Current Affairs Quiz - September, 2022

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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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25­-year-­old Ugandan climate activist Vanessa Nakate has been appointed as UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador
She created a platform called Rise Up Movement to support African climate activists. She led an initiative to stop the deforestation of African rainforests and launched ‘Vash Greens Schools Project’, which aims to install solar panels in remote areas of her home country, Uganda.

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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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India, the UAE and France held their first trilateral Foreign Ministers’ meeting in New York on the sidelines of a UN General Assembly (UNGA) session.
The Ministers discussed contemporary ways of doing diplomacy with a focus on active exchange of ideas between strategic partners and UNSC members. India’s External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar also met UN General Assembly President and had bilateral meetings with his counterparts from across the world.

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The Army, in collaboration with Bharat Broadband Network Limited (BBNL), has activated satellite broadband-based internet service on the Siachen Glacier.
The glacier is located in the eastern Karakoram range of the Himalayas at a height of 19,061 feet. The BBNL is a wholly government-owned broadband infrastructure provider company. It is working under Bharat Net scheme to provide internet connectivity through satellites to rural remote areas.

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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 Public sector lender UCO Bank is the first bank to receive the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI’s) approval for rupee trade.
The Kolkata-based bank will open a special vostro account with Gazprombank of Russia for trade settlement in Indian rupees. In July, RBI announced its decision to allow Indian banks to settle trade in Indian currency in July. RBI also allowed trade settlements between India and other countries, including Sri Lanka and Russia.

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The World Bank has approved a USD 350 million loan to Gujarat for spending towards public healthcare services, focussed specially on adolescent girls and disease surveillance.
The funding from World Bank arm International Bank of Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), will be utilised through the state government’s Systems Reform Endeavours For Transformed Health Achievement In Gujarat (SRESTHA-G) Programme.

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As per the Sample Registration System (SRS) Statistical Report 2020 released on September 22, 2022 by Registrar General of India (RGI), India has been witnessing progressive reduction in IMR, U5MR and NMR.
Under-five mortality rate was recorded at 32 per 1000 live births in 2020 against 35 per 1000 live births in 2019. Infant Mortality rate (IMR) has also registered 2-point decline to 28 per 1000 live births in 2020 from 30 per 1000 live births in 2019.