Current Affairs Quiz - October, 2023

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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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In Bihar, the world-famous Pitra Paksha Mela began in Gaya, Bihar. The main function was organized at Vishnupad Temple.
Lakhs of people from across the country and abroad reach here to offer prayers for departed souls on the banks of Falgu River.

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Titled the “Pearl of The Silk Road,” the Tashkent International Film Festival was inaugurated in Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan.
The festival was initially inaugurated in 1968. India’s participation in TIFFEST revolves around the theme ‘Showcasing India’s Creative Economy’.

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Researchers at the European Center for Nuclear Research (CERN) conducted an experiment with antimatter, demonstrating that it responds to gravity by falling, consistent with the behavior of ordinary matter, aligning with Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity.
Despite the expected equal production of matter and antimatter during the Big Bang, very little antimatter exists, and the two are incompatible, leading to annihilation upon contact.

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Union Ministry of Textiles introduced Quality Control Orders (QCOs) for six medical-textile and 20 agro-textile products.
In Medical textiles like Sanitary Pads and baby diapers, self-help groups are exempted from QCO while Micro and Small units are given relaxation for 1 year.

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Rajasthan government has issued an order to conduct a caste survey in the state. It will become the second state in India to carry out such a survey, after Bihar.
Bihar had previously unveiled the results of its caste survey on Mahatma Gandhi’s birth anniversary, revealing that Other Backward Classes (OBCs) and Extremely Backward Classes (EBCs) constituted 63 percent of the state’s total population.

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Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot announced the formation of three new districts in the state: Malpura, Sujangarh, and Kuchaman City.
The total number of districts in Rajasthan has now increased to 53.  In March 2023, the government had announced the creation of 19 new districts.

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The Statue of Equality will be inaugurated by the Ambedkar International Center in Maryland, a state in the United States.
It will be the tallest statue of Ambedkar outside India. This statue is a replica of the world’s largest Ambedkar statue, located in Hyderabad and which stands 125 feet tall. It was crafted by Ram Sutar, who also created Sardar Patel’s ‘Statue of Unity’ in Gujarat.

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The Indian Air Force (IAF) is set to replace all Russian-origin MiG-21 squadrons with the LCA Mark 1A by 2025.
This was announced by Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari ahead of the upcoming Air Force Day celebration. The Indian Air Force celebrated its 91st anniversary on October 8 with the theme-“IAF-airpower beyond boundaries”.

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iTEK Nucleus is an IT tower that is set to be built in Old City in Hyderabad. The foundation stone for the project was laid recently.
The total budget of this project is Rs 700 crore and is estimated to accommodate at least 50,000 jobs in various IT firms.