Current Affairs Quiz - September, 2022

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The Emmy Awards 2022 Awarding Ceremony was held recently in Los Angeles. Lead Actor in a Drama Series title was won by Lee Jung-jae, Squid Game while the Lead actress in the same category was won by Zendaya for Euphoria.
Hwang Dong-hyuk won the directing Emmy for the dystopian Korean thriller, Squid Game. Jason Sudeikis won Best Actor in Comedy Series for Apple’s show Ted Lasso.

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FICCI is organizing the thought Leadership initiative of India, LEADS (Leadership, Excellence, Adaptability, Diversity, Sustainability) in New Delhi.
It will have more than 250 participants from around 50 countries. The 3rd edition will include the discussions by 36 global thought leaders exchanging ideas on 11 themes including manufacturing; food for all; innovation; mobility etc. Indian Union Ministers and their counter-parts from Germany and New Zealand will address various thematic sessions.

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According to Kantar BrandZ report on India’s most-valuable brands, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is India’s most-valuable brand in 2022.
TCS surpassed HDFC Bank, which held the number one spot since 2014. Infosys is listed in the third place. Telecom provider Airtel was at rank 4 while Reliance Jio is at number 10. Indian brands increased their brand value by 35 per cent compound annual growth rate (CAGR) since 2020.

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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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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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Iran signed a formal MoU to become a permanent member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in 2023.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi became the first Iranian president in 20 years to visit Uzbekistan, by attending the SCO Summit. Iran acquired observer status in the organisation in June 2005. Its bid for full membership was approved in September 2021 after a wait of 15 years.

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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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The Foreign Trade Policy of India has been amended, under which international trade invoicing, payment and settlement will be allowed to be settled in the Indian Rupee.
The move has thus activated the mechanism of Reserve Bank of India to facilitate trade in the Indian currency.

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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.