Current Affairs Quiz - October, 2022

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UNESCO released a list of 50 exclusive and iconic heritage textile crafts of India named ‘Handmade for the 21st Century: Safeguarding Traditional Indian Textile’.
It describes the processes behind their making, mentions the causes for their declining popularity and provides strategies for their preservation. Toda embroidery and Sungadi from Tamil Nadu, Himroo weaves from Hyderabad and Bandha tie and dye weaving from Odisha are some of the crafts included.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Gandhinagar-Mumbai Vande Bharat Express train Mumbai and Ahmedabad, the third in the Vande Bharat series.
The two other Vande Bharat Express trains were introduced in the months of February and October 2019, run from New Delhi to Varanasi and Katra, respectively. The ‘Vande Bharat 2.0’ Gandhinagar-Mumbai Express train covers a distance of about 540 kilometres in 6 hours 30 minutes.

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The Delhi government announced a 15-point ‘Winter Action Plan’ to curb air pollution in the Capital region.
It would include the installation of 233 anti-smog guns and deployment of at least 150 mobile anti-smog guns. The government is carrying out research in collaboration with IIT-Kanpur to know the amount of pollution and its source at any given point of time.

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October 1 is observed as the International Day of Older Persons across the world every year. It was introduced by the United Nations General Assembly with an aim of honouring the contribution of older persons and focussing on the problems they face.
This year, the theme for the International Day of Older Persons is ‘Resilience of Older Persons in a Changing World’.

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Akash Tripathi, a 1998 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre, has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), MyGov, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology.
Senior bureaucrat Ajay Bhadoo has been appointed as the Deputy Election Commissioner. As many as 35 civil servants from different services have been appointed as joint secretaries in various union government departments.

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The Punjab legislative assembly unanimously passed a bill to dissolve the state vigilance commission, set up two years ago.
Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann tabled the Punjab State Vigilance Commission (Repeal) Bill, 2022. It was set up in 2006 to inquire into complaints against public servants and was dissolved in 2007. The commission was constituted again in November 2020.

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An international team of researchers has found acidity levels increasing three to four times faster than ocean waters elsewhere.
They also found a strong correlation between the accelerated rate of melting ice in the region and the rate of ocean acidification. This is the first analysis of Arctic acidification that includes data from more than two decades.

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At least 125 people have been killed and dozens were injured in a stampede at the Kanjurujan Football Stadium, Malang in Indonesia.
Police said about 3,000 people had stormed the pitchafter Arema FC lost to Persebaya Surabaya. Arema FC and Persebaya Surabaya are long-time rivals and the latter club’s fans were not allowed to buy tickets for the game due to fears of violence.

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‘Kudlada Pili Parba’ is a unique tiger dance competition is organised as part of Mangaluru Dasara celebrations in Mangaluru
Pili vesha (tiger dance) teams decorated as tigers dance to the rhythmic beating of drums. It was arranged by the Kudla Samskritika Prathistana.

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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.