Current Affairs Quiz - November, 2022

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According to a report by the India Exim Bank, India has recently become a major exporter of defence products and will be able to meet Africa’s needs in maritime, aerospace, and defence sectors.
According to the report, Mauritius, Mozambique, and Seychelles together accounted for 6.6% of India’s arms exports to Africa between 2017-2021. India was the 23rd largest exporter of defence goods from 2017-2021.

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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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The Chhattisgarh government launched the ‘Shri Dhanwantri Generic Medical Store Scheme’ in October 2021.
It provides medicines at affordable rates to people based on the below-the-poverty line card, and is being implemented by the urban development department. Discounts of 50-70 per cent are offered on medicines, life-saving and expensive drugs and medical equipment.

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Uttar Pradesh Cabinet gave its nod to the state’s new ‘Investment and Employment Promotion Policy, 2022’.
The new policy categorises investments into four major categories – Large, Mega, Super Mega and Ultra Mega. The new policy will provide attractive incentives for the development of private industrial parks.

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Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved a USD 350 million (about Rs 2,900 crore) loan to improve the road connectivity in Maharashtra.
The ‘Connecting Economic Clusters for Inclusive Growth in Maharashtra’ project will develop the state’s core road network. It will help connect underdeveloped rural communities with more opportunities, improve access to health and social services and improve agricultural value chains.

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Nagaland is hosting the first edition of the Tokhü Emong Bird Count (TEBC), a documentation event to list birds in the state.
This event is being organised in collaboration with the Wokha Forest Division, Nagaland Forest Management Project (NFMP) and Bird Count India. The event is being held during the Tokhü Emong post-harvest festival of the Lotha Nagas to spread awareness about Nagaland’s bird diversity.

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The Central Government introduced the provision for EWS reservation in admissions and public services, through the 103rd Constitutional Amendment Act, 2019.
The Supreme Court pronounced the judgement on a batch of pleas challenging the validity of the amendment. A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Uday Umesh Lalit upheld the 10 percent quota for EWS in a 3:2 split verdict. Though the Chief Justice had struck down the amendment, the majority bench upheld the act.

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The Mumbai team captained by Ajinkya Rahane defeated Himachal Pradesh at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata to win their maiden title.
The Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy is a domestic T-20 cricket championship in India, organised by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) among the teams from the Ranji Trophy.

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The Indo-German Week of the Young Researchers 2022 was jointly organised by the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) India, and German Research Foundation (DFG).
30 promising young researchers from India and Germany will discuss and interact closely on contemporary matters in chemical sciences. The main goal of the conclave is to promote collaboration among early and mid-career researchers and scientists.

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The Self Reliant India (SRI) fund’, launched by the government of India to provide growth capital to MSMEs, has committed to deploy Rs 5,000 crore, in 38 private equity (PE) and venture capital (VC) firms.
SBICAP Ventures, owned by the State Bank of India Group, is the investment manager of the fund. SRI fund is a SEBI-registered category-II Alternative Investment Fund (AIF) that operates through the mother-fund and daughter-fund structure.