Current Affairs Quiz - September, 2022

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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal launched the ‘country’s first virtual school’ called the ‘Delhi Model Virtual School’, in which students from across India will be eligible for admission in classes 9 to 12.
DMVS will be affiliated to the Delhi Board of School Education (DBSE) and no fees will be charged from students. The classes will be conducted through an exclusive platform built by SchoolNet and Google.

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Rachakonda Viswanadha Sastri, popularly known as Raavi Sastry, was a notable writer, lawyer and critic.
The Chief Justice of India, Justice N.V. Ramana, participated as Chief Guest at the centenary celebrations of the noted writer, being organised at Visakhapatnam.

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Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani announced to build India’s first and one of the world’s largest Carbon Fibre plants at Hazira, Gujarat.
The plant will have a capacity of 20,000 MTPA based on Acrylonitrile feedstock. Ambani announced an investment of ₹75,000 crore over the next five years to expand capacities in existing and new value chains including Polyester value chain, Vinyl chain, and New Materials.

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Bhitarkanika National Park is located in the state of Orissa. It houses several rare and endangered varieties of wildlife species.
A record 3,700 saltwater crocodiles were born in Bhitarkanika National Park recently from 122 nests. As per reports, last year, around 2,500 crocodiles were born from 84 nests.

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The Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment (MOXIE) was developed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the United State.
It is a small box sent with the Perseverence rover of the NASA has produced oxygen in Mars with components from the planet’s atmosphere. It splits carbon dioxide absorbed from the atmosphere to produce pure oxygen. This is the first time materials needed for human missions on Mars were generated with resources not those carried from Earth.

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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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Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has topped amongst all Ministries/Departments for resolving Public Grievances in the ranking report published by Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG) for the month of August 2022.
UIDAI has been a top performer in resolution of cases received through Centralized Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System (CPGRAMS).

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Six MoUs signed between Indian and Australian space start-ups at Bengaluru Space Expo.
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and Australian Space Agency (ASA), have decided to partner to develop space technology markets for both India and Australia. ASA is an entity responsible for the development of Australia’s commercial space sector

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Tripura government has successfully set up five ‘Bio-Villages’ for promoting sustainable development, climate change mitigation and climate adaption.
As per the Compendium of Best Practice on Climate Action from Indian states, in Tripura, over 500 households have been benefited with the successful implementation in five ‘Bio-Villages’. The concept of ‘Bio-Village’ was introduced by the Directorate of Biotechnology, Tripura in 2018 for promoting organic farming.

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Indian Army Chief General Manoj Pande was conferred with the honorary rank of General of Nepal Army by President of Nepal Bidhya Devi Bhandari.
The ceremony was part of the unique tradition between the Armies of both the countries. General Pande is on a four-day official visit to Nepal. He also handed over non-lethal military aids including Artillery Equipment, Mine Protected Vehicles, Medical Stores and Horses to Nepal Army.