Current Affairs Quiz - September, 2022

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The Solomon Islands has decided to suspend the entry of all foreign navy ships into its ports, as per the announcement from the prime minister’s office.
The United States earlier alleged that only their navy vessels were not allowed to enter the ports of the Solomon Islands.  The Solomon Islands also has signed a security pact with China creating a strained relationship with the US and its allies.

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The Delhi Police has become the first police force in the country to make collection of forensic evidence mandatory in crimes punishable with a sentence of more than six years.
This has been done to increase conviction rate and to integrate the criminal justice system with forensic science investigation. Delhi Police has integrated the Criminal Justice System (ICJS) with forensic science investigation and collaborated with National Forensic Sciences University (NFSU), Gandhinagar to train its officers.

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The Thai trade centre in Chennai launched its first trade expo in Hyderabad, with the aim to build stronger ties between Telangana and Thailand.
The trade expo will focus on building business relations between Thai companies and Hyderabad business community. An MoU that was earlier signed between the Government of Telangana and the Ministry of Commerce, Thailand to increase bi-lateral trade.

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‘Jigyasa for Renewable Fuel program’ under Jigyasa 2.0 program was successfully organized for the school students of Scindia Kanya Vidyalaya, Gwalior 2022 at CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun.
The main objective of the program is to give an exposure to different technologies developed for the utilization of non-edible vegetable oils, used cooking oil and waste plastic to different types of fuels.

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Union Home Minister Amit Shah chaired the 30th Southern Zonal Council meeting in Thiruvananthapuram.
In the meeting, 26 issues were discussed, 9 issues were resolved and 17 issues were reserved for further consideration. The main objectives of the Zonal Council meeting are settlement Centre- State disputes and inter-state disputes through mutual agreement, promotion of regional cooperation between States, among others

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India’s medical regulatory body National Medical Commission (NMC) recently told the High Court that it declared conversion therapy as an act of professional misconduct, as per court order.
Conversion therapy is the attempt to change an individual’s sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. NMC banned the practice under the Indian Medical Council (Professional Conduct, Etiquette and Ethics) Regulations, 2002.

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Odisha government distributed financial assistance of Rs 869 crores to 41 lakh small and marginalised farmers and 85,000 landless farmers under the Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and Income Augmentation (KALIA) scheme.
Each registered farmer has got Rs 2000 directly in their bank account under the assistance. It was distributed on the occasion of Nuakhai, the Harvesting festival of Odisha.

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Agricultural & Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) organised an in-store export promotion programme in Dubai, UAE for Manipur’s pineapples.
The ‘in-store promotion show’ of organic and fibre-rich Kwe variety of pineapples from Manipur, was organized Dubai in association with Manipur Organic Mission Agency (MOMA) of Government of Manipur. The programme aims to harness the export potential of naturally grown, organic certified fresh pineapples of North-Eastern Region (NER).

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Warangal from Telangana and Thrissur and Nilambur from Kerala have joined the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities (GNLC).
77 cities from 44 countries joined the list recently, which includes 294 cities from all around the world. The cities have been included in recognition of their outstanding efforts to promote lifelong learning across their communities at local level.

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A majority 61.9 percent of Chileans voted against the proposed new constitution. It was set to replace the ruling constitution written in 1980 during the dictatorship of conservative President Augusto Pinochet.
In 2019, millions of Chileans took to the streets to march against the rising costs of living and inequalities. 36 year old Gabriel Boric was sworn in as the new President of Chile. The new proposal was claimed as feminist, ecological and progressive.