Current Affairs Quiz - September, 2022

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Union Home Minister Amit Shah launched the Central Armed Police Forces’ eAwas web-portal.
It is an online portal for the CAPF personnel to increase their chances of finding government accommodation. The new portal will allow CAPF personnel to find houses among themselves instead of looking for accommodation within the force.

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Samvatsari Day is a traditional festival celebrated in Shwetambar sect of Jainism. It is celebrated as Kshamavani in the Digambara sect of Jainism.
Samvatsari is observed to seek forgiveness for all thoughts, words or actions that hurt people knowingly or unknowingly. On this day, people seek Uttam Kshama (apologies) and send messages of Micchami Dukkadam, which translates to ‘May all evil that has been done be forgiven’.

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As per the data released by the National Crime Records Bureau, the number of cybercrime incidents in 2021 has gone up by 18.4 per cent since 2019.
The number of such cases against women has risen at 28 per cent. Out of the 52,974 incidents reported in 2021, 20.2 per cent were reported as cases of crime against women. Karnataka had the highest share with 2,243 cases, followed by Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh.

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Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) launched the Gen-Next Support for Innovative Startups (GENESIS) initiative in July 2022, with an outlay of more than Rs 750 crore.
Under the scheme, the central government will promote over 10,000 startups in the next five to six years. GENESIS is a National Deep-tech Startup Platform, to support and create successful startups in Tier-II and Tier-III cities of India.

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The Carbon-free hydrogen produced from a carbon-free nuclear power is referred as the Pink Hydrogen.
Pink hydrogen can also be manufactured via electrolysis, where the electricity supplied by nuclear power plants. To manufacture green hydrogen, where electrolyzers are supplied by and electricity is supplied by a wind or solar farm.

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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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According to figures from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), India passed the United Kingdom (UK) to become the fifth-largest economy in the world in the last quarter of 2021.
The United States, China, Japan, and Germany are the only nations ahead of India. However, in terms of per capita income, which is a measure of how much money is made per person in a country, India is ranked 122 out of 190 countries.

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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 is set to celebrate National Cinema Day on September 16. It was announced by the Multiplex Association of India (MAI).
The event will take place across 4,000 screens in the country to celebrate the successful reopening of cinemas. During the occasion, tickets will be priced at Rs 75 in all the participating cinemas.  Various companies like PVR, INOX, and Carnival among others have agreed to be a part of the celebrations.

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IndusInd Bank announced a strategic partnership with Asian Development Bank (ADB) to support Supply Chain Finance (SCF) solutions in India.
The Bank has entered into a partial guarantee programme with ADB with an initial outlay of USD 70 million, exclusively towards promoting SCF solutions in India. The Bank recently launched a digital portal for SCF named ‘earlyCredit’.