Current Affairs Quiz - December, 2022

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The World Bank recently released its flagship report titled ‘Migration and Development Brief’.
As per the report, Remittance flows to India will rise 12% to reach USD 100 billion this year. Remittances to low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) grew by an estimated 5% to USD 626 billion in 2022.

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NITI Aayog released a study report, titled ‘Carbon Capture, Utilisation, and Storage Policy Framework and its Deployment Mechanism in India’.
The report explores the importance of Carbon Capture, Utilisation, and Storage as an emission reduction strategy to achieve deep decarbonisation. The report outlines broad level policy interventions needed across various sectors for its application.

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The Government e-Marketplace (GeM) is an online platform for public procurement in India. It was launched in August 2016 with the objective of creating an open and transparent procurement platform for government buyers.
The online platform has crossed one lakh crore rupees Gross Merchandise value, so far for the financial year 2022-2023.

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The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) is headed by a chairperson and can have a maximum of 10 members.
Former Health Secretary Preeti Sudan has been appointed as a member of Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). She superannuated as the health secretary in July 2020. With the appointment, there is a vacancy of four members in the Commission.

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Uttarakhand government has named Prasoon Joshi as the state’s brand ambassador. He is a native of Uttarakhand, is a prominent member of the Indian advertising and media industry.
Earlier this month, the state government bestowed the Uttarakhand Gaurav Samman honour for his contributions to art, literature, culture and advertising. His campaigns on malnutrition, polio eradication, women’s empowerment, student suicide and Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan have been popular.

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The government has launched the fourth tranche of Bharat Bond ETF, India’s first corporate bond exchange traded fund.
Edelweiss Mutual Fund manages the Bharat Bond ETF. The funds will be utilised for undertaking capital expenditures by central public sector enterprises (CPSEs).

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In 2013, the Supreme Court had an all-woman bench for the first time, when Justices Gyan Sudha Misra and Ranjana Prakash Desai sat together.
The second occasion came in 2018. Recently, Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud has constituted an all-women bench comprising Justices Hima Kohli and Bela M. Trivedi to hear transfer petitions involving matrimonial disputes and bail matters. This is the third occasion in the history of the apex court of an all-women bench.

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Assam’s Silchar town is hosting the two-day Silchar-Sylhet Festival, to celebrate the linguistic and cultural ties between the Barak Valley region of Assam and the Sylhet segment of Bangladesh.
The Festival also coincides with the 75th year of India’s independence and the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Bangladesh from Pakistan.

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Semeru Volcano has started erupting in Java Island, Indonesia. The eruption ahs caused huge volcanic ash and over 2,000 residents in East Java province were evacuated.
As per the Indonesia’s disaster management agency (BNPB), no injuries or deaths have so far been reported. Mount Semeru lies around 640 kilometers southeast of the capital Jakarta.

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Tamil Nadu Government has raised the monthly pension amount of differently-abled persons from Rs. 1000 to Rs. 1500 from January 2023.
An expert committee has been formed by the state to identify vacancies in all the departments where differently abled can be employed.