Current Affairs Quiz - November, 2022

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The Ministry of Electronics and IT has approved the greenfield Electronics Manufacturing Cluster (EMC) to be set up in Ranjangaon Phase III, near Pune in Maharashtra.
The project cost of the Cluster is Rs 492.85 crores. There are EMCs in Noida, Tirupati, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, where multi-national companies and Indian start-ups have set up their units.

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Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan launched the state government’s flagship ‘Ladli Laxmi 2.0’ financial assistance scheme.
The scheme aims to encourage girls to pursue higher education and make them independent. The state had launched the ‘Ladli Laxmi’ scheme in 2007, to provide monetary benefits to the eligible girl children to ensure they get good education.

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According to the US News and World Report, out of 85 nations, India has been ranked as the nation with the cheapest manufacturing cost ahead of China and Vietnam.
India has bagged the 31st position in the overall Best Countries ranking while it featured at the 37th spot in the ‘Open for Business’ category. In the overall Best Countries ranking, Switzerland has topped the chart, followed by Germany, Canada, US and Sweden.

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As per the scientists of the NASA, the annual Antarctic ozone hole reached an average area of 23.2 million square kilometres between September 7 and October 13, 2022.
NASA also said that the depleted area of the ozone layer over the South Pole was slightly smaller than last year and continued the overall shrinking trend of recent years, in general.

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Indian men’s team clinched their first-ever gold at the Asian Squash Team Championships. They defeated Kuwait in the final in straight sets in Cheongju, South Korea.
Indian squash players Saurav Ghoshal and Ramit Tandon won their games in the final. Previously, the Indian team had won 2014 Asian Games Gold. Hong Kong defeated Malaysia to win the women’s Asian Team Championship title for the fourth time this millennium.

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Veteran writer M.T. Vasudevan Nair has been named the recipient of the first Kerala Jyothi award instituted by the State Government.
The jury was chaired by the renowned film-maker Adoor Gopalakrishnan. Actor Mammootty, former civil servant, social activist T. Madhava Menon among others are selected for the Kerala Prabha award while sculptor Kanayi Kunhiraman, scientist and educationist M.P. Parameswaran and singer Vaikom Vijayalakshmi among others will be presented Kerala Sree award.

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Haryana State Government’s Forest Department and the US Agency for International Development (USAID) announced the launch of the ‘Trees Outside Forests in India (TOFI)’ program.
The program will allocate up to USD 25 million over five years in seven states including Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Haryana, Odisha, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, and Uttar Pradesh. The Center for International Forestry Research and World Agroforestry (ICRAF) will provide support.

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The Ministry of Defence announced that the Army Commanders’ Conference has been inaugurated in New Delhi.
It aims to brainstorm on current and emerging security and administrative aspects and chart the future course for the Indian Army. It is an apex-level biannual event and is an institutional platform for conceptual level deliberations to make important policy decisions for the Indian Army.

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The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has topped the ‘Grievance Redressal Index’ published by Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG).
This is the third month in a row when UIDAI has topped the rankings. The UIDAI also launched a new AI/ML based chatbot named ‘Aadhaar Mitra’. The new Chatbot comes with enhanced features like – checking Aadhaar enrollment status, information on enrollment centre location among others.

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The foundation stone of the construction work of the World’s First Vedic Clock has been done in the city of Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh.
The ‘Vedic Clock’ will be constructed at Jantar Mantar Government Jiwaji Observatory at a cost of Rs 1.62 cr. This clock will be fixed on the basis of the principles of Vedic time calculation. The application of the Vedic Clock will be used for moon position, festival, auspicious time, birth anniversary, fast, festival major holidays among others.