Current Affairs Quiz - October, 2022

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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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In the category of best performing states in ‘Swachh Survekshan Awards 2022’, Indore was declared the cleanest city for sixth time in a row. It is followed by Surat and Navi Mumbai.
In the state category, Madhya Pradesh secured the first position, followed by Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra. The 7th edition of Swachh Survekshan was conducted to study the progress of the Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban) and rank Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) based on various cleanliness and sanitation parameters.

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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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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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Dr. A K Anil Kumar, Senior Scientist in ISRO is elected as the Vice President of the International Astronautical Federation (IAF), during its Annual Conference held in Paris.
International Astronautical Federation (IAF) is the world’s leading space advocacy body with 433 members in 72 countries. IAF encourages development of astronautics for peaceful purposes and supports dissemination of scientific information.

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Power Finance Corporation has partnered with Valley of Words initiative to present PFC-VoW Book Awards.
The sixth edition of the award was presented recently. Anees Salim’s The Odd Book of Baby Names and Rudrangshu Mukherjee’s Tagore & Gandhi: Walking Alone, Walking Together were adjudged the best books of the year in English fiction and English non-fiction categories.

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India’s Mars orbiter craft has completed eight years in its orbit, beyond its designed mission life of six months.
The Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) is the maiden interplanetary mission of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in September 2014 in its first attempt. ISRO is yet to announce its plans on a follow-on ‘Mangalyaan’ mission to the Mars.

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Vedanta founder Anil Agarwal was honoured with the Global Indian Award worth USD 50,000 by the Canada-India Foundation.
Agarwal donated the award money to a Canadian health charity working for the welfare of native Indians. Ratan Tata, Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam and Deepak Chopra among the past recipients of the Global Indian Award.

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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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PR Sreejesh and Savita Punia have been voted FIH Men’s and Women’s Goalkeeper of the Year for the second year in a row.
Veteran goalkeeper PR Sreejesh and Savita Punia, the captain of the Indian women’s hockey team both received the FIH goalkeeper of the year title in the men’s and women’s categories. Savita is only the third athlete to win Goalkeeper of the Year (Women) for three years in a row.