Current Affairs Quiz - December, 2022

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The Kirit Parikh Committee on Gas pricing recently submitted its report to the Union Petroleum Ministry.
The panel has suggested that a floor price of USD 4 per million British thermal unit and a cap or ceiling price of USD 6.5 per mmBtu on gas from old or legacy fields. The panel has also recommended the prices of domestic gas should be linked to the international prices.

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India has provided financial assistance of USD 100 million to the Maldives government to help tackle the economic challenges faced by the country.
The financial support of USD 100 million to the Maldives government will be provided through subscription in Maldives’ Government Domestic Treasury bonds by State Bank of India, Male.

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The gross GST revenue collected in the month of November 2022 is ₹1,45,867 crore. The revenues for the month of November are 11% higher than the GST revenues in the same month last year.
Out of the total revenue, CGST is ₹25,681 crore, SGST is ₹32,651 crore, IGST is ₹77,103 crore and Cess is ₹10,433 crore.

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The tenure of Foreign Secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatra has been extended for 16 months, beyond his date of superannuation.
This is informed Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi. Vinay Mohan Kwatra assumed charge as the new Foreign Secretary of the country on May 1.

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The government asked multi-system operators to apply to register as a company within the next three months to provide local news and current affairs programmes.
The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting issued guidelines that permit Multi-System Operators (MSOs) to transmit their own programming service.

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Two entirely new minerals have been found in a huge meteorite that fell on Somalia. The official names for the new minerals are elaliite and elkinstantonite.
The name ‘elaliite’ marks the fact that the meteorite was unearthed in the district of El Ali in Somalia, and ‘elkinstantonite’ is named after the NASA expert Lindy Elkins-Tanton. A third unidentified mineral, is being analysed by the University of Alberta researchers.

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The Chhattisgarh Assembly unanimously passed two amendment bills to raise Reservations in government jobs and admission in educational institutions to 76%.
According to the bills, Scheduled Tribes will now get a quota of 32%, Other Backward Classes 27%, and Scheduled Caste 13%, while the Economically Weaker Section (EWS) will get 4% reservation in public employment and admissions in educational institutions.

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The State Bank of India raised ₹10,000 crore through its maiden infrastructure bond issuance at a coupon rate of 7.51 per cent.
The tenor for the bond is set at 10 years and this is the largest single infra bond sale by any domestic lender. The proceeds of the bond will be utilised to enhance long- term resources for funding infrastructure and affordable housing segment.

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A new dialogue-based chatbot, ChatGPT has been developed by OpenAI, an artificial intelligence research and development company.
The chatbot can interact in a ‘conversational way’, answer follow-up questions, admit its mistakes, challenge incorrect premise and also reject requests that it finds inappropriate. ChatGPT is based on the company’s GPT-3.5 technology model, which uses deep learning to make human-like conversations.

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The World Health Organization (WHO) released the ‘Global report on health equity for persons with disabilities’.
As per the report, many people with disabilities have the risk of premature death, even up to 20 years earlier than others, due to systemic and pervasive health disparities. The report recommends 40 steps for governments to implement in the health sector.