Daily Current Affairs Quiz : January 23-24, 2022

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Government of Malaysia and Global Tiger Forum (GTF) jointly organised the 4th Asia Ministerial Conference on Tiger Conservation.
India’s Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav delivered India’s statement at the Conference on Tiger Conservation. India will facilitate Tiger Range Countries towards finalisation of New Delhi declaration for Global Tiger Summit to be held in Russia.

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Union Ministry of Coal launched the “Koyla Darpan” portal, to Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) related to the Coal Sector.
At present, the portal has 9 KPIs including Coal/Lignite Production, Status of Coal Stock in Thermal Power Plants, Infrastructure Projects, Allocation of Blocks, Monitoring of Major Coal Mines and Coal Price.

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The UN General Assembly approved an Israeli-sponsored resolution condemning any denial of the Holocaust.
The resolution also urged all nations and social media companies to take active measures to combat anti-semitism and Holocaust denial or distortion. UN has an outreach program on the Holocaust and the UNESCO, has a program on Holocaust education and combating anti-Semitism.

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High Court Justice Ayesha Malik has been appointed as Pakistan’s first-ever woman judge of the Supreme Court.
Pakistan President Arif Alvi gave his approval to the elevation of the Judge, who was serving as Lahore High Court Justice since 2012. She will now work as a Supreme Court Judge until her superannuation in June 2031.

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Delhi Government launched the ‘Streetscaping and Beautification of Roads’ project, on the lines of European Cities.
Nine selected stretches across the city are to be redesigned and redeveloped to make them useful for cyclists, pedestrians and motor cyclists. Recently, redesigning has commenced in a 600-metre stretch on Lodhi Road, to make it in line with various historical monuments in the area.