Current Affairs Quiz - October, 2022

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UNESCO released a list of 50 exclusive and iconic heritage textile crafts of India named ‘Handmade for the 21st Century: Safeguarding Traditional Indian Textile’.
It describes the processes behind their making, mentions the causes for their declining popularity and provides strategies for their preservation. Toda embroidery and Sungadi from Tamil Nadu, Himroo weaves from Hyderabad and Bandha tie and dye weaving from Odisha are some of the crafts included.

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According to UNICEF report released recently, 80 percent of child marriages can fall down if higher education is provided to all girls.
It also noted that secondary education is a much stronger and more consistent protection against child marriage than primary school education. The most progress in the past decade was seen in South Asia, where a girl’s risk of marrying in childhood dropped by over a third to below 30 per cent.

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Enceladus is one of the moons of Saturn. Recently scientists have discovered that there are oceans, or sub-surface oceans beneath the icy surface of the moon.
The team of scientists discovered that this ocean should be relatively rich in dissolved phosphorus, an essential ingredient for life. These insights were made from data generated by the space craft Cassini that orbited Saturn for nearly 13 years.

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Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) announced a collaboration deal with Google to promote Sanskrit.
ICCR and Google signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to advance the tech major’s artificial intelligence (AI)/machine learning (ML) language technology for translating Sanskrit literature to many other languages and vice-versa.

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Srishti Bakshi, a women’s rights activist from India, was honoured with the ‘Changemaker’ award at the UN SDG Action Awards.
The activist has travelled 3,800km around the country in less than a year to raise awareness on gender-based violence and inequality. She was awarded for “confronting gender-based violence and advocating for safe access to public spaces.”

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In October 2021, RBI announced the scale-based NBFC regulation, which has four layers: base layer, middle layer, upper layer and top layer.
Recently, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) released a list of 16 upper layer non-banking finance companies (NBFC-ULs) that must adhere to enhanced regulation. It includes LIC Housing Finance, Bajaj Finance, Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services, Shriram Transport among others.

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India’s Mars orbiter craft has completed eight years in its orbit, beyond its designed mission life of six months.
The Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) is the maiden interplanetary mission of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in September 2014 in its first attempt. ISRO is yet to announce its plans on a follow-on ‘Mangalyaan’ mission to the Mars.

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October 5 is celebrated as ‘World Teachers Day’ around the world. It is observed to express gratitude for the contributions of teachers.
The theme for World Teachers’ Day 2022 is ‘The change of education begins with teachers’. In 1994, UNESCO proclaimed October 5 as World Teachers’ Day. On this day in 1966, the intergovernmental meeting accepted the UNESCO Recommendation on the Status of Teachers.

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A Russian cosmonaut was launched from the U.S. for the first time in 20 years, in a SpaceX rocket.
The Russian cosmonaut rocketed to the International Space Station alongside NASA and Japanese astronauts despite tensions over the war in Ukraine.

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SFURTI (Scheme of Fund for Regeneration of Traditional Industries) was launched by the Union Ministry of MSME in the year 2005.
It aims to promote Cluster development across the country. Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) is the nodal Agency for promotion of Cluster development for Khadi as well as for Village Industry products. The SFURTI Mela was recently celebrated in Dilli Haat, for the first time, commemorating Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav.