Current Affairs Quiz - January, 2023

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Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina recently eliminated World No. 1 Iga Swiatek in straight sets to reach the Australian Open quarterfinals for the first time.
The Kazakhstan-based player clinched a 6-4, 6-4 win to make her maiden Australian Open quarterfinal. Rybakina is the 2022 Wimbledon winner from Kazakhstan beat Poland’s Swiatek, is a three-time major champion, including titles at the French Open and U.S. Open last season.

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The Assam Cabinet has decided to book men who marry minor girls under stringent laws prescribing imprisonment from two years to life.
Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said average of 31.8% of girls in Assam get married at the prohibited age and 11.7% of them become mothers before adulthood, higher than the national average.

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Uttar Pradesh came into existence on January 24, 1950, when the governor-general of India passed United Provinces Order 1950, renaming United Provinces as Uttar Pradesh.
This is the 74th foundation day of Uttar Pradesh and it is being celebrated as ‘UP Day’. On the occasion, several schemes including Chief Minister Handicraft Pension Scheme, Handicraft Marketing Promotion Scheme, and exemption in stamp duty were launched. People were also awarded with ‘Rani Laxmi Bai Puraskar’ and ‘Laxman Puraskar’.

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Thailand shuttler Kunlavut Vitidsarn won the India Open title. He defeated World No.1 Denmark’s Viktor Axelsen in the men’s singles final of the India Open Badminton Championship in New Delhi.
Earlier, Korean player An Seyoung won the Women’s singles final after beating World No.1 Japanese Akane Yamaguchi.

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According to the Kantar India Union Budget Survey 2023, Inflationary pressures remained the top concern among consumers regarding the Centre’s budget announcement on February 1, 2023.
Three out of four Indians expressed concerns about the rising inflation and want the government to introduce measures to tackle these challenges. Every one in four Indian is concerned about the threat of job layoff.

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Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) proposes to use river names as tag line and branding for Indian agricultural products.
APEDA is identifying agricultural products that can be sourced from the Gangetic, Brahmaputra, Cauvery and Godavari river basins, among others. APEDA will showcase riverine source of agri exports as unique identifier.

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Jal Jeevan Mission was announced on 15th August, 2019 to provide every rural household with tap water connection by 2024.
As India celebrates its 74th Republic Day, over 11 Crore rural households of the country have access to tap water connection. Only 3.23 Crore (16.72%) had access to tap water, when the mission as launched in 2019.

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The G20 Startup20 Engagement Group will hold its first inception meeting in Hyderabad. Delegates from G20 nations and nine special invitees from observer countries, and representatives from multilateral organizations will attend the meeting.
The Startup20 inception meeting is expected to lay a foundation for the official Policy Communique, a Startup Handbook with a set of commonly agreed-upon definitions and terminologies, and a Global Innovation Centre to foster collaborations across borders.

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The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime observed that the Opium poppy production in Myanmar increased dramatically following the 2021 military coup.
As per the office, political and economic turmoil drove farmers to cultivate the crop. The country’s economy has been paralysed following the military power grab in February 2021 and subsequent clashes between the junta and anti-coup rebels.

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The Halwa ceremony, marking the final stage of the Budget preparation process for Union Budget 2023-24, was held recently.
Like the previous two Union Budgets, Union Budget 2023-24 will also be delivered in paperless form. All the 14 Union Budget documents, including the Annual Financial Statement (Budget), Demand for Grants (DG), Finance Bill, as prescribed by the Constitution, will available on the ‘Union Budget Mobile App’.