ALL EXAM QUIZ 02.11.2023

Explanation:

• Rajaji Tiger Reserve Conservation Foundation will be established Uttarakhand Government.
• On 30 October, the state government decided to establish the Foundation to accelerate the ecological, economic, social and cultural development of the landscape in and around the reserve.
• The key objectives of the Foundation are to protect the natural environment in and around the reserve and provide alternative livelihood opportunities to local communities to reduce their dependence on forests.

Explanation:

• Four Special Operations received the Union Home Minister’s “Special Operation Medal” for 2023.
• The “Union Home Minister’s Special Operation Medal” for the year 2023 has been granted to 4 Special Operations.
• The award is conferred for Special Operations in counter-terrorism, border action, arms control, prevention of narcotics smuggling and rescue operations.
• The Union Home Minister’s “Special Operation Medal” is announced every year on 31st October.
• Usually, 3 Special Operations are considered for this award. It may be given up to 5 Special Operations to encourage State/UT Police.
• This award was constituted in 2018. Its main objective is to recognize operations, which have a high degree of planning and are significant for the security of the state/ Country.

Explanation:

• 6th session of the International Solar Alliance Assembly is being held in New Delhi.
• The Sixth Assembly of the International Solar Alliance is scheduled to be organized from October 30 - November 2, 2023.
• Ministers, missions and delegates from 116 countries are participating in the event.
• President of the ISA Assembly, RK Singh, inaugurated four solar Demonstration Projects completed under the ISA grant initiative.
• These demonstration Projects were inaugurated in Malawi, Fiji, Seychelles and Kiribati.

Explanation:

• Three Indian-assisted development projects were jointly inaugurated by Prime Ministers of India and Bangladesh on 01 November 2023 via video conferencing.
• The three projects are the Akhaura-Agartala Cross-Border Rail Link, Port Khulna-Mongla Rail Line, and Unit-II of the Maitree Super Thermal Power Plant.
• The Akhaura-Agartala Cross-Border Rail Link is 12.24 km long with a 6.78 km Dual Gauge rail line in Bangladesh and 5.46 km in Tripura.
• It has been executed under the Government of India grant assistance of 392.52 crore rupees extended to Bangladesh.
• The total project cost of the Khulna-Mongla Port Rail Line is USD 388.92 million.

Explanation:

• UNESCO named Kozhikode as the City of Literature and Gwalior as the City of Music.
• 55 cities have been designated by UNESCO in seven creative fields: crafts and folk art, design, film, gastronomy, literature, media arts and music.
• The designation was approved by UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay on World Cities Day. World Cities Day is observed on October 31.
• Kozhikode in Kerala has been designated as the City of Literature while Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh has been named the ‘City of Music.’
• Tansen, a renowned Hindustani classical musician, was born in Gwalior in a Hindu Gaur Brahmin family.

Explanation:

• Index of Eight Core Industries recorded 8.1% growth in September 2023 on an annual basis.
• In August 2023, the Index of Eight Core Industries had grown 12.1%.
• Index of Eight Core Industries grew 7.8% YoY during April and September 2023-24.
• In September 2023, positive growth was recorded in the production of coal, steel, electricity, natural gas, refinery products, cement and fertilisers over the corresponding month of last year.

Explanation:

• Aitana Bonmati and Lionel Messi have been named the 2023 Ballon d'Or winners.
• Lionel Messi has won the eighth Ballon d’Or. Messi is now three Ballons d’Or ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo.
• Aitana Bonmati has won the Women’s Ballon d’Or Award 2023.
• Erling Haaland of Manchester City has won the Gerd Muller Trophy.
• Haaland won this trophy for scoring the most number of goals in all competitions -56.

Explanation:

• South Africa defended its title and won the Rugby World Cup for the fourth time by defeating New Zealand 12-11. South Africa became the first team to win the Rugby World Cup title four times.

Rugby

• Rugby is a football game played by two teams of 15 players (in rugby union play) or 13 players (in rugby league play) using an oval ball on a pitch, which is a rectangular field.
• At both ends of the field, there are H-shaped goalposts.
• Rugby union or Rugby league is played between two teams, and the team with the most points wins the game.

Explanation:

• World Vegan Day is celebrated globally on 1 November every year.
• The day is celebrated to spread the benefits of vegetarianism for humans, non-human animals and the natural environment.
• Vegetarian Day is an occasion to promote the benefits of a vegetarian diet and vegetarianism in general.
• The day was established in 1994 in the United Kingdom by Louise Wallis, then president of The Vegan Society, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the organization’s founding and the coining of the terms “vegan” and “veganism.”

Explanation:

• Renowned 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 Independent University Bangladesh (IUB). He was an associate of the United Kingdom’s International Institute on Environment and Development (IIED)