Current Affairs Quiz - September, 2023

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Germany have won their first-ever FIBA Basketball World Cup title by beating Serbia 83-77. Germany became the first team to win a FIBA World Cup crown in their final debut since Spain in 2006.
The two teams, who boast strong teamwork and chemistry, traded baskets in the first half, and entered the break at 47 apiece. But Germany built up a 12-point lead late on in the third quarter.

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Olympic champion Viktor Axelsen clinched his first China Open title after defeating unseeded Lu Guang Zu. His earlier Grand Slam of Super 1000 titles include the All England Open, the Indonesia Open and the Malaysia Open.
South Korean top seed An Se Young became the women’s singles champion, beating second seeded Yamaguchi Akane. She landed her ninth title of the year in the women’s singles.

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The Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) organised a festival of democracy ‘Vaishali’ in Nalanda University, Bihar.
September 15 is celebrated the world over as the International Day of Democracy. Vaishali in Bihar is the place where the roots of democracy are traced. The ICCR is an autonomous body under the administrative control of the ministry of external affairs.

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The Ministry of Skills Development and Entrepreneurship has launched Skill India Digital, a digital public infrastructure (DPI) aimed at consolidating various government initiatives related to skill development, education, employment, and entrepreneurship onto a single platform.
Users can generate digital CVs with personalized QR codes for potential employers or partners to access. Secure access to the platform will require Aadhaar-based eKYC.

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The Prime Minister dedicated important rail sector projects worth around ₹6,350 crore and laid the foundation stone of 50-bed each ‘critical care blocks’ to be built in nine districts of Chhattisgarh.
The nine critical care blocks will be built under the Pradhan Mantri-Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission (PM-ABHIM) at a cost of more than ₹210 crore. Prime Minister also distributed one lakh sickle cell counselling cards to the screened population under the National Sickle Cell Anaemia Elimination Mission (NSAEM).

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Recently, scientists have achieved a groundbreaking feat by engineering E. coli bacteria to generate electricity from wastewater. The bioengineered E. coli can produce electricity while metabolizing various organic substrates, including wastewater collected from a local brewery.
The researchers enhanced the bacteria’s extracellular electron transfer (EET) capabilities, making them highly efficient “electric microbes.” This development has far-reaching implications, as the engineered E. coli can generate electricity from diverse sources.

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The Indian government has introduced the Unified Portal for Agricultural Statistics (UPAg), an online platform developed by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare.
The Portal’s core function is to generate crop estimates and integrate with other agriculture-related statistical systems. It aims to combat challenges like non-standardized and unverified data, ultimately supporting data-driven decision-making in India’s agriculture sector.

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A recent study revealed that lead exposure was responsible for approximately 30% of all cardiovascular disease deaths globally in 2019, equating to around 5.5 million people.
The study found that global lead exposure had health and economic costs comparable to fine particulate matter 2.5 (PM2.5) air pollution. Lead exposure affected lower-income countries and resulted in the loss of 765 million IQ points in children under five.

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Russia chess player Aleksey Grebnev clinched the Tata Steel Asian junior title, playing under the FIDE flag.
He added another championship by claiming the blitz title to bring some cheer to Russian chess. G. Teswaini claimed the championship in the classical event, and Bommini Mounika Akshaya won the blitz title.

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Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare organised ‘National Workshop on e-NAM 2.0 and Agri Marketing Reforms’.
Till 31st August 2023, 1361 Agricultural Produce Market Committees (APMC) were integrated on e-NAM, covering 23 States and 4 UTs , where in 209 commodities are being traded.