Current Affairs Quiz - October, 2022

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Uttarakhand received the first prize in two categories, for the best adventure tourism destination and all-around development of tourism from the Ministry of Tourism.
Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar presented National Tourism Awards 2018-19, on the occasion of World Tourism Day. He also launched photography and videography contest during the event.

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The University Grants Commission (UGC) has issued guidelines for engaging ‘Professors of Practice’ or distinguished experts from different fields at Higher Education institutions.
As per the guidelines, these professors are not required to have the educational qualifications generally mandated for teaching and they can be paid through corporate sponsorship or an honorarium. Distinguished experts with an experience of at least 15 years will be eligible for the scheme.

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The Andhra Pradesh government notified fresh safety guidelines to institutionalise preventive measures to check accidental leakage of toxic gases and dangerous chemicals in factories.
The new guidelines were issued under the AP Fire Service Act, 1999. In May 2020, leak of styrene vapour from a Polymer plant near Visakhapatnam left 12 persons dead and around 1,000 people sick. There was a leak of poisonous gas from a apparel manufacturing unit two times this year.

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Rabaris are part of a nomad community who follow the rain in search of pasture for cattle, travelling from Gujarat to Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.
The annual Bhed Mata Mela, the camel fair is celebrated in villages where the nomad communities reside near Bhuj in Kutch, Gujarat. ‘Bhed Mata’ is the goddess of the community.

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In a recent coup, Ibrahim Traoré has become the latest military officer to seize power in Burkina Faso. It is one of France’s former colonies in West Africa.
The ousted military leader Lt Col Paul-Henri Damiba is in Togo, at present. This is Burkina Faso’s ninth coup since independence from France in 1960.

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The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) and the Commonwealth Games Australia unveiled the sport programme for the Victoria 2026 CWG.
It features 20 sports and 26 disciplines, including nine fully integrated para sports. Shooting, which was controversially dropped from the Birmingham CWG, is included in the 2026 edition in Victoria, Australia. Shooting has been the strongest sport of India recently.

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International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA) constituted the ‘Committee of Experts on Sustainable Finance’.
Headed by C.K. Mishra, Former Secretary to Government of India, submitted its final report to Chairperson, IFSCA. Some important recommendations include developing a voluntary carbon market, framework for transition bonds, enabling de-risking mechanisms and promoting regulatory sandbox for green Fintech. The committee also proposes to set up a dedicated MSME platform for sustainable lending.

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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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Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla attended the 8th G20 Parliamentary Speaker’s Summit and led the Indian delegation to the P-20 conference (organisation of G-20 parliaments) in Jakarta.
G-20 countries account for 80% of global GDP and 75% of global trade and two-thirds of the world’s population. Indonesia holds the Presidency of G-20 in 2022, while India will host the G-20 (Group of 20) leaders’ summit in New Delhi next year in 2023.