Current Affairs Quiz - October, 2022

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Uttar Pradesh cabinet approved a Micro Small Medium Enterprises Promotion Policy (MSME) 2022 and Uttar Pradesh Bioenergy Policy-2022.
The state cabinet also approved a proposal to reorganise the State Planning Commission as the State Transformation Commission (STC) on the pattern of the Niti Aayog. STC would act as a policy think tank to the government as well as perform the work of planning commission.

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The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Odisha state government to sanction budgetary allocation of Rs 4967 lakh towards rejuvenation of Sukapaika Drainage Channel project by March 2023.
The NGT directed to rejuvenate the dead river, to mitigate the drinking water crisis of at least three blocks of Cuttack district.

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October 1 is observed as the International Day of Older Persons across the world every year. It was introduced by the United Nations General Assembly with an aim of honouring the contribution of older persons and focussing on the problems they face.
This year, the theme for the International Day of Older Persons is ‘Resilience of Older Persons in a Changing World’.

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India is the leading exporter of Basmati Rice to the global market, as it exported 3,948,161 MT of Basmati Rice worth Rs. 26,416 Crores during 2021-22.
The Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) recently organised ‘Kisan Sampark Yatra’ in Haryana and Punjab to obtain feedback on the three newly released IARI Basmati varieties. Pusa Basmati 1847, Pusa Basmati 1885 and Pusa Basmati 1886 were by ICAR-IARI with inbuilt resistance to Bacterial blight and blast diseases.

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Dr. A K Anil Kumar, Senior Scientist in ISRO is elected as the Vice President of the International Astronautical Federation (IAF), during its Annual Conference held in Paris.
International Astronautical Federation (IAF) is the world’s leading space advocacy body with 433 members in 72 countries. IAF encourages development of astronautics for peaceful purposes and supports dissemination of scientific information.

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October 2 is celebrated as Swachh Bharat Diwas across India. Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation (DDWS), which organises Swachh Bharat Diwas-2022, implements two programmes -Swachh Bharat Mission Grameen (SBM-G) and Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM).
President of India Droupadi Murmu confers the awards for Swachh Survekshan Grameen (SSG) 2022, Swachhta Hi Sewa 2022, Sujlam 1.0 and 2.0, Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) Functionality Assessment, Har Ghar Jal certification and Start-up Grand Challenge.

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As per the draft guidelines issued by the Finance Ministry, Regional rural banks (RRBs) will be eligible to list on stock exchanges and raise funds if they have net worth of at least Rs 300 crore over the previous three years.
Such banks must have a capital adequacy of 9 per cent in each of the previous three years and recorded operating profit of at least Rs 15 crore for a minimum of three out of the preceding five years, among other norms.

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An international team of researchers has found acidity levels increasing three to four times faster than ocean waters elsewhere.
They also found a strong correlation between the accelerated rate of melting ice in the region and the rate of ocean acidification. This is the first analysis of Arctic acidification that includes data from more than two decades.

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The ‘Matdata Junction’ is a radio series produced by the Election Commission of India, in collaboration with All India Radio.
It is a yearlong Voter Awareness Program and the program will be broadcast every on All India Radio network in 23 languages. It will have thematic episodes on voter registration, Informed and Ethical Voting, Value of Vote, Inclusive and Accessible Elections, Model Code of Conduct, EVMs among others.

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Swedish geneticist Svante Pääbo won the 2022 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for discoveries related to genomes of extinct hominins and human evolution.
Pääbo sequenced the genome of the Neanderthal, an extinct relative of present-day humans. He also made the discovery of a previously unknown hominin named Denisova. The prestigious award comes with a gold medal and 10 million Swedish kronor (over USD 1.14 million).