Current Affairs Quiz - January, 2023

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The 108th session of Indian Science Congress (ISC) has been launched in Nagpur, Maharashtra. Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually addressed the Indian Science Congress 2023.
The five-day event is being hosted by the Nagpur University with the focal theme of ‘Science and Technology for Sustainable Development with Women Empowerment’.

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Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan launched the Chief Minister’s Residential Land Rights scheme (Mukhyamantri Awasiya Bhu Adhikar Yojana).
Chief Minister also gave land rights letters to the eligible beneficiaries of this scheme. The objective of this scheme is to provide free plots to the poor living in rural areas for building their houses.

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Edelweiss Tokio Life Insurance commenced a three-week long organ donation initiative. As part of the initiative, a relay marathon called Zindagi Express is organised to tour nearly 5,500 km across the country to raise awareness about organ donation.
For the fourth year in a row, it joined hands with Mohan Foundation, an NGO working in the organ donation landscape.

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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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British author Fay Weldon known for the famous book ‘The Life and Loves of a She-Devil’, passed away recently.
The author has written over 30 novels, seven non-fiction books, several short stories and various television and radio programmes.

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The International Kite Festival 2023 recently commenced in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. Governor Acharya Devvrat inaugurated the festival at Sabarmati Riverfront.
The festival is being organized by Gujarat Tourism on the G20 theme of ‘One Earth, One Family, One Future. International Kite festival will also be organized in Surat, Vadodara, Rajkot, Dwarka, Somnath, Dhordo, and Kevadia.

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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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The 108th annual session of ISC will be held at Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University, Nagpur, which is celebrating its centenary this year.
The focal theme of this year’s ISC is “Science and Technology for Sustainable Development with Women Empowerment”. Children’s Science Congress, Farmer’s Science Congress and Tribal Science Congress were also held on the sidelines.

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Reserve Bank of India announced that a fresh KYC process can be done by visiting a bank branch or remotely through a Video-based Customer Identification Process (V-CIP).
If there is no change in the KYC, a self-declaration from the individual customer is sufficient to complete the re-KYC process

 

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Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar has inaugurated the 83rd  All India Presiding Officers in Jaipur.
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, Speakers and Deputy Speakers of various Legislative Assemblies including the Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman also present in the conference. This 83rd Conference of All India Presiding Officers is being held in Rajasthan after eleven years.