Current Affairs Quiz - December, 2022

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Indian boxer Urvashi Singh beat Thailand’s national champion Thanchanok Phanan to clinch the WBC International Super Bantamweight title.
The boxer also won the WBC Asia Silver crown in Colombo. She is now the World Boxing Council Asia Continental and International Champion.

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The Israeli Navy conducted a successful test of a long-range interceptor missile against an advanced cruise missile.
The LRAD missile, part of the Barak MX defense system, is developed by the Israeli Aerospace Industries and the Defense Ministry’s research and development division. It is similar to India’s Barak 8.

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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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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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Every year on 4th December, the Indian Navy commemorates the commencement of Operation Trident against Pakistan during the Indo-Pak War 1971.
Indian Navy Day is observed to commemorate and to pay tribute to all Navy personnel who sacrificed their lives while serving the country.

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World Bank approved USD 250 million financing to help Bangladesh strengthen environment management and promote private sector participation in green investment.
The Bangladesh Environmental Sustainability and Transformation (BEST) Project will help the country tackle key pollution issues. An E-waste management facility will be set up to process 3,500 metric tons of e-waste annually.

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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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Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Narendra Singh Tomar inaugurated the creation of an integrated ‘Agriculture Investment Portal’.
The Co-Chairperson of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Melinda Gates held a meeting with the Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Narendra Singh Tomar, in New Delhi. The portal was launched during the meeting.

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Union External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar signed an agreement on the comprehensive migration and mobility partnership with German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock.
The agreement will help the citizens of both the nations to study, do research and work in each other’s country. The German foreign minister arrived in Delhi to discuss cooperation on transition to renewable energy and India’s relationship with Russia and China.

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Vice-President of India is the ex-officio Chairman of the Rajya Sabha. The winter session of the Parliament commenced as the Vice president Jagdeep Dhankar officiated as the chair of Rajya Sabha, for the first time.
The Centre’s agenda for the winter session of Parliament includes introduction of 16 new bills.