Daily Current Affairs Quiz : November 10, 2022

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Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri virtually launched the Transport 4 All Challenge Stage-2 and Citizen Perception Survey 2022.
The Transport 4 All Challenge is an initiative aims to develop digital solutions to improve public transport. The Stage-2 is opened to Startups for developing solutions to transport problems in 46 cities. The Citizen Perception Survey is launched under Ease of Living Index-2022 for 264 cities to capture citizens’ feedback about their city.

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Union Shipping Minister is set to inaugurate the PM Gati Shakti Multimodal Waterways Summit at Varanasi.
The event is being organised by the Indian Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) under the aegis of the Union ministry of ports, shipping and waterways. It aims to generate public awareness about the ‘PM Gati Shakti National Masterplan’ with focus on infrastructure development in the waterways.

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Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), under NITI Aayog, has launched women-centric challenges under phase-II of the second edition of the Atal New India Challenge (ANIC)
ANIC is an initiative launched to select and support technology-based innovations that solve sectoral challenges of national importance and societal relevance through a grant-based mechanism of up to ₹1 crore.

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The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) released the ‘Executive Action Plan of Early Warnings for All’during a roundtable meeting at the 27th Conference of Parties (COP27) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
As per the WMO, the initial investment for delivering early warning systems for all by 2027 will be nearly USD 3.1 billion.

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As of November 2022, Maharashtra, New Delhi and Goa have the highest mutual fund penetration in India.
This is due to higher income levels, better literacy rates and strong inflows from corporates and high net worth individuals. Mutual fund penetration is only 5- 6 per cent in states including Kerala and Telangana.