Current Affairs Quiz - January, 2023

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Odisha Government recently inaugurated the ‘Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium’ in Rourkela. The state government claims that it is the world’s largest facility in terms of seating capacity and certified by the International Hockey Federation (FIH).
The Rourkela facility will host the Men’s World Cup Hockey, organised by the FIH, along with Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar from January 13 to 29, 2023.

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Indian Bank has received the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) regulatory approval to hold special rupee vostro accounts of three banks from Sri Lanka.
A vostro account in local currency would allow Sri Lanka to import from India without dipping into its dollar supply, as the country is facing a worst forex crunch.

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Odisha has won the UN-Habitat’s World Habitat Awards 2023 for Jaga Mission initiative of the state. Jaga mission is the world’s largest land titling and slum upgrading program which aims at empowering the lives of slum dwellers.
Odisha is undertaking Jaga Mission to upgrade all of the state’s 2,919 slums. In the last five years of the initiative, 1,75,000 families have been granted land tenure security.

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Delhi government is set to launch a new mobility card for commuters to pay fares electronically on both buses and the metro.
Delhi Transport department issued a notice inviting a tender for the project. The cards are part of the National Common Mobility Card (NCMC), which enables passengers from any part of the country to use NCMC-compliant RuPay debit card for travel.

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Indian squash prodigy Anahat Singh recently clinched the girls’ Under-15 squash title at the British Junior Open tournament in Birmingham.
The 14-year-old defeated Sohaila Hazem of Egypt, 3-1 in the final. The British Junior Open is held in January every year in the UK where players from all over the world compete to win the title

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Aadi Shaurya – Parv Parakram Ka, a Military Tattoo and Tribal Dance Festival will be held at Jawaharlal Nehru stadium in New Delhi.
As per the Defence Ministry, the two-day festival will showcase the competence of the Armed Forces and the beauty of India’s tribal culture. The Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of Tribal Affairs are jointly organising the event.

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The ‘Year of Enterprises’ project of Kerala has been regarded as the best practice model in the second Chief Secretaries National Conference.
It was selected in the ‘Thrust on Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs)’ category. The project by Kerala Government was started in the current fiscal year with the aim to create one lakh enterprises in a year, while the state achieved the goal in eight months.

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As per a data by the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE), Gujarat and Rajasthan are the top Indian states in the area of investments.
Both the states were successful in attracting investments from both domestic and international businesses. Fresh investments worth Rs 3.98 trillion were announced for Gujarat during 2021-22 while Rajasthan attracted new investments worth Rs 2.37 trillion.

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India and Panama have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enhance cooperation in the training of diplomats.
External Affairs Minister Dr Subrahmanyam Jaishankar held a bilateral meeting with Panama’s Foreign Minister Janaina Tewaney Mencomo in Indore. The Minister from Panama participated in the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Convention.

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The Centre has named the new Integrated Food Security Scheme as Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Ann Yojana, PMGKAY.
The Union Cabinet had approved new integrated food security scheme for providing free foodgrains to Antodaya Ann Yojna (AAY) and Primary Household (PHH) beneficiaries.