Current Affairs Quiz - September, 2022

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Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) recently approved the merger of Exide Life Insurance with HDFC Life Insurance.
Earlier this year, HDFC Life had announced acquisition of 100 per cent stake in Exide Life from its parent Exide Industries. The amalgamation is subject to the final approval of the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI).

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The Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Rajeev Chandrasekhar, is set to inaugurate India’s first lithium cell manufacturing facility at Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh
The unit has been set up by Chennai-based Munoth Industries with an outlay of Rs 165 crore. At present, India imports 100 percent of its lithium-ion batteries primarily from China, South Korea, Vietnam and Hong Kong.

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Vigyan Pragati is a popular science magazine released by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).
The magazine has received the National Rajbhasha Kirti Award at the Second All India Rajbhasha Sammelan held at Surat from Department of Official Language, Ministry of Home Affairs. ‘Vigyan Pragati’ magazine aims at communicating Science and Technology to the masses in simple language.

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Union Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Dr. Virendra Kumar virtually inaugurated 9 model District Disability Rehabilitation centres(DDRC), which had been upgrading to model DDRCs.
DDRCs were established to provide effective rehabilitation services to the persons with disabilities (PwDs) for the last twenty years.

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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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Tata Group-owned airline Air India has recently launched its transformation plan named ‘Vihaan.AI’. The plan has outlined a detailed roadmap for the next five years to establish itself as a world-class airline.
Vihaan.AI will focus on five main points– exceptional customer experience, robust operations, industry-best talent, industry leadership and commercial efficiency and profitability.

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The Reserve Bank of India has asked Urban Cooperative Banks (UCBs) with deposits above Rs 10,000 crore to appoint a chief compliance officer (CCO) by April 01, 2023.
This decision aims to improve corporate governance in these banks, which are categorised as tier-4 entities. For tier-3 banks with deposits above Rs 1,000 crore and less than Rs 10,000 crore, deadline to appoint CCO is till October 01, 2023. For UCBs under tier-1 (with deposits up to Rs 100 crore) and tier-2 (with deposits more than Rs 100 crore and up to Rs 1,000 crore) the existing norms will continue.

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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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The full week ending on the last Sunday of September is observed as the International Week of the Deaf (IWD), every year.
In 2022, IWD is being observed from September 19 to 25 September 2022. The theme of the 2022 International Week of Deaf People is “Building Inclusive Communities for All”. The IWD is an initiative of the World Federation of the Deaf (WFD) and was first launched in 1958 in Rome.

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Pakistan has received the second consignment of six J-10C fighter aircraft from Pakistan. The aircraft is referred to as ‘Dragon from the East’ by the Pakistani Air Force.
With this second batch, the total number of such fighter jets of Pakistan is increased to 12. The Pakistan Air Force commissioned the first batch of six J-10C fighter aircraft in March 2022. Pakistan is set to acquire a squadron of 25 Chinese multirole J-10C fighter jets in response to India’s purchase of Rafale aircraft.