Current Affairs Quiz - January 2022

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The Ratings agency ICRA has maintained its forecast of a 9.0% GDP expansion for India in FY2022. It maintained that a K-shaped divergence will be seen amongst the formal and informal sectors of the economy.
The ratings agency also expects the economy to maintain a similar 9.0% growth in the next fiscal year FY2023.

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The Armed Forces Special Powers Act, 1958 or AFSPA legislation, has been extended in Nagaland for another six months.
The North-eastern state has been seeking to withdraw it after the alleged security operation near Oting Village in Nagaland that left 14 civilians and one jawan dead in December 2021. The law was first introduced by the British to suppress the Quit India movement in 1942.

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Tamil Nadu Government recently unveiled “New Policy for Women 2021”, which includes features such as compulsory martial arts training for school and college females.
It also proposes 50 additional person-days under MGNREGS for all single and women-headed households, and 33.3 percent representation in registered parties. The policy also seeks to make all modes of transportation women-friendly.

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Senkaku Island is an uninhabited island chain in the East China Sea that has been administered by Japan for several decades. China and Japan are claiming the island.
Senior Defence officials from Japan and China held their first high-level dialogue and agreed to establish a hotline in order to avoid physical conflict. China calls the Senkaku island group as Diaoyu and says it has a historical claim.

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Indonesia, Southeast Asia’s largest economy, will likely ratify its membership of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP).
China-backed RCEP, the world’s biggest trade association, entered into force on January 1, 2022. Seven nations in Southeast Asia, as well as Australia, China, Japan, New Zealand and South Korea ratified the pact earlier this year.

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Veteran photographer Sabine Weiss, renowned for her images on the streets of Paris, passed away at the age of 97.
She was the last surviving member of France’s humanist photography school. The photographer moved to Paris after World War Two. She was also regarded as pioneer of Street photography, in which she captured the condition of ordinary people in Paris.

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The National Commission for Women (NCW) has received a total of 31,000 complaints of crimes committed against women in the year 2021, which is the highest in number since 2014. There is an increase in complaints by 30% in the year 2021 in comparison to 2020.
Among the total complaints, more than half of them have been received from Uttar Pradesh state which has the highest number of complaints, followed by Delhi.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has laid the foundation stone for Major Dhyan Chand Sports University in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. The institution would come up with modern and state-of-the-art sports infrastructure like synthetic hockey ground, football ground, basketball, volleyball, handball, kabaddi ground, lawn tennis court etc.
This university is being established with a vision to have a strong sporting culture and establish world-class sporting infrastructure in the country.

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Three Indian-origin Canadians have been bestowed with the Order of Canada, which is considered as one of the country’s highest civilian honours.
The three personalities were among the 135 individuals, honoured for their achievements and for promoting bilateral ties between Canada and India.

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The Ministry of Civil Aviation has released draft National Air Sports Policy (NASP) for public feedback.
The policy seeks to propmote India’s potential for air sports and focuses on ensuring international best practices in safety. The vision of the policy is to make India as one of the top air sports nations by 2030.