Current Affairs Quiz - October, 2023

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Kongthong, a village situated in the East Khasi Hills of Meghalaya, recently bagged the award at the National Tourism Awards 2023.
These awards were conferred by the Union Tourism Ministry. Meghalaya implements the Homestay Scheme, providing a subsidy of up to 7 lakh rupees per homestay. About 300 homestays were sanctioned in the last year.

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A new dispute arose when China erected a barrier close to the Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea. It has reignited a longstanding territorial dispute between China and Philippines that dates back to 2012.
The South China Sea is situated just south of the Chinese mainland and is bordered by the countries of Brunei, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam.

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Iran’s Revolutionary Guards successfully launched a third military satellite into orbit.
The Noor 3 imaging satellite orbits at an altitude of 450 kilometres above the earth’s surface and was launched by the three-stage Qased, or messenger carrier, which launched its predecessor Noor 2 in 2022.

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Continental Device India Private Limited (CDIL) achieved a significant milestone by becoming the first company in the nation to produce silicon carbide devices.
They accomplished this by launching a Surface Mount Semiconductor Packaging Line. The facility will supply to makers of electric vehicles, power management devices and solar panels.

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The Ministry of Home Affairs has opened two more border tourist destinations ‘Marsemik La and Sko valley’ for tourists visiting Ladakh.
The previously restricted areas were close to the strategic Chang Chenmo sector north of Pangong lake in Ladakh. Tourists are allowed to trek through this high-altitude valley.

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Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has recently released a consultation paper on “Digital Transformation through 5G Ecosystem”.
The aim of this discussion document is to recognize the policy obstacles and propose the appropriate policy structure to accelerate the integration and efficient utilization of emerging technologies, fostering comprehensive and sustainable economic advancement facilitated by the 5G ecosystem.

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K.N. Shanth Kumar of The Printers (Mysore) was elected Chairman of the Press Trust of India’s Board of Directors for a one-year term.
He was also Chairman of the Audit Bureau of Circulation (ABC), a member of the Executive Committee of the Indian Newspaper Society (INS) for more than 20 years. This is the second time that he is serving as the Chairman of the Board of PTI, the last time being 2013 to 2014.

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The government announced the 28th tranche of electoral bond sales to be undertaken over a ten-day window starting October 4 and closing on October 13, at all authorised branches of the State Bank of India.
The bonds were introduced in January 2018 as a means “to cleanse the system of political funding in the country”.

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Meerut-based Kiran Baliyan clinched the country’s first medal in women’s shot put in 72 years.
Baliyan threw to a distance of 17.36m in her third attempt to finish third behind the Chinese duo of Olympic champion Lijiao Gong and Jiayuan Song.

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Aditya-L1 spacecraft has travelled beyond a distance of 9.2 lakh km from Earth, successfully escaping the sphere of earth’s influence, after the Mars Orbiter Mission.
The spacecraft will remain in a halo orbit around L1, about 1.5 million km from Earth, to observe the Sun’s corona and other aspects without interruptions.