10 PM Current Affairs Quiz : November 4

• The International Conference on “Ramayan Circuit and Mithila-Awadh Relations” has started at Janakpur in Nepal on November 3, 2017.
• Eminent experts from India and Nepal are participating in 2 day event.
• It must be noted that during Prime Minister NarendraModi’s Nepal Visit in 2014, an agreement was signed between India and Nepal to develop Ayodhya and Janakpur as twin cities.

• The 14-day joint training exercise “PRABAL DOSTYK – 2017” has started between the Indian Army and the Kazakhstan Army at Bakloh, Himachal Pradesh.
• The purpose of the joint exercise is to enhance the military ties between the two countries as also at achieving interoperability between the two armies.
• The training contingents comprise of platoon strength from the 11th Gorkha Rifles of the Indian Army and a similar strength of the Kazakhstan Army.

• The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has successfully launched its 3136 kg GSAT-19 communication satellite with its brand new and heaviest – Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark-III D-1 (GSLV-Mk III D-1) satellite into Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO) from the SatishDhawan Space Centre (SDSC) in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh on June 5, 2017.
• The satellite GSAT-19 has an intended life span of 10 years and is developed to improve telecommunication and broadcasting areas.
• The GSLV-Mk III is popularly known as “fat boy” and is developed for 15 years at a cost of around Rs 300 crore.
• The rocket is capable of carrying payloads of up to 4,000 kg into the GTO and 10,000 kg into the Low Earth Orbit (LEO). The GSLV-Mk III is a three stage rocket. Its first stage is made of two strap on motors filled with solid fuel. The second stage uses the liquid fuel and the third is the cryogenic upper stage “C25”, which is powered by the highly complex indigenous cryogenic engine “CE20”. The number 20 denotes the 20-ton thrust it generates for the rocket to reach the intended height with the heavy mass on board.

A.)First option is incorrect. Etikoppaka toys located on the banks of the river Varaha in Vishakhapatnam district of AP, is a small village called Etikoppaka. Made in the Etikoppaka region of Andhra Pradesh.

B.) Second option is correct. The Geographical Indication Registry (GIR) has given Geographical Indication (GI) tag traditional Etikoppaka toys (Etikoppaka Bommalu) from Andhra Pradesh.

C.) Third option is correct. The village is very famous for its toys made of wood. The toys are also called as lacquer toys because of the colours used.

D.) Fourth is also correct. Art of making traditional wooden Etikoppaka toys is more than 400 years old and it has been traditionally handed over to them by their ancestors through generations.

Statement 1 is correct as The United Nations has designated the first Monday of October every year as World Habitat Day.

Statement 2 is incorrect as the theme of this this year’s World Habitat Day is Housing Policies: Affordable homes

• The Financial Action Task Force (on Money Laundering) (FATF) is an intergovernmental organization founded in 1989 on the initiative of the G7 to develop policies to combat money laundering.
• In 2001 the purpose expanded to act on terrorism financing.
• It monitors countries’ progress in implementing the FATF Recommendations by ‘peer reviews’ (‘mutual evaluations’) of member countries.
• Intergovernmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA) is a specialised institution of the Economic Community of West African States responsible for facilitating the adoption and implementation of Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Counter-Financing of Terrorism
• In addition to FATF’s “Forty plus Nine” Recommendations, in 2000 FATF issued a list of “Non-Cooperative Countries or Territories” (NCCTs), commonly called the FATF Blacklist. This was a list of 15 jurisdictions that, for one reason or another, FATF members believed were uncooperative with other jurisdictions in international efforts against money laundering (and, later, terrorism financing).