8. Which IIT, IISc Bangalore, ISI collaborate with tech firm to upgrade website collating Covid data?
A) IIT Mumbai
B) IIT Mandi
C) IIT Kharagpur
D) II Kanpur
E) IIT Madras
Answer: E) IIT Madras

• Three premier institutes of the country have joined hands with a private technology firm to upgrade a website collating critical COVID-19 data and providing a standardised format for the benefit of people and researchers studying the pandemic, according to officials.
• Researchers will automate the process of data collection from central and state government websites and collate them, providing historical data as well as analyses on cases, recoveries and vaccination levels.
• The officials said the website www.covid19india.org offered a comprehensive view on the pandemic across India by providing data on confirmed cases, active and recovered cases, tests and fatalities.

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9. Amazon to launch first two internet satellites in ___?
A) 2023
B) 2024
C) 2025
D) 2027
E) 2022
Answer: E) 2022

• Amazon is getting ready to go to space.
• The first two prototype satellites from Project Kuiper, the internet-from-space venture from the e-commerce giant, are scheduled to launch in the fourth quarter of 2022, Amazon announced.
• That will formally kick off its competition with SpaceX, the space company owned by Elon Musk, and OneWeb, among other rivals, for beaming high-speed internet connections to customers from low Earth orbit.
• It will also be a crucial test of the satellites’ design before the company launches thousands more devices into orbit.

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National Affairs – Daily Current Affairs November 02

10. Which state kick-started a Janasevaka programme offering 58 services, including ration at subsidised rates, at the doorstep in all the 28 Assembly constituencies?
A) Maharashtra
B) Gujarat
C) Karnataka
D) Uttarakhand
E) Tripura
Answer: C) Karnataka

• Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai kick-started a Janasevaka programme offering 58 services, including ration at subsidised rates, at the doorstep in all the 28 Assembly constituencies in Bengaluru urban districts and they include 198 municipal wards.
• Bommai said the scheme would be implemented throughout the State from January 26.

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11. Who launched five vessels at Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) and inaugurated new Radars and Vessel Traffic Management System at the Cochin Port Trust?
A) Ram Nath Kovind
B) K. Vijay Raghavan
C) Sarbananda Sonowal
D) Smriti Zubin Irani
E) Anurag Thakur
Answer: C) Sarbananda Sonowal

• ”The Model Room at CSL’s Administrative Building portrays 50 years of CSL’s rich history.
• Smrithi exhibits the major vessels built by CSL over the past five decades,” CSL said.
• From the country’s first ever Indigenous Aircraft Carrier to autonomous vessels and to ferries for the local conveyance are displayed here.
• At present 14 ship models are displayed here with a scope to increase the number.

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12. Which company signs MoU with Ministry of Rural Development for DAY-NRLM program?
A) TCS
B) Flipkart
C) Cisco
D) Microsoft
E) HCL Technologies
Answer: B) Flipkart

• Flipkart, India’s homegrown e-commerce marketplace, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Rural Development of the Government of India (MoRD), for their ambitious Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Rural Livelihood Mission (DAY-NRLM) program, to help empower local businesses and self-help groups (SHGs) – especially those that are led by women – by bringing them into the e-commerce fold.
• The MoRD’s DAY-NRLM programme with its outreach in 6768 blocks of 706 districts across all 28 States and 6 UTs has 7.84 crore women mobilized into more than 71 lakh SHGs is proving as the game-changing initiative to empower poor rural women.

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13. The Defence Ministry approved the procurement of arms and military equipment worth _____ including 12 light utility helicopters from Hindustan Aeronautics Limited?
A) Rs 4,965 crore
B) Rs 5,965 crore
C) Rs 6,965 crore
D) Rs 7,965 crore
E) Rs 9,965 crore
Answer: D) Rs 7,965 crore

• All these proposals are under ‘Make in India’ with a focus on design, development and manufacturing in the country, according to the statement.
• The military equipment are being procured at a time the Indian armed forces are locked in a bitter border row with China in eastern Ladakh.

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14. Which organisation has rolled out a scheme for settlement of tax disputes involving small tax payers to be processed entirely electronically?
A) BDL
B) CBDT
C) BEL
D) NHPC
E) IndianOil
Answer: B) CBDT

• The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has rolled out a scheme for settlement of tax disputes involving small tax payers to be processed entirely electronically.
• Under the e-Settlement Scheme, 2021 that is effective, an ‘interim board’ will decide on applications for settlement.
• The interim board is tasked with handling pleas that are transferred from the Settlement Commission.

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15. Which ministry launch one-stop permission website to ease process of filming on trains?
1) Ministry of Home
2) Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
3) Ministry of Railways
A) Only 1
B) Only 3
C) Only 2
D) Only 1 & 3
E) Only 2 & 3
Answer: E) Only 2 & 3

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16. Which organisation and Sweden Embassy launch Instagram reels challenge for school students?
A) CII
B) NTPC
C) NHAI
D) CCI
E) Atal Innovation Mission
Answer: E) Atal Innovation Mission

• The Sweden India Nobel Memorial Week 2021 by the Embassy of Sweden in India has announced the launch of the #SHEStem insta-reels challenge for students.
• The challenge has been launched in collaboration with Atal Innovation Mission (AIM).
• Students are invited to apply their creative side whilst sending in their entries for the high-voltage contest.
• As STEM leaders, students have to answer how they would make the world a better place through STEM.

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17. Which financial Corporation has launched a special loan product to the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME) sector?
A) Maharashtra
B) Kerala
C) Karnataka
D) Uttarakhand
E) Tripura
Answer: B) Kerala

• Kerala Financial Corporation (KFC), a leading State-level financial institution, has launched a special loan product to the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME) sector, aiming to assist them execute work orders and also discount pending bills.
• Under the scheme, 75 per cent of the cost of work received from government departments/agencies/PSUs will be provided as a loan, a spokesman for the corporation said.
• Maximum assistance will be ₹20 crore for companies/registered cooperative societies and ₹8 crore for others.

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