Daily Current Affairs Quiz : October 16-17, 2022

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VINCOV-19, India’s first antidote and a projected cure against SARS-CoV-2 virus is now ready for market authorisation and simultaneous phase-3 clinical trials. The drug, a joint effort of the University of Hyderabad (UoH), the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) and immunological company VINS Bioproducts Limited, recently passed the phase-2 trials. It was conducted in over 200 participants across multiple centres in India.

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Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio on October 14, 2022 launched a universal health insurance scheme for the people of the state. The Chief Minister’s Health Insurance Scheme (CHIS) will be implemented in convergence with the Ayushman Bharat scheme of the Centre. The aim of the scheme is to alleviate financial hardships due to hospitalisation expenses and prevent accessibility to healthcare on account of inability to afford it. The scheme has been categorised into CMHIS Employees and Pensioners (EP), and CMHIS (General).

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India participates at the 6th East Asia Summit Education Minister’s Meeting held on October 14, 2022 in Hanoi, Vietnam. Neeta Prasad, Joint Secretary (International Cooperation) Ministry of Education virtually addressed the gathering and informed about the key initiatives of National Education Policy 2020 and India’s collaborative efforts in education and research with partner EAS countries.

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Council of Scientific and Industrial Research was established by the Government of India in September 1942 as an autonomous body that has emerged as the largest research and development organisation in India. Prime minister of India serves as its President. Recently, Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a meeting of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Society in New Delhi on October 15, 2022.

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Defence Minister delivered the inaugural address at 18th Heads of Asian Coast Guard Agencies Meeting (HACGAM) in New Delhi on October 15, 2022. Indian Coast Guard (ICG) is hosting 18th HACGAM in coordination with HACGAM secretariat from October 14 to 18, 2022. A total of 55 representatives from 18 countries and two International Organisations – Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia Information Sharing Centre (ReCAAP ISC) & United Nations Office on Drugs & Crime- Global Maritime Crime Programme (UNODC-GMCP) – are participating in the meeting.