Current Affairs Quiz - September, 2022

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India observes National Nutrition Week from September 1 to September 7 every year to raise awareness about the importance of consuming nutritious food.
Ministry of Women and Child Development is celebrating the 5th Rashtriya Poshan Maah 2022 across the nation from 1^st to 30th September. This year, the objective of the Poshan Maah is to celebrate Poshan Maah through Gram Panchayats as Poshan Panchayats with key focus on ‘Mahila aur Swasthya’ and ‘Bacha aur Shiksha’.

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Dr Ashutosh Raravikar, Director in the DEPR of RBI has authored a book titled ‘Indian Banking in Retrospect’- 75 years of Independence.
The books attempts to capture developments in the Indian banking sector over the last 75 years. It describes how the banking sector displayed great resilience during South-East Asian crisis of the late ’90s, global meltdown of 2008, the taper-tantrums of 2013-14 among other crises.

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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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Higher education sector regulator University Grants Commission (UGC) has come up with the e-Samadhan-Online Grievance Registering and Monitoring System which is a digital platform for stakeholders to identify and apply for grievances, feedback or queries
Through the centralised portal, UGC will be able to monitor and resolve all grievances of students and staff in universities through a centralised portal called `e-Samadhan`.

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Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma launched the ambitious flagship programme for the farmers – ‘Rural Backyard Piggery Scheme’.
The scheme was launched under the ‘National Livestock Mission’. The Chief Minister also mentioned on the flagship ‘Progress’ scheme, which aims to ensure that the farmers earn a sustainable livelihood through different livestock farming activities.

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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved a loan of USD 2.9 billion to Sri Lanka. The country is battling its worst economic crisis since independence in 1948.
Sri Lankan President Wickremesinghe, who is also the country’s Finance Minister, presented his first budget, which aimed to boost revenue and fight inflation.

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The Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) has approved Tejas Mark-2 Project. It has sanctioned 6,500 crore rupees for designing and developing of Tejas Mark-2 fighter jet. It is manufactured by the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL).
The advanced version of the indigenous Tejas light combat aircraft (LCA) will feature a series of additions to its flight and fight capabilities. Tejas 2.0 will be equipped with more powerful engines and indigenously developed Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar.

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The ‘Scheme for Promotion of Bulk Drug Parks’ is run by the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilisers, to support the Bulk Drugs manufacturing in the country. It was notified in 2020, with a financial outlay of Rs 3,000 crore.
The Department of Pharmaceuticals has approved the proposals of three states, Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh, to set up Bulk Drug Parks and aims to bring down the cost of manufacturing bulk drugs through the creation of world-class common infrastructure facilities.

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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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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).