Current Affairs Quiz - January, 2023

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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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An Anthropological study conducted in rural China revealed that women worked much harder than men, and contributed most of the fruits of this labour to their families.
As per the study, women walked on average just over 12,000 steps per day, while men walked just over 9,000 steps. It also found that individuals who disperse at marriage to live away from their kin have higher workloads than those who stay with their natal families.

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India Meteorological Department (IMD) under the Ministry of Earth Sciences released the ‘Statement on climate of India during 2022’ report.
As per the report, the annual mean land surface air temperature averaged over India during 2022 was +0.510C above the long-term average (1981-2010 period). The year 2022 was the fifth warmest year on record since nationwide records commenced in 1901.

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The 26th National Youth Festival is scheduled in the twin cities of Hubballi – Dharwad in Karnataka from 12th to 16th January.
Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Singh Thakur said that the theme of this year’s Youth Festival is ‘Vikasit Yuva, Vikasit Bharat’. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the National Youth Festival-2023 on 12th January, on the Birth Anniversary of Swami Vivekananda.

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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.

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The National Human Trafficking Awareness Day is observed every year in the United States on January 11, to raise awareness about human trafficking.
In 2000, the Trafficking Victims Protection Act addressed modern-day slavery and was the first federal law to do so. In 2010, President Barack Obama dedicated the entire month of January to awareness and prevention of human trafficking.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee National Institute of Water and Sanitation (SPM-NIWAS) at Joka in Kolkata via video conferencing.
SPM – NIWAS has been set up at a cost of around Rs. 100 Crore. Through this apex institute, the Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation (DDWS) aims to bridge the knowledge and capacity building gap in public health engineering, sanitation and hygiene through various courses.

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An expert panel of Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) has recommended market authorisation for Covovax as a heterologous booster dose for adults, who were administered two doses of Covishield or Covaxin.
Serum Institute of India manufactures Covid vaccine, through technology transfer from Novavax. The subject expert committee (SEC) of the CDSCO recommended for market authorisation.

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Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal, along with Dr Manik Saha, Chief Minister, Tripura inaugurated the School of Logistics, Waterways and Communication at Agartala.
It has been set up under State Institute of Public Administration and Rural Development (SIPARD), an autonomous body funded by the Government of Tripura and by Ministry of Rural Development. The school will enable research, training and workshops in the transportation and logistics sector.

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The Delhi government has suggested that the Centre can grant “migrated minority” status to Hindus who moved to the national capital from places like Jammu &Kashmir or Ladakh where they are a religious minority.
This is a part of a compilation of views collected by the Centre from 24 States on whether religious and linguistic minority communities should be identified and notified by the Union or the respective States. The Centre submitted the affidavit in the Supreme Court.