Current Affairs Quiz - January, 2023

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‘SPRINT Challenges’ was launched to give a boost to the usage of indigenous technology to Indian Navy
Recently, the Indian Navy has inked an agreement with Sagar Defence Engineering for acquiring armed autonomous boat swarms. This is the 50th contract that has been signed under ‘SPRINT’ challenge.

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Ace Tennis player Novak Djokovic defeated America’s Sebastian Korda in the final to win the Adelaide International men’s singles title.
The 21-time Grand Slam winner also equalled Rafael Nadal’s tally of 92 ATP singles titles in the Open Era. They are only behind Jimmy Connors (109), Roger Federer (103) and Ivan Lendl (94). Djokovic also won his 34th match in a row on Australian soil since 2019.

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The Ministry of Information and broadcasting has issued an advisory to television channels against reporting incidents of accidents, deaths, and violence including violence against women, children and the elderly.
Ministry observed that the videos are being taken from social media and broadcast without editorial discretion and urged to ensure compliance and consistency with the Programme Code.

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The First Education Group of G-20 countries is scheduled to meet in Chennai, from the 31st of January to the 2nd of February.
The Ministry of External Affairs, the Ministry of Education, the State government and a team from IIT Madras participated in the review meeting.

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India and the United Kingdom marked the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas by exchanging letters to formalise the Young Professionals Scheme.
The scheme allows up to 3,000 graduates in age bracket of 18-30 to get a two-year visa to study in each other’s countries. It aims to pave a way for the youth to understand the culture of one another. The launch of the ‘Young Professionals’ scheme was announced in November 2022 at G20 summit in Bali, Indonesia.

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The billionaire founder of Ant Group, Jack Ma, announced to give up control of the Chinese fintech giant after a regulatory crackdown.
Ant Group runs Alipay, the main online payment system in China. Jack Ma founded e-commerce giant Alibaba and controls more than 50% of Ant Group. After the changes in governance structure, he will possess just over 6% of the company.

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India Meteorological Department (IMD) under the Ministry of Earth Sciences released the ‘Statement on climate of India during 2022’ report.
As per the report, the annual mean land surface air temperature averaged over India during 2022 was +0.510C above the long-term average (1981-2010 period). The year 2022 was the fifth warmest year on record since nationwide records commenced in 1901.

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Odisha’s State Transport Authority (STA) announced severe penalties against vehicles without High Security Registration Plates (HSRP).
In case the vehicle is not affixed with HSRP within the scheduled date mentioned above, e-challan will be issued against the offending vehicle of a fine of Rs 5,000 or Rs 10,000 under Section 192 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988.

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The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) recently released a survey on dietary supplements.
The regulator tested 145,000 protein powder samples and found 4,890 to be unsafe and 16,582 to be substandard. The Consumer Protection Act 2019 bans misleading advertisements about a product or service falsely describing a product and deliberately concealing information on sugar content while focusing on immunity boost.

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Uganda declared an end to an Ebola virus outbreak that emerged almost four months ago and claimed lives of 55 people.
The disease was first detected in September in the district of Mubende. The outbreak was caused by the Sudan Ebola virus, one among six species of the Ebola virus. There is currently no confirmed vaccine for the virus.