Current Affairs Quiz - December, 2022

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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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Gautam Adani-led Adani Properties won the bid for the renovation of Dharavi, the second-largest slum colony in Asia. The Maharashtra government authorities opened the financial bids for the Dharavi redevelopment project, one of the largest redevelopment projects in India.  DLF and Shree Naman Developers were the other two bidders who competed.

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Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) has observed ‘Adoption Awareness Month’ in November.
As part of the ‘Adoption Awareness Month’, CARA organised 10 State orientation programmes, 200 special social media campaigns, held meets with Prospective Adoptive Parents. CARA is a statutory body of the Ministry of Women and Child Development.

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‘International Day of Persons with Disabilities’ is observed on 3 December every year. The annual observance of the International Day of Disabled Persons was proclaimed in 1992 by United Nations General Assembly.
More than one billion people, or approximately 15 per cent of the world’s population, live with some form of disability. 80 per cent of the total disabled people live in developing countries.

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Rajeeva Laxman Karandikar, professor emeritus at Chennai Mathematical Institute (CMI), has been appointed as part-time chairperson of National Statistical Commission of India (NSCI) for three years.
The National Statistical Commission of India is an autonomous body which was formed in June 2005 under the recommendation of Rangarajan commission.

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Odisha received over ₹10.5 lakh cr investment proposals during Make in Odisha (MIO Conclave 2022).
During the three-day (MIO Conclave 2022), the state received an overall investment proposal worth ₹10.5 lakh crores. UK-based Sram and Mram Group announced Rs 2-lakh crore investment for a semiconductor unit in Odisha at the ‘Make in Odisha Conclave’.

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Asha, one of the cheetahs released at Madhya Pradesh’s Kuno National Park, has killed her first Nilgai calf, diversifying its prey.
This is seen as an important step in adaptability of cheetahs to the new environment. After being released into the enclosure, the wild cat had made her first kill—a cheetal. All the cheetahs at Kuno had so far only killed cheetals, the most abundant prey in the park.

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After significant deterioration in air quality of Delhi-NCR in last 24 hours, the Stage III of revised Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) was invoked.
This is in addition to the preventive/ restrictive actions mentioned in Stage I and Stage II of the GRAP. Delhi’s overall Air Quality Index (AQI) crossed the 407 mark, which is likely to be a localized influence.

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Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act was amended in 2021 to make provision for medical termination of pregnancies for up to 24 weeks for special categories of women.
Delhi High Court has allowed a 26-year-old woman to terminate 33 week pregnancy after she moved the court claiming ‘cerebral abnormality’ of the foetus. The bench cited the choice of mother and dignified life of unborn child.

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Indonesian lawmakers unanimously passed a sweeping new criminal code that criminalizes sex outside marriage.
The new code, which also applies to foreign residents and tourists, bans cohabitation before marriage, apostasy, and provides punishments for insulting the president or expressing views counter to the national ideology.