Current Affairs Quiz - December, 2021

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Under a recent operation undertaken by the INTERPOL codenamed ‘HAECHI-II’, enforcement agencies in more than 20 countries have arrested over 1,000 individuals and seized about $27 million of illicit funds.
The programme is a part of a crackdown on cyber-enabled financial crime. India also participated in the global operation. The exercise targeted specific types of online fraud, such as romance scams, investment fraud and money laundering linked to illegal online gambling.

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As per National Health Accounts (NHA) estimates for India for 2017-18, the share of government health expenditure in the GDP of the country has increased to 1.35% in 2017-18 from 1.15% in 2013-14.
The findings also show the government spending on health as a share of total expenditure also increased to 5.12% from 3.78% between 2013-14 and 2017-18. In case of per capita OOPE, there was a decline from ₹2,336 to ₹2,097 between 2013-14 and 2017-18.

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The Nagaland Police recently launched ‘Call your Cop’ mobile App, which will enable all citizens of the state and those in distress to get in touch with the police, in a single click.
The features in the Application include directory, alerts, tourist tips, SOS, nearest police station and search.

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Petr Fiala  – the leader of the Civic Democratic of Czech Republic, has been appointed as the new Prime Minister of the country. His appointment comes after a 5-party coalition secured a majority of 108 votes in the 200-seat parliament.
Petr Fiala previously served as the country’s Minister of Education, Youth and Sports from 2012 to 2013 and has been leader of the Civic Democratic Party since 2014.

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Senior Indian Revenue Service Officer Shri. Vivek Johri has been appointed as the chairman of the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC), by the personnel ministry.
Shri. Vivek Johri is a 1985-batch Indian Revenue Service (Customs and Indirect Taxes) officer who is presently a member of the CBIC.

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Madhya Pradesh launched the ‘Kranti Surya Gaurav Kalash Yatra’ from the birthplace of freedom fighter Jannayak Tantya Mama, Barod Ahir village.
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has called upon the citizens to participate in this yatra. The state has also announced a programme to be organised on death Anniversary of Jannayak Tantya Mama at Indore on December 4.

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The Australian government released the draft of ‘Social Media (Basic Expectations and Defamation) Bill 2021’.
The Bill aims at holding social media companies accountable for the content posted on their platforms, and protecting users from trolls. The reforms will consider social media companies as publishers and they can avoid this liability if they provide information so that the victim can identify and begin defamation proceedings against the troll.

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India International Science Festival IISF 2021 is being organized jointly by Ministry of Science & Technology, Ministry of Earth Sciences, and NGO Vijnana Bharati (VIBHA) and would be held from 10th December 2021, for 4 days in Goa.
This year’s festival would contain Science Film Festival, Science Literature Festival, Engineering Students Festival, Village Festival etc.

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Indian athlete Anju Bobby George has been named as the Woman of the Year Award by World Athletics for encouraging young Indian girls to take up sports and fight for gender equality.
The athlete was 2003 Paris World Championships bronze medalist in long jump. She became the first Indian athlete ever to win a medal in a World Championships in Athletics. She serves as the Chairperson of TOPS (Target Olympic Podium Scheme) and is also the Executive member of Khelo India project.

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The World Migration Report is published every second year by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) of the UN.
As per the 2022 report, 30.7 million new displacements were triggered by disasters in 145 countries and territories. More people are being displaced by climate disasters than conflicts. Total internal displacement due to disaster, conflict and violence has increased to 40.5 million in 2020, from 31.5 million in 2019.