Current Affairs Quiz - January, 2023

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A team made up of international scientists have recently discovered 20 new frog species in Madagascar.
The team placed the frogs within the genus Mantidactylus and subgenus Brygoomantis. Before now, the group had just 14 members, but now has received 20 new members, and as per the researchers a lot of them sound like a creaking door or a gurgling stomach.

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The Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the first All India Annual State Ministers’ Conference on Water
The theme of the conference is ‘Water Vision @ 2047’ and the objective of is to bring together key policymakers for discussions on ways to harness water resources for sustainable development and human development.

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The ‘Eat Right Station’ certification is awarded by Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) to the railway stations that set benchmarks in providing safe and wholesome food to passengers.
The Varanasi Cantt railway station has been recently awarded a 5- star ‘Eat Right Station’ certification for providing quality and nutritious food to passengers.

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Bengaluru’s Chirag Ghropade, a 17-year-old racing driver has recently won his second race of the season.
In the Indian National Car Racing Championship, he surpassed Sai Sanjay and Mohammed Ryan.

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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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On the 76th Foundation Day of Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), the portal for mapping of Industrial Units and Laboratories was launched.
Commerce and Industry Ministry also launched standards clubs in schools, Standards National Action Plan (SNAP) 2022-27, revised National Building Code of India (NBC 2016) and National Electrical Code of India 2023.

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Ace Tennis player Novak Djokovic defeated America’s Sebastian Korda in the final to win the Adelaide International men’s singles title.
The 21-time Grand Slam winner also equalled Rafael Nadal’s tally of 92 ATP singles titles in the Open Era. They are only behind Jimmy Connors (109), Roger Federer (103) and Ivan Lendl (94). Djokovic also won his 34th match in a row on Australian soil since 2019.

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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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In March 2020, U.S. health authorities issued ‘Title 42’ to allow border agents to rapidly send migrants who were crossing the U.S.-Mexico border back to Mexico or other countries.
The Federal courts have prevented to lift the Title 42 public health order, and the US Government has announced new enforcement measures to increase security at the border and reduce the number of individuals crossing unlawfully between ports of entry.

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According to data provided by Tracxn, a leading global market intelligence platform, Bengaluru topped the startup funding chart in India with USD 10.8 billion in 2022.
It is followed by Mumbai at USD 3.9 billion, and Gurugram at a distant USD 2.6 billion. Startups based in Delhi and Chennai registered USD 1.2 billion each in funding, followed by Pune.