Current Affairs Quiz - December, 2022

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EU member states and parliamentarians announced agreement for major reform to the bloc’s carbon market.
The deal aims to accelerate emissions cuts, phase out free allowances to industries and targets fuel emissions from the building and road transport sectors.

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Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot announced that from April 1, poor families covered under the Ujjwala scheme will be given 12 LPG cylinders a year for Rs 500 each.
The chief minister made the announcement at an event for the Congress’ Bharat Jodo Yatra event.  Under Ujjwala scheme, the people are provided with LPG connections but not cylinders. The current price for LPG cylinders of14.2kg is around Rs 1,057.

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An empowered committee headed by the Chief executive officer (CEO), NITI Aayog, has approved a production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme of over Rs 400 crore for Foxconn India and Padget Electronics for mobile phone manufacturing.
Foxconn India would receive an incentive of Rs 357.17 crore for the period between August 1, 2021, and March 31, 2022. It is based on its incremental investments and sales figures.

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The government has raised over Rs 4.04 lakh crore through disinvestment and strategic sale of public sector enterprises since 2014, the Finance Ministry said.
The largest amount of over Rs 1.07 lakh crore was raised through offer for sale in 59 cases. This was followed by a stake sale through Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) in 10 tranches, amounting to Rs 98,949 crore. Strategic sales in 10 companies, including Air India, yielded Rs 69,412 crores. 17 CPSEs were listed since 2014-15, which yielded Rs 50,386 crore.

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Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik launched the ‘Drink from Tap’ project in 19 cities and towns of the state.
Under the project, drinking water will be supplied round the clock through taps installed in households. Under the scheme, at least 5.55 lakh people in the 19 cities and the towns would benefit from the project.

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Indian men’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty reached their career-best world No. 5 rank in the BWF world rankings.
They clinched two world tour titles at Indian Open Super 500 and French Open Super 750 and claimed maiden gold at the Commonwealth Games and a bronze at the World Championships. HS Prannoy was ranked at world number 9. Double Olympic medallist P V Sindhu continued to hold on to the number six position.

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Scotland’s lawmakers passed a legislation which will make it easier for transgender people to legally change their gender.
The bill will gain royal assent which will lower the minimum age for those seeking the gender recognition certificate to 16. It also drops the time required for an applicant to live in their acquired gender from two years to three months.

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Nepal President Bidya Devi Bhandari appointed CPN-Maoist Centre chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ as the new Prime Minister of Nepal.
Prachanda has been appointed as the Prime Minister of Nepal as per the Article 76 Clause 2 of the Constitution. There has been an understanding between Prachanda and Oli to lead the government on rotation basis.

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Tech giant Google has approached the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT), challenging the Competition Commission of India (CCI) order on unfair business practices in Android mobile device.
The CCI in October slapped a penalty of ₹1,337.76 crore on Google for abusing its dominant position in multiple markets in relation to Android mobile devices. It ordered the internet major to cease and desist from various unfair business practices.

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Union Home Minister Amit Shah recently launched the Mobile App ‘Prahari’ and Manual of Border Security Force in New Delhi.
Through the Prahari app, BSF personnels can get information related to accommodation, Ayushman-CAPF and leaves on their mobiles.