Current Affairs Quiz - December, 2022

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The Madras High Court has banned mobile phones in temples across Tamil Nadu. As per the Court, the move to ban use of mobile phone is to maintain purity and sanctity of the places of worship.
The High Court also said that phone deposit lockers should be set up at temples, to avoid inconvenience to people and Security personnel will be appointed to ensure compliance of this order.

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According to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), more than 100 million people were forcibly displaced in 2022, most of them within their own countries, for the first time ever.
The report is titled ‘Turning the tide on internal displacement: A development approach to solutions’. This was the highest global figure and more than twice the number recorded 10 years ago, as per the analysis by UNDP and the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre.

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The Government authorised sale and encashment of electoral bonds through 29 branches of State Bank of India (SBI) across the country.
The electoral bonds can be purchased by a person who is a citizen of India or incorporated or established in India. A person (individual) can buy electoral bonds, either singly or jointly with other individuals.

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The Ministry of Civil Aviation has issued guidelines for the implementation of the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme to support the indigenous drone industry.
The government approved Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme for Drones and Drone Components in India. For the implementation of this scheme during 2022-23 to 2024-25, a corpus of Rs 120 crore was also allocated.

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Israeli President Isaac Herzog held talks with Bahraini King and Crown Prince during the first trip by an Israeli head of state to the Gulf kingdom.
Isaac Herzog made the trip after the two countries normalised diplomatic relations in the year 2020.

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Cyclone Mandous lies over southwest Bay of Bengal, about 620 km southeast of Chennai. The storm is likely to cross the coasts of north Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Andhra Pradesh between Puducherry and Sriharikota.
Under its influence, rainfall is expected over parts of coastal Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Andhra Pradesh for two days. Red alert has already been issued for Coastal Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.

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The World Bank recently released a report titled ‘Climate Investment Opportunities in India’s Cooling Sector’.
The report was released during the two-day ‘India Climate and Development Partners’ Meet’ being organised by World Bank in partnership with the Kerala government. As per the report, the country is experiencing higher temperatures that arrive earlier and stay far longer. India could become one of the first places in the world to experience heat waves that break the human survivability limit.

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Indian shuttler Anish Thoppani clinches silver medal in U-15 category at Badminton Asia Junior Championships, in Nonthaburi, Thailand.
Anish lost the men’s singles final against Chinese Taipei’s Chung-Hsiang Yih to settle for silver. India’s under-17 men’s duo Arsh Mohammad and Sanskar Sraswat secured a silver medal.

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International Anti-Corruption Day is observed on 9 December, with the theme of ‘Uniting the World against Corruption’.
The 2022 International Anti-Corruption Day (IACD) seeks to highlight the crucial link between anti-corruption and peace, security, and development. It also marks the start of twentieth anniversary of the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC).

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Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu has recently sworn in as the next Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh. He was a four-time MLA and chairman of the Congress’ state election campaign committee.
Mukesh Agnihotri has been selected as the Deputy Chief Minister. The Indian National Congress party won the Himachal Pradesh state assembly elections.