Current Affairs Quiz - January, 2023

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Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Singh Thakur launched the themes of the Y20 summit, logo and website in the curtain raiser event of Y20 Summit India
Themes of Y20 India are Future of Work: Industry 4.0, Innovation & 21st Century skills, Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction: Making Sustainability a way of life, Peace-building and Reconciliation: Ushering in an era of No War, Shared Future: Youth in Democracy and Governance and Health, Wellbeing &Sports: Agenda for Youth.

 

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M Pranesh from Tamil Nadu recently became India’s 79th chess Grandmaster, after winning the title in Rilton Cup at Stockholm, the first tournament of the FIDE Circuit.
The 16-year-old Indian seeded 22^nd won eight games and finished a full point ahead of IM Kaan Kucuksari (Sweden) and GM Nikita Meshkovs (Latvia). The tournament saw participation from a total of 136 players from 29 nations.

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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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Kevin McCarthy was elected as the House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes.
Earlier, the Republicans in the House of Representatives failed to elect the Speaker amid faction of holdouts continued to not vote for Kevin McCarthy. This was the time since 1923 that a nominee of the majority party in the House wasn’t able to win the first vote for the position of Speaker.

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Union Commerce minister Piyush Goyal is visiting New York and Washington DC to participate in India-US Trade Policy Forum.
After roundtable meetings with business leaders and think tanks in New York, he will attend the 13th Trade Policy Forum (TPF) meeting in Washington DC.  The 12th TPF Ministerial meeting was held on 23 November 2021 after a gap of four years in New Delhi.

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Avian flu has been confirmed in many Kerala districts and the Kerala Health Department has directed all districts to be on the alert.
Avian flu was also confirmed in a grama panchayat in the capital city Thiruvananthapuram. The district administration issued orders that all poultry and other pet birds in the affected wards be killed and that all egg, meat, bird fodder, and litter be destroyed.

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Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh handed over and dedicated the Kangla Nongpok Thong, an eastern gate of the historic Kangla fort in Imphal to the people of the state.
The Nongpok Thong will be manned by India Reserve Battalion (IRB) personnel while the Nongchup Thong (western gate) will remain closed. The Nongpok Thong was constructed through Imphal Smart City Limited (ISCL) as Funding Agency.

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The Central government has extended the tenure of Dr Michael Debabrata Patra as Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India for one more year.
Michael Debabrata Patra took over as Deputy Governor of the RBI in January 2020. He was an Executive Director of India’s central bank before being elevated to the post of Deputy Governor.

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Suryakumar Yadav has become the fastest player to reach 1,500 runs in T20 International cricket in terms of balls faced.
He took only 843 balls to reach this landmark. The fastest batters to reach this milestone are Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Australian veteran Aaron Finch and Pakistan skipper Babar Azam, who all took 39 innings to score 1,500 runs in T20 International cricket.  Pakistan’s Mohammed Rizwan reached the milestone in 42 innings and he is now followed by Suryakumar.

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In its report titled Global Economic Prospects, the World Bank said that India will be fastest-growing economy among seven largest emerging markets and developing economies.
As per the report, India’s economic growth will slow to 6.6% in the next fiscal year from an expected 6.9% growth in the current year.