Current Affairs Quiz - September, 2022

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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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The Union Ministry of Power has proposed for the Market-Based Economic Dispatch (MBED) mechanism.
The MBED mechanism seeks a centralized scheduling for dispatching the entire yearly consumption of electricity. However this system is expected to interfere in the autonomy of states in managing their electricity sector. Distribution companies, owned by the state governments will become dependent on the centralized mechanism.

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As per a recent study by the Centre for Social Impact and Philanthropy (CSIP), out of total donations worth Rs 23,700 crore given by Indians between October 2020 and September 2021, the maximum of 64% went to religious organisations.
As per the study “How India Gives 2020-21”, the highest number of donations was made by lower-income and middle-class households. The amount donated was higher in urban areas, while the number of donations was more in India’s rural areas.

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India launched the ‘Innovation Roadmap of the Mission Integrated Bio-refineries’ on the sidelines of the Global Clean Energy Action Forum-2022 at Pittsburgh, US
The Roadmap has been developed by co-leads with active inputs from Brazil, Canada, EC and the UK. The Mission aims at greater collaboration and the need for increased financing for Energy Research, Development, and Demonstration (RD&D) during the next five years through public-private investment.

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The Appointments committee of the Cabinet appointed Rajiv Bahl- a senior World Health Organisation researcher- as the Director General of Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).
Bahl is the head of research on maternal and newborn child, adolescent health and aging at the World Health Organisation (WHO). He will also be the Secretary, department of health research (DHR). Prior to joining WHO, he was a Senior Scientist at the AIIMS for 10 years.

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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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‘Make in India’, the flagship program of the Government of India was launched in 2014. It has completed 8 years on 25th September 2022.
The scheme aspires to facilitate investment, promote innovation, enhance skill development, and build manufacturing infrastructure. Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme across key manufacturing sectors, was launched in 2020-21 as a big boost to ‘Make in India’ initiative.

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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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Statues of three rhinos created using ashes collected from rhino horns burnt by the Assam Government were launched at Kaziranga National Park in Assam.
A year ago, on World Rhino Day, Assam Government burnt around 2500 rhino horns that were collected by the conservation authorities from poachers and illegal traders. The memorial, which consists of three rhino sculptures- an adult male, an adult female and a calf, is named as ‘Abode of the Unicorns’.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that the Chandigarh International Airport will be named after Bhagat Singh, the great revolutionary of India’s freedom struggle.
The name change will be effected on September 28, on the freedom fighter’s birth anniversary. The decision has followed a seven-year-old political tussle between Punjab and Haryana over renaming the terminal. The Chandigarh Airport Project is a joint venture of the Airports Authority of India (AAI) and governments of Punjab and Haryana.