Current Affairs Quiz - September, 2022

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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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National Sports Development Fund NSDF of the Department of Sports signed Memorandum of Understandings MoUs with NTPC and REC Ltd, two major PSUs under Ministry of Power.
NTPC made a commitment for Rs 115 crores towards Archery while REC Limited made a commitment for Rs 100 Crores for 3 years towards Women’s hockey, Boxing and athletics.

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The Protection of Right to Freedom of Religion Bill, 2021, also known as the anti-conversion bill, was passed by the Karnataka Legislative Assembly in December 2021
The bill was recently passed by the upper house in Karnataka, despite opposition from the opposition parties. The government had earlier passed an Ordinance to stop forcible conversions.

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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.

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Global Fintech Fest is being organized by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), the Payments Council of India (PCI) and the Fintech Convergence Council (FCC).
It was attended by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das. The Finance Minister called upon fintech industry to take advantage of opportunities in green finance for building a sustainable financial environment.

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India’s Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry co-chaired the 19th ASEAN-India Economic Ministers’ meeting held in Siem Reap City, Cambodia.
The representatives from all 10 ASEAN countries Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam attended the meeting. The bilateral trade between ASEAN and India reached USD 91.5 billion in 2021 increasing by 39.2 per cent year-on-year.

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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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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.

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Bangladesh clinched their first-ever South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Women’s Championship title held in Kathmandu.
Bangladesh became champions in for the first time in the sixth edition of SAFF, ending India’s reign of five successive titles. The hosts Nepal ended the tournament as runners-up for the fifth time. Bangladesh team captain Sabina Khatun became the top scorer of the tournament with eight goals in the tournament.

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Union Communications Ministry has prepared the draft Indian Telecommunication Bill, 2022 and invited from stakeholders and industry associations.
In July 2022, a Consultation Paper on ‘Need for a new legal framework governing Telecommunication in India’ was published. Based on the consultations and deliberations, the Ministry has prepared the draft Bill to develop a modern legal framework in telecommunications.