Current Affairs Quiz - October, 2022

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India has entered into a collaboration with California for research and innovation in the field of zero-emission vehicles.
The California-India ZEV Policy programme is aimed at supporting ZEV uptake in India, promoting the development of an EV industry in India and contributing to India’s industrial growth. As part of the collaboration, a new India ZEV Research Centre was also set up.

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Tokenization is the process of replacing original card details with an alternative code called a ‘token’. The token would be unique and it provides an additional degree of protection for customer card details.
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in 2019 allowed card networks to tokenize card transactions. The deadline for successful execution of tokenization of card-based payments was October 1.

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World Habitat Day is observed on the first Monday of October, which marks the beginning of Urban October.
This year it falls on October 3 and World Habitat Day 2022 is observed under the theme ‘Mind the Gap. Leave No One and No Place Behind’. World Habitat Day was first celebrated in 1986 in Nairobi, Kenya, with the theme ‘Shelter is my right’.

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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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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 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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Rohit Sharma recorded his 400th appearance in the T20 International version, as he became the first Indian player to feature in 400 T20 games.
The 35-year-old opener is also the first Indian captain to score 500 T20I runs in a calendar year. Rohit is the first Indian skipper lead India to a T20I series win over the South African team at home.

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French author Annie Ernaux has been announced as the winner of the 2022 Nobel Prize in literature. The 82-year old writer is known for her novels drawing on personal experience of class and gender.
Over 20 books authored by Annie Ernaux have been school texts in France for decades. One of the contenders for the literature prize this year was the India-born writer and free-speech advocate Salman Rushdie.

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As per the recent report of blockchain researcher Chainalysis, the Middle East and North Africa are the world’s fastest-growing cryptocurrency markets.
While the MENA region is one of the smallest crypto markets, it has grown rapidly to USD 566 billion between July 2021 and June 2022. The volume of crypto received in the region jumped 48% in the year to June.

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Insurance penetration is measured as the percentage of insurance premiums to GDP. In India, the insurance penetration is estimated at a little over 3 per cent.
HDFC Life, one of the country’s leading Insurance Companies, has recently launched the ‘Insure India’ campaign. The campaign aims to educate Indians on the benefits of life insurance as a product category.