Current Affairs Quiz - September, 2022

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The Film Federation of India has announced the Gujarati film, Chhello Show as India’s official entry to the Oscars 2023.
The film, which is titled Last Film Show in English, has been selected in the Best International Feature Film category. Chhello Show revolves around a 9-year-old boy who resides in a remote village in India and his love affair with cinema. The film is directed by Pan Nalin.

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As per a recent study by the Centre for Social Impact and Philanthropy (CSIP), out of total donations worth Rs 23,700 crore given by Indians between October 2020 and September 2021, the maximum of 64% went to religious organisations.
As per the study “How India Gives 2020-21”, the highest number of donations was made by lower-income and middle-class households. The amount donated was higher in urban areas, while the number of donations was more in India’s rural areas.

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The UN General Assembly declared 23 September as the International Day of Sign Languages(IDSL), to raise awareness of importance of sign language in realization of the human rights of people who are deaf.
It commemorates the day on which the World Federation of the Deaf (WFD) was established in Rome in 1951. The International Day of Sign Languages was first celebrated in 2018 as part of the International Week of the Deaf.

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The Assam government signed two MoUs with Credit Guarantee Fund Trust for Micro and Small Enterprises (CGTMSE) and SIDBI Venture Capital Fund to revamp MSME sector in the state.
The agreements were signed at MSME conclave held in Guwahati. The agreement with CGTMSE aims to provide additional guarantee coverage for the loans given to Micro and Small Units in Assam. SIDBI Venture Capital Fund shall work as Investment Manager for the proposed Assam Start-up Venture Capital Fund.

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The PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PHDCCI) has organised a hybrid summit titled ‘Sustainable Textiles Summit’ in New Delhi.
The summit is supported by the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises. The aim of the summit is to discuss alternative ways to make the textile industry more sustainable. Experts from France, Sweden and Germany will be participating in the meet.

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Union government’s ‘Skill India’ initiative, the Electronics Sector Skill Council of India (ESSCI) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with ‘Samsung India’ to upskill youth in India.
Under ‘Samsung Innovation Campus’, it aims to upskill over 3,000 unemployed youths from 18-25 years of age in emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things, Big Data and Coding and Programming.

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Airbus announced that it would have its first zero emission (ZEROe) aircraft ready by 2035. It also announced that India will contribute to its design, research and development.
Airbus has started the work towards building the world’s first zero-emission commercial aircraft has already begun and Airbus India is involved in the design and development of the ZEROe aircraft.

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Indian author and poet Meena Kandasamy has been announced as this year’s recipient of the Hermann Kesten Prize by the PEN Centre in Germany.
The Hermann Kesten Prize honours personalities who stand up for the rights of persecuted authors and journalists. Her notable works include The Gypsy Goddess, When I Hit You: Or, A Portrait of the Writer as a Young Wife, Ayaankali, Tamil Tigresses and poems such as Touch, and Ms Militancy.

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As per a recent study, ants present across the world collectively constitute about 12 million tonnes of dry carbon.
The number of ants across the world is estimated about 20 quadrillion or 20 thousand million millions. They collectively weigh more than wild birds and mammals combined

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Indian major Public sector Unit Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Brazilian oil major Petrobras, to diversify its crude oil sourcing.
Bharat PetroResources Limited (BPRL) plans to invest USD 1.6 billion to develop an oil block in Brazil to procure equity oil overseas. For the first time, India will ink a long-term supply deal with Oil major- Petrobras that operates in the oil, natural gas and energy industry.