Daily Current Affairs Quiz : October 8, 2022

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Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das launched a new SupTech initiative named ‘DAKSH’.
The Reserve Bank’s Advanced Supervisory Monitoring System aims to make the Supervisory processes more robust. DAKSH is a web-based end-to-end workflow application through which RBI shall monitor compliance requirements to improve the compliance culture in Supervised Entities (SEs) like Banks, NBFCs.

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The Centre has constituted a 9-member Task Force to monitor Cheetah introduction in Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh and other designated areas.
The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) would facilitate the working of Cheetah Task Force. It will be in-force for a period of two years and will monitor health status of Cheetah, quarantine and soft release enclosure, protection status of the area and adaptation of Cheetahs to the habitat of Kuno National Park.

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Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi gave his assent to an ordinance to ban online gambling and regulate online gaming in the state.
With this, the Tamil Nadu prohibition of online gambling and regulation of online games ordinance, 2022 came into effect. Under the regulations, local online games providers can provide service only after registration which will be valid for three years. They shall not provide any online gaming service or allow playing of any online game of chance specified in the Schedule with money or other stakes.

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The Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM) invited bids for selling the stakes in IDBI Bank to facilitate its privatisation.
The potential investor should have a minimum net worth of Rs 22,500 crore and must report net profit in three out of the past five years. The government and LIC hold 94.72 per cent stake in IDBI Bank. After sale, the combined shareholding of LIC and Government will come down to 34 per cent.

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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) released a concept note on the Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC).
The Central Bank will soon commence the pilot launch of the Digital Rupee for specific use cases as it tests digital currency in India. The purpose behind issuing the concept note is to create awareness about CBDCs in general and the planned features of the Digital Rupee.