Current Affairs Quiz - December, 2022

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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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Iran has abolished ‘morality police’ known as the Gasht-e Ershad or ‘Guidance Patrol’. The unit was established in 2006 and their patrols were feared among women.
The custodial death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who was picked up by the vice squads in Tehran and declared dead created public outcry and led to protestors.

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World Bank raised its gross domestic product (GDP) growth forecast for India during the current financial year (FY23) to 6.9 per cent from 6.5 per cent.
As per the India Development Update, the World Bank cited the economy’s resilience to external headwinds, and a strong out-turn in the second quarter of the current financial year. The report forecasts that the economy will grow at a slightly lower rate of 6.6 per cent in fiscal FY24 from the earlier projected 7 per cent.

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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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Arun Kumar Singh, former chairman of oil refining and marketing company BPCL, is appointed Chairman and Managing Director of ONGC.
He will head the company for a three-year tenure with effect from the date of assumption of charge. He retired as the BPCL head 13 months later in October 2022.

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Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky has been named as the 2022 person of the year by Time magazine.
The Times cited that the President has put up a feisty resistance against the Russian invasion for nearly a year now. Zelensky shares the 2022 title with the spirit of Ukraine. When Russia declared war against its neighbour, Zelensky announced his decision to stay in Kyiv and rally his country.

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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has signed a Currency Swap Agreement with the Maldives Monetary Authority (MMA) under the SAARC Currency Swap Framework.
This agreement will enable the MMA to make withdrawals in multiple tranches up to a maximum of USD 200 million from the RBI.

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Political parties received Rs 676.26 crore in the 23rd phase of the sale of electoral bonds (EBs) between November 11 and 15.
This period is ahead of the Assembly elections in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh. Around 97 percent of the bonds sold (worth Rs 660 crore) were encashed by political parties at the New Delhi Main branch of State Bank of India. Anonymous donors gave Rs 545 crore in the 22nd sale of EBs conducted between October 1 and 10.

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Bhupendra Patel will continue as the Chief Minister of Gujarat for a second straight term, after the
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) wins in the state assembly elections. The newly-elected Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLAs elected Bhupendra Patel as the leader of the legislative party.

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The United Arab Emirates made history with the successful launch of the Arab world’s first lunar rover ‘Rashid’.
This marks the start of 385,000km journey that will make the UAE the fourth country to land on the moon and the first in the Arab world. Rashid Rover was named after the late former Ruler of Dubai- Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum.