Current Affairs Quiz - December, 2022

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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.

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Indian shuttler Manisha Ramadass has been named the Badminton World Federation (BWF) female Para-Badminton Player of the Year.
The World Champion in the SU5 section, Manisha Ramadass won 11 gold and five bronze medals overall in 2022. BWF Male Para-Badminton Player of the Year went to WH2 world champion and reigning Paralympic champion Daiki Kajiwara. Viktor Axelsen and Zheng Si Wei/Huang Ya Qiong won the BWF Player of the Year Awards.

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Bharti Airtel announced its partnership with Facebook parent Meta to jointly invest in global connectivity infrastructure that would extend a subsea cable ‘2Africa Pearls’ to India.
Last year, Meta announced a new segment of 2Africa Pearls in collaboration with regional partners. The 37,000-km subsea cable connected 23 countries, when it was launched in 2020. The cable would connect Africa, Europe, and Asia.

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The Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said in Lok Sabha that 30 River-linking components have been identified.
National Water Development Agency (NWDA) under the Ministry of Jal Shakti identified 16 links under peninsular rivers component and 14 links under Himalayan component of National Perspective Plan (NPP) for inter basin transfer. Ken-Betwa river link project has been approved with estimated cost of ₹44,605 crore with central support of ₹39,317 crore.

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Pradhan Mantri National Apprenticeship Mela is an initiative of Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.
Pradhan Mantri National Apprenticeship Mela will take place on 12 December 2022 in 197 locations throughout 25 states and Union Territories. It is a part of the Skill India Mission, to increase the number of job opportunities for young people in India.

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As on date, 94 Financial Institutions have onboarded themselves on Account Aggregator (AA) platform as Financial Information User (FIU)
26 Financial Institutions are onboard as Financial Information Provider (FIP). Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has granted Certificate of Registration to six companies as Account Aggregator (AA), as on date.

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Young Indian cricketer Ishan Kishan created many records in the third and final ODI match of the series against Bangladesh.
He became the seventh batter in the world to score a double century in ODIs and fourth from India after Sachin Tendulkar, Rohit Sharma and Virender Sehwag. He scored a double century off just 126 balls. He became the seventh batter in the world to achieve the feat. Ishan also broke Chris Gayle’s record for the fastest to 200 in an ODI innings.

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Ministry of Culture has set up seven Zonal Cultural Centres (ZCCs) with headquarters at seven places namely Patiala, Nagpur, Udaipur, Prayagraj, Kolkata, Dimapur and Thanjavur.
These centers aim to conserve and develop art, culture and crafts across the country. The government provides regular annual grant-in-aid for conducting various activities and programmes to ZCCs. ZCCs organize a minimum 42 Regional Festivals for promotion of art and culture every year.

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Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan inaugurated the fifth edition of Kochi Muziris Biennale. The Biennale will be hosted on the theme ‘In Our Views Flow Ink and Fire’.
The four-month-long celebration of art is scheduled to see several discussions, performances and film screenings. The biennale showcases more than 200 main artworks of 90 artists from about 40 different countries.

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Ministry of Development of Home Affairs formed a special committee to look into demands of Eastern Nagaland People’s Organisation (ENPO).
It will be headed by the Advisor of the Ministry of Home Affairs and Centre’s emissary on the Naga Peace Talks, A K Mishra. The Eastern Nagaland People’s Organisation constitutes seven of the major tribes of Nagaland. They are demanding a separate state by the name of Frontier Nagaland.