Current Affairs Quiz - December, 2022

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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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The India-UAE trade is valued at USD 72.8 billion in 2021-22, making the UAE India’s third largest trading partner after China and US.
Abu Dhabi, UAE’s capital city is seeking more investments from India. Abu Dhabi has identified priority sectors including agri-tech, tourism, healthcare, pharma and financial services, where Indian enterprises can invest.

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Six Indian para-shuttlers clinch gold medals at Peru Para Badminton International in Lima. World No 3 Sukant Kadam defeated ace shuttler Singapore’s Chee Hiong Ang to clinch gold.
India won 14 medals in total including 6 gold, 1 silver and 7 bronze. In the women’s category, Nithya Sre Sumathy Sivan and Mandeep Kaur clinched the titles in the SH6 and SL3 singles sections.

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Yoginder K Alagh, a veteran economist and former Union minister, reecntly passed away at the age of 83.
He was the Union minister of state for Planning and Programme Implementation, Science and Technology and Power during 1996-98. He also served as the Vice Chancellor at the Jawaharlal Nehru University in Delhi.

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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is set to introduce additional features to the existing Unified Payments Interface (UPI) platforms to allow multiple debits.
The central bank will roll out single-block and multiple debit functionality that will enable users to block funds in their accounts. With the added feature, merchants can make multiple debit transactions within a permitted limit.

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Government of UT, Ladakh has approached the Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS) to develop Spatial Data Infrastructure geoportal ‘Geo-Ladakh’ for UT-Ladakh.
A Memorandum of Understanding was earlier signed between Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS), ISRO and UT-Ladakh Administration. The portal provides geospatial data visualization and analytics for Ladakh.

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Stop TB Partnership is a United Nations-hosted entity based in Geneva, Switzerland, that has a goal to end the disease by 2030.
As per the ‘Tuberculosis Research Funding Trends, 2005–2021’ report, for the first time in history, funding for tuberculosis (TB) research and development (R&D) hit a billion dollars worldwide in 2021.

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Dina Boluarte was appointed as Peru’s first female president amid a political crisis when her predecessor and former boss Pedro Castillo was ousted in an impeachment trial.
Peru’s leftist president Pedro Castillo was ousted by lawmakers and detained by police after he tried to illegally shut down Congress.

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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved financing of USD 780 million to build new lines for Chennai’s metro rail and improve the network’s connectivity with bus and feeder services.
The project will construct 10.1 km of an elevated section, nine metro stations, 10 km of the underground section among others. The stations will be disaster- and climate-resilient and responsive to the needs of the elderly, women, children, and the differently abled.

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The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled that search engines must dereference information if the person making the request can demonstrate that the material is inaccurate.
People in Europe have the right to ask Google and other search engines to delete links to outdated or embarrassing information, even if it is true, under a principle known as the right to be forgotten.