Current Affairs Quiz - March, 2023

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World Tuberculosis Day, observed on 24 March each year, is designed to build awareness about the global epidemic of tuberculosis and efforts to eliminate the disease.
In 2018, 10 million people fell ill with TB, and 1.5 million died from the disease. On this occasion, ‘One World TB Summit’ will be organized in Rudrakash Convention Centre in Varanasi.

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Uganda recently introduced an anti-LGBTQ Act that makes it a crime to identify as LGBTQ. It provides broad powers to authorities to target gay Ugandans.
Uganda is one of 30 African countries which bans same-sex acts and the new legislation received sweeping support in Parliament. The bill proposes the death penalty for ‘aggravated homosexuality’ which includes having sex with someone who is HIV positive or repeat offenders.

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Regional Conference on ‘Drug Trafficking and National Security’ was recently held in Bengaluru. It was chaired by Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
A Memorandum of Understanding was also signed between the Rashtriya Raksha University and the Government of Karnataka to open a new campus of the University at Shivamogga.

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The government has scrapped the long-term capital gains treatment (with indexation benefits) for income from debt mutual funds.
The returns from such funds will be treated as short term capital gains. Currently, capital gains arising from transfer of mutual fund units, other than equity-oriented funds held for more than three years, are considered as long-term investments and taxed at 20% with indexation benefits.

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Mukundra Hills Tiger Reserve is situated in Rajasthan. One tigress will be introduced into this protected land.
After Ranthambhore and Sariska, Mukundara Hills Tiger Reserve was declared as the 3^rd sanctuary of the state.

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The Micro and Small Enterprises – Cluster Development Programme (MSE-CDP) is being implemented by the Union MSME Ministry across India.
Its objective is to improve the productivity and competitiveness of the MSEs and ensure their holistic development via financial aid for establishing Common Facility Centres (CFCs) and for establishing new or up-gradation of existing Industrial Areas or Estates among others.

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The Centre for Policy Research (CPR) released a report analysing all 37 heat action plans (HAPs) across 18 states to evaluate how policy action is keeping up with the warming weather in India.
It finds that heat action plans in India are not only poorly funded but have a weak legal framework.

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The first-ever India-Africa Army Chiefs’ Conclave is being held in Pune. The aim of the event is to strengthen defence relations and create an institutionalised framework for better military-to-military cooperation between the two parties.

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Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed, the eldest son of the UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, has been named the crown prince of Abu Dhabi.
This puts him next in line to take over as the leader of the federation. He has served as a member of the Abu Dhabi Executive Council and as chairman of the Abu Dhabi Executive Office.

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Piezoelectric Effect is a phenomenon that involves a body developing an electric current when it is squeezed.
For the first time, scientists reported evidence of this effect in liquids. As researchers applied pressure with a piston to a sample of an ionic liquid in a cylinder, it led to the release of electricity.