Current Affairs Quiz - September, 2022

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Union Cabinet has approved the inclusion of 12 caste communities of Chhattisgarh in the list of Scheduled Tribes
The Cabinet also approved the inclusion of some tribal communities of Himachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh in the list of Scheduled Tribes. Tribal Affairs Minister Arjun Munda said that the move will help them availing welfare benefits.

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Sweden’s Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson announced her resignation recently after losing the election.
Andersson, who conceded defeat, is also leader of the ruling Social Democratic Party. She will now lead a transitional government until the new one has been set up. She took over from Stefan Lofven as leader of the Social Democrats and the country’s Prime Minister in November 2021.

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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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Andhra Pradesh emerged as India’s top investment destination in the first seven months of 2022, as per the recent Department for Promotion of Industries and Internal Trade (DPIIT) report.
The state attracted investments amounting to Rs 40,361 crore in the first seven months of 2022, out of India’s investment of Rs 1,71,285 crore. Andhra is followed by Odisha with Rs 36,828 crore.

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Minister of Science & Technology Jitendra Singh presented INSPIRE awards to 60 startups and financial support to 53,021 students.
The award is instituted by the Department of Science & Technology (DST), and these innovators will be extended complete incubation support along their entrepreneurship journey. The annual INSPIRE Awards MANAK (Million Minds Augmenting National Aspiration and Knowledge) competition was launched during 2020-21.

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The European Parliament declared Hungary as ‘a hybrid regime of electoral autocracy’ in serious breach of EU democratic norms.
Hungary is ruled by populist Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who maintains close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Lawmakers raised concerns about Hungary’s constitutional and electoral systems, judicial independence, as well as media, academic and religious freedoms.

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Tamil Nadu government celebrates the birthday of reformist leader E V Ramasamy (Periyar) as ‘Social Justice Day’ in the state.
On that day every year, employees in all government offices including the State Secretariat would take pledges to follow values based on the leader’s ideals which include, brotherhood, equality, self-respect and rationalism.

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SOVA Virus is the new mobile banking Trojan virus, which can encrypt an Android phone for ransom. India’s federal cyber security agency issued an advisory saying that the virus has upgraded to its fifth version after it was first detected in the India in July.
In July 2022 it added several countries, including India, to its list of targets. It has the ability to harvest user names and passwords by key logging, stealing cookies and adding false overlays to many apps.

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The full week ending on the last Sunday of September is observed as the International Week of the Deaf (IWD), every year.
In 2022, IWD is being observed from September 19 to 25 September 2022. The theme of the 2022 International Week of Deaf People is “Building Inclusive Communities for All”. The IWD is an initiative of the World Federation of the Deaf (WFD) and was first launched in 1958 in Rome.

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The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has unveiled a detailed framework for Social Stock Exchange (SSE).
It specifies minimum requirements for a Not-for-Profit Organisation (NPO) for registration and disclosure requirements. The capital markets regulator SEBI earlier notified rules for Social Stock Exchange (SSE) to provide social enterprises with an additional avenue to raise funds.