Current Affairs Quiz - September, 2022

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Bengaluru FC and their captain Sunil Chhetri won their maiden Durand Cup football tournament title after beating Mumbai City FC in the final clash.
The 38-year-old Sunil Chhetri clinched his first Durand Cup. Bengaluru FC has achieved first Durand Cup victory since coming into existence in 2013.

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India’s Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry co-chaired the 19th ASEAN-India Economic Ministers’ meeting held in Siem Reap City, Cambodia.
The representatives from all 10 ASEAN countries Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam attended the meeting. The bilateral trade between ASEAN and India reached USD 91.5 billion in 2021 increasing by 39.2 per cent year-on-year.

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‘International Day of Peace’ is observed on September 21 around the world. United Nations General Assembly observes 24 hours of non-violence and cease-fire on the day.
The theme for the International Day of Peace 2022 is ‘End racism. Build peace’. The day will be dedicated to the aim of making a world free of racism and racial discrimination.

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Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare and Ministry of Food Processing Industries jointly launched a Convergence Portal between Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF), Pradhan Mantri Formalisation of Micro Food Processing Enterprises scheme and Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana.
The eligible beneficiaries under PMFME and PMKSY Schemes would be able to avail an additional benefit of Interest Subvention at 3% on the interest rate being charged by the banks. This is in addition to the 35% subsidy being provided under the PMFME Scheme.

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India’s Public sector lender UCO Bank is the first bank to receive the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI’s) approval for rupee trade.
The Kolkata-based bank will open a special vostro account with Gazprombank of Russia for trade settlement in Indian rupees. In July, RBI announced its decision to allow Indian banks to settle trade in Indian currency in July. RBI also allowed trade settlements between India and other countries, including Sri Lanka and Russia.

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The Indian Army and the Defence Geo-informatics and Research Establishment (DGRE) have jointly installed India’s first Avalanche Monitoring Radar in north Sikkim.
The avalanche radar was made operational by Defence Research and Development Organisation’s wing DGRE. The radar can also be employed to detect landslides, besides being used for detection of avalanches.

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The Rajasthan Assembly recently passed the Rajasthan Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2022.
The bill proposes that the registration of companies would not be cancelled even if they fail to file the return for six months. Input Credit Tax has been reformed in the Bill, which also seek to start the system of issuing credit notes.

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World Lung Day is celebrated on September 25, which aims to recognise the latest achievements in lung health.
Out of all the cancer cases, lung cancer accounts for 12.8%. Out of all the mortalities due to cancer, lung cancer accounts for 17.8%. Smoking is responsible for developing lung cancer by 94%. The risk of lung cancer is 24 to 36 times higher in smokers than in people who do not smoke.

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Indian Railways has installed the Real-Time Train Information System (RTIS), developed in collaboration with ISRO, on locomotives and trains.
It provides automatic acquisition of train movement timing at the stations, timing of arrival and departure or run-through. They get automatically plotted on the control chart of the trains in the Control Office Application (COA) system.

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According to the Sample Registration System (SRS) Statistical Report 2020, released by the Registrar General of India (RGI), Uttarakhand’s sex ratio at birth was found to be the worst in the country at 844.
Sex Ratio is the number of females per 1,000 males. Kerala’s ratio was the best, at 974. The report stated that India’s overall sex ratio at birth had gone up by 3 points to 907 in 2018-20 from 904 in 2017-19. It was 907 in rural areas and 910 in urban areas.