Current Affairs Quiz - September, 2022

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The world’s largest museum of Harappan culture is being constructed in Rakhigarhi. It is a village in Hisar district of Haryana, famous for its archaeological site from the Indus Valley civilisation period.
The world-class museum will display 5000-year-old Indus Valley artefacts. Rakhigarhi was part of the Indus Valley Civilisation from 2600-1900 BC. In the skeletons found in the village, shell bangles, copper mirror and semi-precious stone beads were found.

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Andhra Pradesh emerged as India’s top investment destination in the first seven months of 2022, as per the recent Department for Promotion of Industries and Internal Trade (DPIIT) report.
The state attracted investments amounting to Rs 40,361 crore in the first seven months of 2022, out of India’s investment of Rs 1,71,285 crore. Andhra is followed by Odisha with Rs 36,828 crore.

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The West Bengal Assembly passed the ‘West Bengal Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Identification) (Amendment) Bill, 2022’.
The bill seeks to provide the Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) communities of the state with opportunities to appeal against cancellation, refusal and revocation of caste certificates.

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World Patient Safety Day is marked every year on 17 September to raise awareness regarding the safety of patients.
In May 2019, the World Health Assembly (Forum of WHO) established the World Patient Safety Day while adopting Resolution on “Global action on patient safety”

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Maharashtra government has announced that it is planning to set up an institution on the lines of NITI Aayog.
The institution would be responsible to perform comprehensive data analysis and make decisions on various sectors in the state. NITI Aayog has also carried out an extensive study on similar issues and developed a tool, where inter-related data from various departments is analysed for a better decision-making process.

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The International Equal Pay Day is observed annually to highlight gender pay gap. It is a United Nations-recognized event that falls on September 18.
International Equal Pay Day was first observed back in 1996 by the National Committee on Pay Equity. The main aim of the event is to end the history of gender discrimination that women are facing across the world.

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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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Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh recently launched a web portal named ‘CM Da Haisi’ (Inform to CM).
It seeks to receive complaints and grievances from the general public. The complainants can also check the status of their complaints. The Public Grievances Redressal and Anti-Corruption Cell at CM Secretariat will also use the portal to collaborate with the concerned departments.

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Global Fintech Fest is being organized by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), the Payments Council of India (PCI) and the Fintech Convergence Council (FCC).
It was attended by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das. The Finance Minister called upon fintech industry to take advantage of opportunities in green finance for building a sustainable financial environment.

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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.