Current Affairs Quiz - October, 2022

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After the recent Monetary Policy Committee Meeting of RBI, the Central Bank cut the 2022-23 growth projection to 7 per cent from its previous estimate of 7.2 per cent.
RBI also made the fourth rate hike in this financial year, as the Repo rate was hiked by 50 bps to 5.9%. The standing deposit facility (SDF) rate stands adjusted to 5.65 per cent and the marginal standing facility (MSF) rate and the Bank Rate to 6.15 per cent.

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Alphabet Inc’s Google has announced to set up its first cloud region in Greece, as the country is making efforts to become a world cloud computing hub.
The deal is estimated to contribute some USD 2.13 billion to the GDP of Greece and create some 20,000 jobs by 2030. A cloud region is based around a cluster of data centres. Microsoft has also decided to build a data centre hub in the country.

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Chief Minister Y.S Jagan Mohan Reddy paid tributes to ‘People’s poet’ Gurram Jashuva on his 127 th birth anniversary.
Jashuva used verse poetry as a weapon to wage a war against superstitions and evil of untouchability being practised in those times. He also fought against caste discrimination, poverty and economic disparities.

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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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The Bannerman’s Turaco, known in the Oku language as the Fen, is a bird deep cultural value for the people in Cameroon.
It has a heavy yellow bill with a dark red culmen and exposed nostrils. It also has a loud, distinctive call that can be heard up to 1 kilometre. As per experts, the bird, which is already under IUCN List of Threatened Species, could disappear entirely, if forest disappears. The number of birds estimated to be 1,500, are falling due to habitat destruction and tradition of hunting birds for feathers.

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Every year, on 2 October, the International Day of Non-Violence is observed across the world. This special day marks the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.
The main objective of this day is to spread awareness about the idea of non-violence. In 2007, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) passed the resolution to commemorate the International Day of Non-Violence. This year, the UN has selected the slogan of ‘Say No to Violence’.

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British Prime Minister Liz Truss was forced into reversing the plans to cut the highest rate of income tax for the wealthy.
Earlier the Government made an announcement of a stimulus package that includes 45 billion pounds (USD 50 billion) in tax cuts, to be paid by government borrowing. This decision has sent the pound to a record low position against the dollar.

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The Wildlife Week is being celebrated across the country from October 2 to October 8. It aims to bring awareness among the citizens to preserve the wildlife.
Every year on October 4th, National Wildlife Day honours animal rights and welfare all across the world.

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Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur launched the ‘Satya Nishtha’ application for the state police.
The application will help police prepare a database of criminals and study various offences that take place under different police stations in the district. It is a database of information on migrant labourers, foreigners and suspicious persons.

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President Droupadi Murmu launched ‘herSTART’, a startup platform for women entrepreneurs created by Gujarat University in Ahmedabad.
The platform dedicated to women entrepreneurs, will boost innovation and startup efforts of women entrepreneurs and connect women entrepreneurs with various government and private enterprises.