Current Affairs Quiz - October, 2022

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The Office of the Development Commissioner (Handicrafts) under the Textile Ministry has launched Indian handicraft portal (http://indian.handicrafts.gov.in).
Through the fully digitized marketing platform, all the eligible artisans can apply online for marketing events. The online process will provide equal, fair and transparent opportunity to all artisans.

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The World Post Day is celebrated to mark the establishment of the Universal Postal Union (UPU) in Berne in 1874 on October 9.
The Indian Department of Post celebrates ‘National Postal Week’ from October 9 to October 13 this year. India’s government-operated postal system, India Post, is the world’s largest postal system in the world. The activities conducted will be in line with the year’s theme, ‘Post for Planet, moving a step ahead.’

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International Day of the Girl Child is observed on October 11 every year across the world since 2012, when it was declared by the United Nations.
This year commemorates the 10th anniversary of the International Day of the Girl. The theme of International Day of the Girl Child this year is ‘Our time is now—our rights, our future’.

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Official data released by National Statistical Office (NSO) showed that the retail inflation based on Consumer Price Index (CPI) was at 7.41 per cent in September
The figure was at 7 per cent in August. Retail inflation rose to a five-month high of 7.41 per cent in September due to costlier food items. It is for the ninth month in a row that retail inflation remained above the Reserve Bank of India’s upper band of 6 per cent.

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The Union Commerce and Industry Ministry launched the LEADS (Logistics Ease Across Different States) 2022 report.
Andhra Pradesh, Assam and Gujarat are among the 15 States and UTs categorised as achievers in the logistics index chart 2022. The index is an indicator of efficiency of logistical services necessary for promoting exports and economic growth.

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A pod of 240 pilot whales has lost their lives after being stranded on New Zealand’s Pitt Island in the Pacific Ocean.
The pod of whales has been found on the Chatham Islands archipelago, which consists of Pitt Island and Chatham Island with minimal human presence. Earlier, 215 whales died following a mysterious beaching event in the country.

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India’s first ever sanctuary for the endangered Slender Loris will be set up in Tamil Nadu. The Kadavur Slender Loris Sanctuary will be formed by merging 11,806 hectares in the forest areas of Karur and Dindigul districts.
Slender Loris is listed as an endangered species according to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN).  It is a small nocturnal mammal that spends most of its life on trees. They help farmers by acting as biological predators of pests that harm agricultural crops.

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As per the report prepared jointly by Niti Aayog and the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), India bears the world’s highest health and economic burden due to lead poisoning.
Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh had the highest average blood lead levels (BLL). A 2020 report by UNICEF and non-profit Pure Earth had found India had major number of the 800 million children poisoned by lead globally. It meant that half of India’s children were poisoned by lead.

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The government has accorded infrastructure status to Data centers with more than 5 megawatt capacity of IT load.
The move helps data centre companies to get easier access to institutional credit at lower rates, and attract foreign investments. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman made an announcement in the budget speech for 2022-23, that data centres will be granted infrastructure status.

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Sajan Prakash an Indian swimmer hailing from Kerala won 8 medals including 5 Gold, 2 Silver, 1 Bronze in the 36th National games 2022. He also received the ‘best male athlete’ award by Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel at Sardar Patel Aquatic Complex, Rajkot.