Current Affairs Quiz - January, 2023

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NTPC Ltd commissioned India’s first green hydrogen blending project in the piped natural gas (PNG) network of NTPC Kawas Township, Surat.
The project is a joint effort of NTPC and Gujarat Gas Limited (GGL). Green hydrogen in Kawas is made by electrolysis of water using power from already installed 1 MW floating solar project. This feat has been achieved only by few countries like UK, Germany, and Australia.

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The draft rules for online gaming in India was released by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MEITY)
The ‘Draft Amendments to the IT (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules 2021’, propose a ban on betting and wagering in online games. The rules propose setting up a self-regulatory body for grievance redressal and mandating know-your-customer (KYC) rules for gamers and online gaming intermediaries.

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Cratonavis zhui’s fossils were recently discovered in China, which exhibit a dinosaur-like skull and a bird-like body.
The discovery opens up questions about the evolution of dinosaurs into birds as it breaks the theory that birds evolved from dinosaurs.

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Union Home Minister Amit Shah unveiled a 120-feet-tall statue of a polo player riding a pony at Marjing Polo Complex in Imphal, Manipur
Manipur is considered the birthplace of the game and it reached the British before 1850.  In November last year, the first Chief Minister’s Sagol Kangjei Championship was held during the Sangai festival to promote the indigenous game. The ponies in Manipur are becoming vulnerable due to lack of grazing grounds.

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The Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) conducts ‘Nidhi Apke Nikat’ outreach program on 10th of every month in all field offices.
It aims to expand its reach and attract more participation. Bhavishya Nidhi Adalat, which was a grievance redressal mechanism of EPFO has been renamed as Nidhi Aapke Nikat.

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The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) issued Draft Regulation of Common Effluent Treatment Plants Rules, 2022.
It proposes that in order to manage the treatment plants professionally, there shall be a Special Purpose Vehicle or Society or Trust.

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The National Council of Science Museum (NCSM) in association with Nehru Memorial Museum & Library (NMML) is organising a sky gazing event at India Gate Lawns, Kartavya Path, Delhi.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi acknowledges the efforts of National Science Centre, Delhi for organizing events to promote Astro Night Sky Tourism. National Science Centre is part of the National Council of Science Museums, an autonomous body under Ministry of Culture.

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The Union Cabinet has approved setting up and promoting three National Level multistate cooperative export societies under the Multi State Cooperative Societies (MSCS) Act, 2002.
The cooperative society on export, national level cooperative society for organic products, national level multi-state seed cooperative society will serve as umbrella organisations for taking forward the respective sectoral interests of cooperatives from across the country.

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President of India Droupadi Murmu recently presented the seventh edition of the Digital India Awards 2022.
22 Innovative Digital Initiatives by Government entities under 7 categories received Digital India Awards 2022. West Bengal government’s ‘Duare Sarkar’ scheme, to provide services at the doorstep of citizens, won the platinum award and the CBSE won Gold award for its ‘Digital Academic Repository – Parinam Manjusha’.

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ReNew Power has installed India’s first 3x platform wind turbine generators (WTGs) in Gadag, Karnataka.
The new wind turbine generators will be a part of the country’s first ‘Round the Clock’ renewable energy project, combining wind, solar and a battery energy storage system (BESS). This project will produce energy to power over 1 million households in India annually.