Current Affairs Quiz - December, 2022

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The French baguette has been recently awarded the UNESCO “intangible cultural heritage status”.
As per the National Federation of French Bakeries, more than six billion baguettes are baked every year in France. It is a bread with crusty exterior and soft middle and is an essential part of French life.

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‘The Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare’ is commemorated on November 30 every year.
This day was adopted by the United Nations to remember the victims of chemical warfare. It aims to encourage efforts for eliminating the use of chemical weapons and remember those who have suffered because of such warfare.

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China successfully launched the spacecraft carrying three astronauts to its space station. The three astronauts met with their colleagues after docking with the under-construction space station.
With this, China becomes the first country to gather six of its astronauts in space. The Shenzhou-15 spaceship blasted off  atop the Long March-2F Y15 carrier rocket. The space station is expected to be completed by the end of this year. Once ready, China will be the only country to own a space station.

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Haryana has also become the first state in the country to implement an open-loop ticketing system, using the National Common Mobility Card.
The Indian President launched the scheme, which will help the roadways in route rationalisation according to the number of passengers and buses. It also aims to promote the use of open-loop ticketing. The President also launched Nirogi Haryana scheme, under which 24.75 lakh families would be given free intensive health check-up.

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The Supreme Court bench led by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud mooted an idea to bring focus on a Project Great Indian Bustard similar to Project Tiger.
The apex court was informed about deaths of male and female Great Indian Bustard in priority areas. The bench directed the chief secretaries of Rajasthan and Gujarat to conduct assessment relating to transmission lines and bird diverters required to protect the Great Indian Bustard.

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An Indian Coast Guard Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) Mk-III squadron- 840 Sqn (CG), was commissioned by DG VS Pathania at ICG Air Station, Chennai.
The ALH Mk-III helicopters are indigenously manufactured by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL). They feature advanced RADAR, Shakti engines, advanced communication systems, search-and-rescue homer among other equipment for reconnaissance. A total of 16 ALH Mk-III aircraft have been inducted in the Indian Coast Guard in a phased manner.

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‘Gaslighting’ has been announced as Merriam-Webster’s word of the year 2022. Searches for the word on merriam-webster.com have increased over 1000 per cent in 2022 over the year before.
The definition for gaslighting is the psychological manipulation of a person, which causes the victim to question the validity of their own thoughts, perception of reality, or memories and typically leads to confusion, loss of confidence and self-esteem.

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According to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), more than 100 million people were forcibly displaced in 2022, most of them within their own countries, for the first time ever.
The report is titled ‘Turning the tide on internal displacement: A development approach to solutions’. This was the highest global figure and more than twice the number recorded 10 years ago, as per the analysis by UNDP and the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre.

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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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Israeli President Isaac Herzog held talks with Bahraini King and Crown Prince during the first trip by an Israeli head of state to the Gulf kingdom.
Isaac Herzog made the trip after the two countries normalised diplomatic relations in the year 2020.