Current Affairs Quiz - December, 2021

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A Royal Bengal Tiger has been spotted in Buxa tiger reserve in West Bengal, after at least 23 years, as per the West Bengal government.
A picture of a tiger was captured on a trap camera in the forest of East Damanpur of Buxa tiger reserve.  It was in 1998 that images of a Royal Bengal Tiger were captured at the reserve earlier. The reserve had lost its identity as a tiger reserve from the National Wild Life Board.

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India, Iran and Uzbekistan held a virtual second trilateral working group meeting on the joint use of Chabahar port.
Dr. Sanjeev Ranjan, secretary, Ministry of ports, shipping and waterways co-chaired the meet along with his counterparts. India is participating in the development of the first phase of the Shahid Behesti Terminal, Chabahar port in cooperation with Iran.

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The Geographical Indications Registry (GIR) has accepted the plea to rename Bihar Makhana as Mithila Makhana.
It also suggested amendments in the brand logo to reflect its origins along with identifying and protecting the product’s Geographical Indications (GI) rights. Makhana or fox nut is one of the most famous products of mithila region, span across Bihar and Jharkand.

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India’s leading public sector bank “bob World Wave” has launched a solution for digital banking payments, named bob World Wave.
The bob World Wave is a wearable device, which will allow customers to monitor their Sp02, body temperature, heart rate and blood pressure. BoB has partnered with NPCI to offer the wearable payment solution.

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Indian government approved a Rs 76,000-crore scheme to boost semiconductor and display manufacturing in the country.
Under Design Linked Incentive (DLI) scheme, the Government will support 100 domestic companies of semiconductor design for Integrated Circuits (ICs), Chipsets, System on Chips (SoCs), Systems & IP Cores and semiconductor linked design. The scheme will offer incentive of eligible expenditure and product deployment linked incentive.

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The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will install new surveillance cameras at Iran’s Karaj nuclear facility under an agreement between the two sides.
The cameras will replace those that were removed from the Karaj centrifuge component manufacturing workshop earlier this year. Iran and the agency will exchange information and assessments in this regard.

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The Union Cabinet passed a proposal to raise the legal age of marriage for women from 18 to 21 years — the same as men.
This step is based on recommendations submitted to NITI Aayog in December 2020 by the task force headed by Jaya Jaitly, which was constituted to examine “matters pertaining to age of motherhood, imperatives of lowering MMR (Maternal Mortality Rate), improvement of nutritional levels and related issues”.

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World Arabic Language Day is observed on 18 December to honour the language, which is spoken by over 400 million people globally.
It has been celebrated since 2012 to mark the adoption of Arabic as the sixth official language of the United Nations by the UN General Assembly. This year, the theme of the World Arabic Language Day is “Arabic Language, a bridge between civilisations”.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been conferred with the highest civilian award of Bhutan, Ngadag Pel gi Khorlo.
Bhutan Prime Minister Lotay Tshering also wished his countrymen as they celebrate the 114th National Day of Bhutan which commemorates the Coronation of the First King of Bhutan, Druk Gyalpo Ugyen Wangchuck in 1907.

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The new generation nuclear-capable ballistic missile ‘Agni P (Prime)’ was successfully test-fired from Odisha coast.
The Defence Research and Development Organisation said that ‘Agni P’ is a two-stage canisterised solid propellant ballistic missile. This was the second test of the Agni Prime missile, with the first test in June this year. The surface-to-surface ballistic missile has a range of 1,000 to 2,000 km.