Current Affairs Quiz - September, 2022

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Union Minister Piyush Goyal released handbook on ‘Safety in Electrical Installations – A way forward to Safety by National Electrical Code of India’ and Guide for Using National Building Code of India 2016.
It was released during the fourth Governing Council Meeting of Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS). Pamphlets for awareness of general public while constructing their own home or buying from a builder are also released.

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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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Every year on September 15, World Lymphoma Awareness Day (WLAD) is observed to raise awareness of lymphoma.
Lymphocytes are white blood cells in the immune system that fight infection and lymphoma is a type of cancer.  These cells can be found in the bone marrow, lymph nodes, spleen, thymus, and other organs.

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The Jharkhand government approved a proposal for granting 77 per cent reservation in state government jobs for the members of the SC, ST, backward classes, OBC and economically weaker sections.
The state cabinet hiked the OBC reservation to 27 per cent from the present 14 per cent. The Hemant Soren-led government also approved to a proposal to use 1932 land records to determine who local inhabitants are.

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Roger Federer, regarded as one of the greatest Tennis players in the world, announced that he is retiring from professional tennis at age 41
The former World No. 1 from Switzerland announced that the upcoming edition of the Laver Cup will be his final ATP tournament. Federer has played more than 1500 matches over 24 years, winning 20 Grand Slam titles. He became the oldest World No. 1 at the age of 36 in 2018.

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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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‘Typhoon Nanmadol’ is expected to make landfall in Japan. The country’s weather agency issued a rare warning about the powerful storm.
Nearly two million people in Japan have been asked to seek shelter before Typhoon Nanmadol. It is the first typhoon-linked special warning issued outside of the Okinawa region since the present system began in 2013.

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The Oxfam India has released a new report titled ‘India Discrimination Report 2022’. As per the report, Gender discrimination is the reason for 98 per cent of employment gap between males and females in India.
It also shows that discrimination causes 100 per cent of employment inequality faced by women in rural areas in labour market and 98 per cent in urban areas. Self-employed males earn 2.5 times more than females, 83 per cent of which is attributed to gender-based discrimination.

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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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As per recent data, as many as 1,703 Corporate Insolvency Resolution Processes (CIRPs) ended up in liquidation orders till June 2022. The processes took an average of 428 days for liquidation.
The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) has amended regulations to allow sale of one or more assets of an entity undergoing insolvency resolution process. The amendments aim to provide better market-linked solutions for stressed companies.