Current Affairs Quiz - September, 2022

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Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has signed a law limiting presidential terms and reverting to the old name of the country’s capital to Astana.
The bill extends presidential mandates to a seven-year term, from five. It also bars any president from running for a second term in office. The bill also reinstated the capital’s name to Astana, whose name was changed to Nur-Sultan in 2019, in honour of outgoing President Nursultan Nazarbayev.

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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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Indian IT major Wipro has terminated the services of 300 employees, who were found to be working for its competitors simultaneously.
The act is also called as ‘Moonlighting’. Companies worry that this practice might create a conflict of interests, data breaches, and mis-use of company’s Intellectual Property (IP) and assets.

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Defence Ministry signed deal for dual role Surface-to-Surface BrahMos missile with BAPL (BrahMos Aerospace Pvt. Ltd)
The additional dual –role (land and anti-ship) capable BrahMos missiles will be acquired at Rs 1,700 crore under ‘Buy-Indian’ category. BrahMos Aerospace (BAPL) is a joint venture between India and Russia.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the National Conference of Environment Ministers in Ekta Nagar, Gujarat.
The two-day conference will have six thematic sessions with topics focusing on LiFE, Combating Climate Change ; PARIVESH -Single Window System for Integrated Green Clearances ; Forestry Management ; Prevention and Control of Pollution; Wildlife Management ; Plastics and Waste Management.

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Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly passed the Code of Criminal Procedure (Uttar Pradesh Amendment) Bill 2022 which bars granting of anticipatory bail to rape accused.
A provision has been made to not grant anticipatory bail to those accused of offences under the POCSO Act and misconduct with women. The amendment bill empowers a claims tribunal to compensate anyone killed in riots with Rs 5 lakh.

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The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment launched an Indian Sign Language (ISL) dictionary mobile application called ‘Sign Learn’.
It is based on the Indian sign language dictionary of the Indian Sign Language Research and Training Centre (ISLRTC) which contains 10,000 words. ISLRTC signed MoU with NCERT to convert NCERT textbooks from classes 1 to 12 into the Indian Sign Language to make the textbooks accessible to children with hearing disabilities.

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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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Indian-origin Home Secretary Suella Braverman has been named winner of the first-ever Queen Elizabeth II Woman of the Year award.
The 42-year-old barrister was appointed to the Cabinet earlier this month by British Prime Minister Liz Truss. The awards recognise the achievements of individuals from across Britain’s South Asian community via public nominations.