Current Affairs Quiz - January, 2023

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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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Union Minister of State Science & Technology; Dr Jitendra Singh released the theme for the ‘National Science Day 2023’, titled “Global Science for Global Wellbeing”.
The National Science Day (NSD) is celebrated every year on 28 February to commemorate the discovery of the ‘Raman Effect’ since 1986. On this day Sir C.V. Raman announced the discovery of the ‘Raman Effect’.

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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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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.

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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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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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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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Odisha’s State Transport Authority (STA) announced severe penalties against vehicles without High Security Registration Plates (HSRP).
In case the vehicle is not affixed with HSRP within the scheduled date mentioned above, e-challan will be issued against the offending vehicle of a fine of Rs 5,000 or Rs 10,000 under Section 192 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988.

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The research team from Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, from the United States confirmed an exo-planet using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope for the first time.
Formally classified as LHS 475 b, the planet is almost exactly the same size as our own Earth.

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Odisha government’s State-level steering committee for CAMPA (Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority) has approved an annual plan of ₹1,086 crore for 2023-24 fiscal with focus on reducing man-animal conflict.
Chief Secretary, who chaired the meeting, also raised the issue relating to wildlife management activities which are being extensively being carried out through CAMPA funds.