Current Affairs Quiz - September, 2022

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Indian city Varanasi has been recently nominated as the first-ever SCO Tourism and Cultural Capital.
It was nominated for the period 2022-2023 at the 22nd Meeting of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Council of Heads of State in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.

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Tamil Nadu government celebrates the birthday of reformist leader E V Ramasamy (Periyar) as ‘Social Justice Day’ in the state.
On that day every year, employees in all government offices including the State Secretariat would take pledges to follow values based on the leader’s ideals which include, brotherhood, equality, self-respect and rationalism.

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India is set to host of the Governing Body session of ‘International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture’ (ITPGRFA).
The pact, which came in force in 2004, has been ratified by 149 countries. Member countries at the New Delhi summit of ITPGRFA are likely to reach a consensus on benefit-sharing of germ plasm which will provide access to better quality seeds.

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Poland has recently opened a new canal for ships to sail from Baltic Sea to Vistula Lagoon ports. The waterway is expected to give full sovereignty in the northeastern region of Poland.
The new canal would also mean that ships no longer must secure Russia’s permission to sail from the Baltic Sea to the ports of the Vistula Lagoon.

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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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India’s Presidency of the prestigious Asia-pacific Institute of Broadcasting Development, AIBD has been extended for one more year.
This was decided by the AIBD member countries at the two-day General Conference held in New Delhi. At present, CEO of Prasar Bharati and Director General of Doordarshan- Mayank Kumar Agrawal is the President of AIBD.  Malaysia-based AIBD was established in 1977 as a regional inter-governmental organisation of UN-ESCAP.

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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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World Rhino Day is celebrated every year on September 22 to raise awareness about the five rhino species including the greater one-horned rhino, Sumatran rhino, Javan rhino, black rhino and white rhino.
The theme for this year’s World Rhino Day is ‘Five Rhino Species Forever.’ The rhino species is on the verge of extinction due to poaching, climate change and disturbance in the natural habitat.

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‘Brothers of Italy’ party won the most votes in Italy’s national elections and is set to deliver Italy’s first far-right-led government since World War II.
Its leader Giorgia Meloni, is set to become Italy’s first woman premier. The winning of a right-wing party is seen as a shift in Europe’s geopolitical reality. Former President of the European Central Bank – Mario Draghi is the current Prime minister of Italy since February 2021.

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World Tourism Day is observed globally on September 27 each year. It was established by the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) in 1980. The 2025 theme is “Tourism and Sustainable Transformation.” The UNWTO selects a unique theme annually to reflect current issues impacting the tourism sector. In 2022, the theme was “Rethinking Tourism.”