Current Affairs Quiz - February, 2023

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National Industrial Corridor Development and Implementation Trust (NICDIT) is an apex government body that comes under the aegis of the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP).
It is responsible for development of industrial corridors like Chennai-Bengaluru Industrial Corridor, Bengaluru – Mumbai Industrial Corridor and others. The Indian Government has sanctioned and approved 8 projects under NICDIT.

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Kerala Police have recently arrested 113 people who were accused in various criminal cases, under ‘Operation Aag’.
The raids are being held to arrest those who were placed under the Kerala Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act. Other initiatives of the state police include ‘Pink patrol’ which is specifically for women’s safety, ‘Prasanthi’ for senior citizens among others.

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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope team has been selected to receive the ‘2023 John L. Jack Swigert, Jr.’ Award for Space Exploration.
It is a prestigious award from the Space Foundation. This annual award honors a space agency, company, or consortium of organizations in the realm of space exploration and discovery.

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Skye Air, a Gurugram-based drone solutions provider, launched traffic management system for drones in India.
The software was launched in the presence of Minister of Road Transport and Highways of India Nitin Gadkari. It will allow drone operators to plan routes, make flight plans and assess risks before running drone-based operations in the country.

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MobiKwik has become the first fintech app to support RuPay Credit Cards on UPI. The facility will help millions of customers who use UPI for their daily transactions.
With RuPay Credit Cards now linked directly to UPI IDs, customers can easily make payments to merchants by scanning the UPI QR code and using UPI PIN for payment authentication.

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WhatsApp has been named India’s most accessible app for persons with disabilities in a report titled ‘Making the Digital Ecosystem Disabled Friendly’.
The report was released by the Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy, which evaluated accessibility features of messaging, online payments, transport, e-commerce, and food delivery. WhatsApp was the only app rated as ‘highly accessible’ based on the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG).

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The 3rd ASEAN Digital Ministers (ADGMIN) meeting with India was held on a virtual platform. India and Philippines co-chaired the meeting and adopted India-ASEAN Digital Work Plan 2023.
In 2022, ASEAN India Friendship Year was celebrated, commemorating 30th anniversary of establishment of dialogue relations with ASEAN. It was held under the theme ‘Synergy Towards a Sustainable Digital Future’.

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National Productivity Day is observed on February 12 every year in India. It is coordinated by the National Productivity Council (NPC), an autonomous government body that comes under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
The day commemorates the founding of the NPC, which was set up in 1958 to promote the productivity culture in India.

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The 12th World Hindi Conference is being organized in Nadi, a city in the Pacific Island nation of Fiji. The theme for this international conference is ‘Hindi – Traditional Knowledge to Artificial Intelligence’.
The World Hindi Conference is a key global platform that promotes Hindi language and literature in the international arena.

 

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The International Childhood Cancer Day (ICCD) is observed across the global level on February 15. This day commemorate the establishment of the Childhood Cancer International, which is a federation of child cancer support groups from across the world.
This international federation was founded in the year 1994. The objective of the ICCD is to bring global awareness about children with cancer. It also seeks to provide assistance for them. “Better Survival” is the slogan for this 3-year initiative of International Childhood Cancer Day campaign.