Current Affairs Quiz - January, 2023

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Kilauea Volcano, located in the Hawaii state of the USA is considered as one of the most active volcanoes on the planet.
The summit of Kilauea is located inside Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. The Kilauea volcano has started erupting after a brief pause. Its neighbour named the Mauna Loa, the largest volcano in the world, erupted for the first time in 38 years last month.

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IIT-Kharagpur has handed over ‘iWeld’ software to Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Limited (GRSE).
The new software detects the defects in welding from the radiography images taken of an object, by using artificial intelligence. The software, tested over a large number of samples at GRSE, was found to provide results that were 93.18 per cent accurate

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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 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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Uttarakhand authorities declared ‘Joshimath’ as a landslide and subsidence-hit zone, after cracks appeared in many roads and hundreds of houses.
The exact reason behind Joshimath land subsidence is still unknown but unplanned construction, over-population, obstruction of the natural flow of water, and hydel power activities are cited as possible causes.

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The 192nd birth anniversary of the pioneering social reformer Fatima Sheikh was observed recently. Fatima Sheikh was a teacher, anti-caste activist, proponent of girls’ education, and social reformer in 19th century Maharashtra.
Along with Savitribai and Jyotirao Phule, she started the first girls’ school in the country. Last year, Fatima Sheikh was honoured with a Google Doodle on her birth anniversary.

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The child mortality or under-five mortality rate refers to the probability a newborn would die before reaching exactly 5 years of age. It is expressed per 1,000 live births.
As per the ‘Levels & trends in child mortality 2022’ released by UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), an estimated 5 million children died before their fifth birthday and another 2.1 million children and youth aged between 5–24 years lost their lives in 2021.

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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 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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Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel participated in the traditional Cherchera festival celebration at Dudhadhari Math in the state capital Raipur.
The traditional Cherchera festival is celebrated on the full moon night in the happiness of taking the crops to their homes after cultivation.