Current Affairs Quiz - January, 2023

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Divya Deshmukh holds the record of being the youngest to retain the National women’s chess champion title.
Before ten months Divya Deshmukh became the youngest National women’s chess champion. The 17-year-old player defeated the 2016 Asian champion Bhakti Kulkarni with 9.5 points. Mary Ann Gomes (9) finished second while the top seed Vantika Agarwal (8.5) ended up third.

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‘SPRINT Challenges’ was launched to give a boost to the usage of indigenous technology to Indian Navy
Recently, the Indian Navy has inked an agreement with Sagar Defence Engineering for acquiring armed autonomous boat swarms. This is the 50th contract that has been signed under ‘SPRINT’ challenge.

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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin launched ‘Global Tamil Angels platform’ of Start-upTN, an investment platform for Tamil diaspora.
The platform lets investors from the global Tamil diaspora to make investments in the State’s start-ups. It was launched at the “Global Startup Investors Summit,” jointly organised by the Tamil Nadu Startup and Innovation Mission and FeTNA International Tamil Entrepreneur Network. A multi-crore American Tamil Fund (ATF) by investors from the Tamil Diaspora in the US was also announced.

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World Hindi Day, also known as Vishwa Hindi Diwas, is observed on January 10 every year. The day aims to create awareness and to promote the Hindi language across the world.
The theme this year of the conference is ‘Hindi: Traditional Knowledge to Artificial Intelligence’. The World Hindi Day conference is to be held at Nadi, Fiji.

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Uttarakhand Governor Gurmit Singh consented to a Bill providing 30 per cent horizontal reservation to domiciled women of the state in government jobs.
Uttarakhand Public Services (Horizontal Reservation for Women) Bill, 2022 was passed by the state assembly.

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Union Road Transport and Highways Ministry observes Road Safety Week from 11th to 17th of January.
During the Week, various activities is being organised throughout the Country to create awareness among general public. Ministry will conduct several activities including Nukkad Nataks (Street Shows) and Sensitization Campaigns at various locations.

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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.

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ReNew Power said installed India’s first 3x platform wind turbine generators (WTGs) in Gadag, Karnataka.
The new WTGs will be a part of the country’s first ‘Round the Clock’ renewable energy project, combining wind, solar and a battery energy storage system (BESS). This project will produce enough energy to power over 1 million households in India annually.

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Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma launched the shared school bus system, part of Sustainable Transport and Efficient Mobility Society (STEMS) programme.
He also launched the Prime Agriculture Response Vehicles, to give financial assistance to farmers for procurement of the ‘Agriculture Response Vehicles’. Another scheme to provide financial assistance to tourism entrepreneurs to purchase premium tourist vehicles was also launched.

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The centre has notified the Customs (Assistance in Value Declaration of Identified Imported Goods) Rules, 2023.
The rules are aimed at addressing the undervaluation of specified imported goods. The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) will come out with a list of identified goods, which will be subject to stricter scrutiny for their true value.