Current Affairs Quiz - September, 2023

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Indian men’s 4x400m relay team consisting of Muhammed Anas Yahiya, Amoj Jacob, Muhammed Ajmal Variyathodi and Rajesh Ramesh broke the Asian record.
The team qualified for the final round of the World Championships, for the first time. The earlier Asian record of 2:59.51 was in the name of Japanese team. The earlier national record was 3:00.25 set in 2021.

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The President of India, Droupadi Murmu released a postage stamp in memory of Dadi Prakashmani, former chief of Brahma Kumaris at Rashtrapati Bhavan Cultural Centre.
This stamp was released under the ‘My Stamp’ initiative of the Department of Posts, Ministry of Communications to mark the 16th death anniversary of Dadi Prakashmani.

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The Ministry of Textiles has approved the Startup Guidelines for Technical Textiles – Grant for Research and Entrepreneurship across Aspiring Innovators in Technical Textiles (GREAT) providing grant-in-aid upto INR 50 Lakhs for upto a period of 18 months.
Ministry of Textiles gives nod to 26 engineering institutions for introduction of Technical Textiles under National Technical
Textiles Mission.

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Union Minister of Civil Aviation Jyotiraditya M Scindia inaugurated Utkela Airport and a direct flight between Utkela and Bhubaneshwar.
Utkela airport is owned by the Government of Odisha. It has been developed as a regional airport under the UDAN scheme of the Ministry of Civil Aviation, Government of India at a cost of Rs. 31.07 Crores.

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National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has been granted the deemed-to-be-university status by the Ministry of Higher Education, Union Minister of Education Dharmendra Pradhan.
It was announced on the 63rd Foundation Day of the apex decision-making body for school education. He suggested setting up Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality and Artificial Intelligence labs in all seven regional centres of NCERT.

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India emerged champions in the Men’s Hockey5s Asia Cup, beating arch-rivals Pakistan 2-0 in a shootout after both teams were locked at 4-4 in regulation time.
With the win, India have booked their place in the FIH Men’s Hockey5s World Cup 2024.

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One of the primary objectives of the Aditya-L1 mission is to study the upper layers of the Sun, specifically the chromosphere and corona, to gain a better understanding of their behavior and interaction with each other.

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The Directorate of Prisons in Odisha has submitted a proposal to attach GPS-enabled tracking/monitoring devices to the ankles of undertrial prisoners (UTPs).
The potential first-of-its-kind policy in India aims to ease overcrowding in prisons, a long-standing issue in the country. The proposal focuses on attaching tracking devices to undertrial prisoners accused of non-heinous crimes to allow them to lead normal lives outside of jail while being monitored.

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The U.S. Air Force conducted a test of an unarmed Minuteman 3 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
The missile was launched from a silo and successfully delivered a re-entry vehicle to a target approximately 4,200 miles away in the Pacific Ocean. The test was deemed an important demonstration of the nation’s nuclear deterrent capability.

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India, under its G20 presidency, has introduced two initiatives that have gained consensus within the G20 Agriculture Deputies Group.
The first initiative is the “Deccan High-Level Principles on Food Security and Nutrition, 2023,” and the second is an international research initiative focused on millets and ancient grains. Both initiatives are expected to feature prominently in the G20 outcome document.