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Daily GK Current Affairs News viable of 02 November 2021. – Here is the Regular current affairs viable of 02 November 2021 covering the following news headlines: Glasgow climate summit 2021, World Deaf Judo Championship, MCC life membership, Edelgive Hurun India Philanthropy List.

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So, here is the GK update of 02 November 2021 to help you prepare the Current affairs part. After reading this section, you can successfully attempt current affairs quiz.

Here current affairs have been categorized which is as follows

  • National News
  • International News
  • Sports News
  • Important Days
  • Obituaries News
  • Miscellaneous News

National News

  1. 5th edition of “Ganga Utsav 2021” begins
  • The 5th edition of the three-day-long Ganga Utsav has been organised from November 01 to 03, 2021 in virtual format.
  • The “Ganga Utsav 2021 – The River Festival “ will not only celebrate the glory of the river Ganga but all the rivers of the country to promote the celebration of ‘Nadi Utsav’ (River Festival).
  • The 2021 event has been organised under the leadership of the Union Minister for Jal Shakti, Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat.
  • The annual event is organised by the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) jointly with the Ministry of Jal Shakti to mark the anniversary of the announcement of River Ganga as the ‘National River’ on November 04, 2008..
  • The 2021 celebrations will be part of the 75 years of Independence and Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav celebrations.
  • On the first day of the festival, the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) got registered in the Guinness Book of World Records for the highest number of photos of handwritten notes uploaded on Facebook in an hour.

International News

  1. New Zealand names critically endangered native long-tailed bat as Bird of the Year
  • The critically endangered New Zealand long-tailed bat has been named as the New Zealand Bird of the Year 2021.
  • The long-tailed bat is the only land mammal native to New Zealand. It is also known as the long-tailed wattled bat or pekapeka-to-roa.
  • The Bird of the Year competition is organized annually by Forest and Bird, a New Zealand-based independent conservation organization, to raise awareness among citizens about the country’s native birds.
  1. ‘Vax’ selected as Oxford English Dictionary’s 2021 Word of the Year

  • ‘Wax’ has been voted the Word of the Year in 2021 by the Oxford English Dictionary (OED).
  • Wax is derived from the Latin word vecca, which means cow.
  • Wax is used as an abbreviation for vaccine and means a substance injected into a person’s body to protect them from getting disease.
  • Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, words related to vaccines saw an increase in 2021, including words like double-vaxxed, unvaxed and anti-vaxxer.

Sports News

  1. J&K team clinch 1st position in World Deaf Judo Championship
  • The Jammu and Kashmir team for the deaf secured the first position in the World Deaf Judo Championship held at Paris Versailles, France. Rakshanda Mehak, who is part of the Indian team for the deaf, won the bronze medal after defeating the South Korean team in the semi-finals.
  • The championship was held in Versailles, France. The championship is organized by the International Committee for Sports for the Deaf.

Important takeaways for all competitive exams:

  • International Committee of Sports for the Deaf Founded: 1924;
  • International Committee of Sports for the Deaf President: Rebecca Adam.

Important Days

  1. International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists : 02 November
  • The International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists is observed annually on 2 November.
  • Purpose: to prevent all attacks and violence against journalists and media workers; to ensure accountability, bring to justice perpetrators of crimes against journalists and media workers, and ensure that victims have access to appropriate remedies.
  • The day was recognized by the UN General Assembly in December 2013.
  • The date chosen by the UN marks the death of Ghislaine Dupont and Claude Verlon, two French journalists killed while reporting in Mali on November 2, 2013.

Obituaries News

  1. Australian Cricket legend, Alan Davidson, passes away at 92
  • Australian and New South Wales cricket all-rounder Alan Davidson has passed away at the age of 92.
  • Davidson was the first player to achieve the feat of scoring 100 runs as well as taking 10 wickets in a Test match.
  • The great left-arm swing bowler played 44 Tests for Australia in which he took 186 wickets and scored 1328 runs.
  1. Former PM of Afghanistan Ahmad Shah Ahmadzai passes away

  • Former Prime Minister (PM) of Afghanistan and a renowned Jihadi leader Ahmed Shah Ahmedzai passed away at the age of 77 in Kabul, Afghanistan.
  • Ahmed Shah Ahmadzai has served as the acting Prime Minister of Afghanistan under President Burhanuddin Rabbani during 1995–1996 prior to the 1996 Taliban takeover.

Miscellaneous News

  1. ‘Vax’ named Oxford English Dictionary’s Word of the Year 2021
  • ‘Wax’ has been voted the Word of the Year in 2021 by the Oxford English Dictionary (OED). Wax is derived from the Latin word vecca, which means cow.
  • Wax is used as an acronym for vaccines and means a substance put into a person’s body to protect them from getting a disease.
  • Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, words related to vaccines saw an increase in 2021, including words like double-vaxxed, unvaxed and anti-vaxxer.

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