Current Affairs Quiz - September, 2022

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National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) released the guidelines for ‘Early identification and intervention for mental health problems in school going children and adolescents’.
The guidelines include setting up of a mental health advisory panel, school based mental health programme and pedagogical support to ensure mental well- being of students and engaging parents.

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The ‘India-Africa Growth Partnership conclave’ was jointly organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and Exim Bank.
Union Minister Piyush Goyal inaugurated the conclave and announced that India can be a valuable partner to African nations. In four critical areas including Solar energy, infrastructure, military cooperation and Start-up ecosystem.

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An MoU was signed by CEO of Indore Smart City with Pataa Navigations for implementing a fully digital addressing system. With this, Indore will become the country’s first Smart City with ‘Smart Addresses’.
Pataa is a brief and unique code that will help the user find specific geo-tagged location. Pataa Navigations and ISRO have collaborated to build a strong digital addressing system for the nation.

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India clinched the SAFF under-17 Championship title, defeating Nepal in the final in Colombo. With this victory, India retains the title, lifting the title for the fourth time.
India captain Vanlalpeka Guite was named the Most Valuable Player of the Tournament, while 16-year-old Sahil Poonia won the Best Goalkeeper award.

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Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has organised the Hackathon 3.0 ‘KRITAGYA’ for promoting ‘speed breeding for crop improvement’.
ICAR, along with its National Agricultural Higher Education Project and Crop Science Division, is organizing the event. Students, faculty and innovators across the country can apply and participate as a group and can collaborate with local start-ups.

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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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The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the International Financial Services Centre Authority (IFSCA) signed a FinTech Co-operation Agreement to facilitate regulatory collaboration and partnership in FinTech.
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is Singapore’s central bank and integrated financial regulator. The agreement includes ‘Regulatory Sandbox Collaboration’ and ‘Sharing of Information’.

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The Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) is a flagship scheme of the Ministry of MSME.
Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) recently inaugurated 72 Units assisted under PMEGP and Disbursed Margin Money Subsidy to 720 PMEGP Beneficiaries. KVIC is the nodal Agency at the national level to implement this credit linked subsidy scheme.

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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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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.