Current Affairs Quiz - September, 2022

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‘International Day of Peace’ is observed on September 21 around the world. United Nations General Assembly observes 24 hours of non-violence and cease-fire on the day.
The theme for the International Day of Peace 2022 is ‘End racism. Build peace’. The day will be dedicated to the aim of making a world free of racism and racial discrimination.

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The Breakthrough Prizes was created in 2010 by a group of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, including a venture capitalist Milner, Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, of Facebook and Sergey Brin of Google.
The 2023 winners of the Breakthrough Prizes, also known as the ‘Oscars of Science’ were announced recently in the life sciences category, one for mathematics and one for physics. The winners will split a total of more than USD 15 million.

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The Rajasthan Assembly recently passed the Rajasthan Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2022.
The bill proposes that the registration of companies would not be cancelled even if they fail to file the return for six months. Input Credit Tax has been reformed in the Bill, which also seek to start the system of issuing credit notes.

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The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) will launch the ‘Swachh Vayu Sarvekshan’ programme under National Clean Air Programme 2019 (NCAP).
Swachh Vayu Sarvekshan will rank 131 cities in the country for implementing City Action Plans prepared as part of NCAP to reducie air pollution up to 40 per cent by 2025-26.

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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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The IIFL Wealth Hurun India Rich List 2022 was topped by Gautam Adani and family, with an estimated wealth of ₹10,94,400 crore. Mukesh Ambani and family has been named in the second place with ₹7,94,700 crore, followed by Cyrus Poonawalla and family.
Founder of Nykaa – Falguni Nayar has overtaken Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, 69, to become the richest self-made Indian woman.

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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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Team World ended Team Europe’s dominance in the Laver Cup. It is a tennis tournament played with European players against the rest of the world.
Frances Tiafoe and Felix Auger-Aliassime stepped up on the final day of Laver Cup 2022 as Team World won their maiden title in the 5th edition of the tournament. The Europe side had all the members of the Big 4. Frances Tiafoe joined hands with Jack Sock to beat Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal in Federer’s last match before retirement.

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World Tourism Day is observed globally on September 27 each year. It was established by the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) in 1980. The 2025 theme is “Tourism and Sustainable Transformation.” The UNWTO selects a unique theme annually to reflect current issues impacting the tourism sector. In 2022, the theme was “Rethinking Tourism.”

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India’s ace female cricketer Jhulan Goswami announced her retirement recently, as she played her final international match against England at Lord’s.
Jhulan played 12 Tests, 204 ODIs and 68 T20Is for the Indian women’s team. She has clinched 255 ODI wickets, the most by a women’s cricketer in the format. In 2007, Jhulan Goswami became the first female Indian cricketer to be named the ICC Women’s Cricketer of the Year. She received the prestigious Arjuna Award in 2010.