Current Affairs Quiz - October, 2022

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Haryana has announced that two international firms will be hired to develop the world’s largest jungle safari park spread across 10,000 acres in the Aravalli range.
The proposed project will be jointly developed by the Union Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change and the Haryana government. At present, the largest curated safari park outside Africa is in Sharjah, which spans 2,000 acres.

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India has signed a USD 250 million deal to export arms and ammunition to Armenia, which is currently engaged in clashes with its neighbour Azerbaijan.
India will send indigenously developed multi-barrel Pinaka launchers, anti-tank rockets, and other range of ammunitions to Armenia, the former Soviet region. This is the first time, India is set to export its Pinaka missile system.

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Russia’s Vladimir Putin will annex four more areas of Ukraine to Russia, after referendums were held in Luhansk and Donetsk in the east, and in Zaporizhzhia and Kherson in the south.
Russia’s annexation of Crimea was undertaken in 2014. The US has announced that it will impose sanctions on Russia because of the staged referendums.

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According to a latest research, Tropical Race 4 (TR4), a new fusarium species, is on the rise in the African country –Mozambique.
It is a fungus that affects bananas and is found to be spreading rapidly across the world and threatening food security in Africa. Fusarium is a filamentous fungus or a type of plant pathogen.

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The Indian Air Force inducted the first batch of indigenously developed Light Combat Helicopters, named Prachand, which are capable of firing a range of missiles and other weapons.
The Light Combat Helicopters (LCH) are developed by state-run aerospace major Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL). It has been primarily designed for deployment in high-altitude regions. It was inducted into the IAF at a ceremony in Jodhpur.

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Sri Lankan government has slashed taxes on female sanitary products, to help women and girls who are unable to afford them because of the country’s economic crisis.
As per study this year by a policy advocacy group, ‘period poverty’, which is being unable to afford sanitary products, was about 50 per cent among Sri Lanka’s 5.3 million women of reproductive age.

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The Standing Committee on Labour, Textiles and Skill Development chaired by Bhartruhari Mahtab submitted its report on ‘Implementation of Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY)’.
It is implemented by Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship. As per the report, Under PMKVY 3.0, in 2021-22, only 72 % was utilised.  Under PMKVY 3.0, out of about four lakh candidates, only 8% have been placed.  During PMKVY 1.0, 2.0, and 3.0, about 20% of the total enrolled candidates dropped out of the training programme.

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The Baltic Pipe natural gas pipeline was officially opened at a ceremony in Szczecin, Poland. The project was initiated by Poland in 2016 following the Crimean War, which triggered an energy crisis.
Leaders from Poland, Norway and Denmark attended the ceremony for launch of the gas transmission system, which is expected to end Poland and Europe’s dependency on Russian gas. The 900-kilometer pipeline will transport natural gas from Norway via Denmark and through Baltic Sea to Poland.

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A global alert has been issued over four cough syrups after the World Health Organization (WHO) warned they could be linked to the deaths of 66 children in Gambia.
A popular tourist destination Gambia detected an increase in cases of acute kidney injury among children under the age of five. It also lacks a laboratory to check the safety of medicines.

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Power Foundation of India in association with Vijnana Bharati (VIBHA) has organised a campaign to create awareness on Agni Tattva under LiFE – Lifestyle for environment.
The first conference of the Agni campaign was organised in Leh, on the theme of ‘Sustainability and Culture’. Power Foundation of India is a Society formed under the aegis of the Ministry of Power and supported by leading CPSEs. It is involved in areas of advocacy and research.