Current Affairs Quiz - September, 2022

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As per the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC), the death toll of Lassa fever in Nigeria this year has risen to 171.
Even after the measures by the government to reduce infections across the country, there have been a total of 917 confirmed cases, with 6,660 suspected cases recorded since the beginning of the year.

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The 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 77) was inaugurated recently in New York followed by the High-Level Week
The UN General Assembly (UNGA) is the main policy-making organ of the United Nations. This year’s theme is ‘A watershed moment: transformative solutions to interlocking challenges’ with focus on crises such as COVID-19, climate change and conflict and need for solutions to build global sustainability and resilience.

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National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Chairperson, retired Justice Arun Kumar Mishra has been elected as a member of the Governance Committee of the Asia Pacific Forum (APF).
He has also been elected as a member of the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI) Bureau. The GANHRI is one of the world’s largest human rights networks.

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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor, Shaktikanta Das recently launched three key digital payment initiatives at the Global Fintech Fest 2022.
The initiatives include RuPay Credit Card on UPI, UPI LITE, Bharat BillPay Cross-Border Bill Payments. Through UPI Lite on BHIM App, users will be able to make small-value transactions in near-offline mode. The upper limit of a UPI Lite payment transaction will be ₹200. The total limit of the UPI Lite digital payment mode on the wallet on a device would be ₹2,000 at any point in time.

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The Galilean moons or Galilean satellites are the four largest moons of Jupiter namely Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto. They were first identified by Galileo Galilei in 1609-1610.
On September 26, Jupiter is set to make its closest approach to Earth in the last 59 years according to NASA. The planet’s banding and three or four of the Galilean moons will be visible when seen with binoculars.

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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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To commemorate the birth anniversary Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya , September 25 is celebrated as Antyodaya Diwas in India since 2014.
Deendayal Upadhyaya mobilised the concept of ‘Antyodaya’ which literally means, “the rise of the last person.” He stressed on Antyodaya to target the extreme poverty existed in India during and after the independence.

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Ageas Federal Life Insurance (AFLI) has become the first life insurance company in India to have a 74% stake held by a foreign partner.
Belgium-based Ageas Insurance International recently completed the acquisition of the 25% stake in the life insurance joint venture (JV) from IDBI Bank. With this, shareholding of Ageas in the JV rose to 74% from the earlier-held 49%. Federal Bank continues to hold a 26% stake in the life insurer, while IDBI Bank exited as a shareholder.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that the Chandigarh International Airport will be named after Bhagat Singh, the great revolutionary of India’s freedom struggle.
The name change will be effected on September 28, on the freedom fighter’s birth anniversary. The decision has followed a seven-year-old political tussle between Punjab and Haryana over renaming the terminal. The Chandigarh Airport Project is a joint venture of the Airports Authority of India (AAI) and governments of Punjab and Haryana.

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Bathukamma is the official floral festival celebrated by women of the state Telangana. It is celebrated to deepen our relationship with nature.
The main celebrations of nine-day festival will be held on 3rd October, as Saddula Bathukamma. During the annual festival, women and girls sing and dance around specially arranged flowers.