Current Affairs Quiz - September, 2022

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Karnataka Chief Minister Basavraj Bommai launched a diagnostic service called the ‘Xpress Clinic’ in Malleswaram Assembly Constituency.
In Xpress clinics, 60 per cent concession will be given for BPL cardholders in government hospitals, and 40 to 50 per cent concession will be given for APL card holders.

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Steven Spielberg’s film The Fabelmans won the prestigious People’s Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) 2022.
It is one of the most celebrated and semi-autobiographical film. TIFF People’s Choice Documentary Award was won by ‘Black Ice’ directed by Hubert Davis. TIFF People’s Choice Midnight Madness Award was won by ‘Weird: The Al Yankovic Story’, directed by Eric Appel.

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India, the UAE and France held their first trilateral Foreign Ministers’ meeting in New York on the sidelines of a UN General Assembly (UNGA) session.
The Ministers discussed contemporary ways of doing diplomacy with a focus on active exchange of ideas between strategic partners and UNSC members. India’s External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar also met UN General Assembly President and had bilateral meetings with his counterparts from across the world.

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Indian Naval Ship Ajay (P34) was decommissioned recently after 32 years of distinguished services to the nation. The decommissioning ceremony was held at Mumbai’s Naval Dockyard.
INS Ajay was an Abhay class anti-submarine warfare corvette of Western Naval Command. The ship was commissioned on January 24, 1990. It was posted on various deployments including Operation Talwar during the Kargil War in 1999 and Operation Parakram in 2001.

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‘India Hypertension Control Initiative (IHCI)’ is a hypertension intervention under the National Health Mission of India. It is a collaborative initiative of Union Health Ministry, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), state governments and World Health Organization-India.
IHCI won the ‘2022 UN Interagency Task Force and WHO Special Programme on Primary Health Care Award’ was announced at the UN General Assembly side event.

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The Film Federation of India has announced the Gujarati film, Chhello Show as India’s official entry to the Oscars 2023.
The film, which is titled Last Film Show in English, has been selected in the Best International Feature Film category. Chhello Show revolves around a 9-year-old boy who resides in a remote village in India and his love affair with cinema. The film is directed by Pan Nalin.

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The Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal announced recently that India’s longest river cruise service for over 4,000 km will start in 2023.
The river cruise service will be operated between Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh and Bogibeel in Assam. The route will connect rivers Ganga and Brahmaputra via Indo-Bangladesh Protocol Route (IBRP). The Union Minister also inaugurated Bogibeel Riverfront Passenger Jetty built by Northeast Frontier Railways (NFR).

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US Senate recently ratified Kigali Amendment to the 1987 Montreal Protocol on ozone pollution, to limit use of refrigerants.
The international agreement requires participating nations to phase down production and use of hydrofluorocarbons, also known as HFCs, by 85% over the next 14 years. More than 130 countries, including China, India and Russia, have formally ratified the agreement.

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As per the latest World Bank assessment, Sri Lanka ranks 5th in the highest food price inflation in the world. The list is led by Lebanon followed by Zimbabwe, Venezuela, and Turkey.
Sri Lanka’s inflation surged to 70.2 per cent in August from 66.7 per cent a month ago as the country is grappling with the worst economic crisis. According to official data, food prices have risen by 84.6 per cent. In mid-April, Sri Lanka declared its international debt default due to the forex crisis.

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Union government’s ‘Skill India’ initiative, the Electronics Sector Skill Council of India (ESSCI) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with ‘Samsung India’ to upskill youth in India.
Under ‘Samsung Innovation Campus’, it aims to upskill over 3,000 unemployed youths from 18-25 years of age in emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things, Big Data and Coding and Programming.