Current Affairs Quiz - October, 2023

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The Chhattisgarh government has revealed plans to provide homes to over 47,000 impoverished individuals in rural areas as part of the initial stage of the Mukhyamantri Gramin Awas NYAY Yojana. This initiative follows the failure to implement the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana in 2021 as Chhattisgarh government could not contribute its required share of funds.

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National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) issued its first rupee-denominated AAA rated social bonds with a total size of ₹1040.50 crore. The bonds issued privately to eligible institutional investors will be listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) on September 29, 2023.
The face value of each bond is ₹1 lakh. The base issue size is ₹1,000 crore, with an option to retain oversubscription up to ₹2000 crore.

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Seventeen-year-old Indian sailor Neha Thakur secured a silver medal in the ILCA-4 dinghy event for girls in Asian Games.
The girl’s dinghy ILCA-4 category consists of 11 races and Neha finished with 32 total points. Her net score of 27 helped her earn the second spot behind gold medallist Noppassorn Khunboonjan of Thailand.

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Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha has launched the e-cabinet system at the state secretariat to develop digital infrastructure in the state.
Tripura has thus become the fourth state—and second in the Northeast—after Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and Arunachal Pradesh, to have introduced an e-cabinet system.

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The Union Minister for Education Dharmendra Pradhan introduced ‘CRIIIO 4 GOOD,’ a new set of online life skills learning modules aimed at promoting gender equality among both girls and boys. This initiative was unveiled in collaboration with the International Cricket Council, UNICEF, and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.

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NASA has recently unveiled an ambitious USD 1 billion plan to coordinate the controlled descent of the International Space Station (ISS) back to Earth.
It will be undertaken with a specialized spacecraft, known as the US Deorbit Vehicle (USDV). NASA has invited companies to develop the specialised vehicle.

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M.S. Swaminathan, legendary agricultural scientist passed away. He was a recipient of Padma Shri in 1967, the Ramon Magsaysay Award for community leadership in 1971, the Padma Bhushan in 1972 and the Padma Vibushan in 1989.
He played a crucial role in ‘Green Revolution,’ a programme that paved the way for jump in production of wheat and rice through adaptation of chemical-biological technology.

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Saudi Arabia- based top refineries company Aramco announced its first global investment in liquefied natural gas, part of a broader bid by the energy giant to expand beyond oil.
The company would acquire a minority stake worth USD 500 million in MidOcean Energy, which is managed by the U.S. investment firm EIG.

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India and Argentina signed an agreement to ensure legal rights of professionals in each other’s domain that will assist in risk-free international mobility.
As per the Embassy of India, the ‘Social Security Agreement’ is aimed at ensuring rights of the growing number of Indian nationals employed in various Indian and international concerns in Argentina as well as for Argentine nationals seeking employment in India.

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The Indian men’s squash team created history as they defeated Pakistan to clinch gold at the ongoing 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou.
Abhay Singh defeated Noor Zaman to win 11-7, 9-11, 8-11, 11-9, 12-10 in the third and final contest. India won a men’s team squash gold in the 2014 edition of the games, while the Pakistan last claimed gold in 2010 in Guanzhou.