Current Affairs Quiz - December, 2022

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NITI Aayog released a study report, titled ‘Carbon Capture, Utilisation, and Storage Policy Framework and its Deployment Mechanism in India’.
The report explores the importance of Carbon Capture, Utilisation, and Storage as an emission reduction strategy to achieve deep decarbonisation. The report outlines broad level policy interventions needed across various sectors for its application.

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Gautam Adani-led Adani Properties won the bid for the renovation of Dharavi, the second-largest slum colony in Asia. The Maharashtra government authorities opened the financial bids for the Dharavi redevelopment project, one of the largest redevelopment projects in India.  DLF and Shree Naman Developers were the other two bidders who competed.

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Uttarakhand government has named Prasoon Joshi as the state’s brand ambassador. He is a native of Uttarakhand, is a prominent member of the Indian advertising and media industry.
Earlier this month, the state government bestowed the Uttarakhand Gaurav Samman honour for his contributions to art, literature, culture and advertising. His campaigns on malnutrition, polio eradication, women’s empowerment, student suicide and Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan have been popular.

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Three Indian-origin women are among 60 people who have been selected as Australia’s Superstars of STEM.
STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. The initiative aims to break the society’s gender assumptions about scientists and increase the public visibility of females and non-binary people. The Indian-origin women are Neelima Kadiyala, Dr Ana Baburamani, and Dr Indrani Mukherjee.

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The government’s pre-matric scholarship to students of minority communities studying in classes 1 to 8 is being discontinued.
Students in Classes 9 and 10 will be eligible for this scholarship by the Ministry of Minority Affairs from 2022-2023. Under the Right to Education (RTE) Act, 2009, the Government provides free and compulsory elementary education (classes I to VIII) to each and every child.

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In 2013, the Supreme Court had an all-woman bench for the first time, when Justices Gyan Sudha Misra and Ranjana Prakash Desai sat together.
The second occasion came in 2018. Recently, Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud has constituted an all-women bench comprising Justices Hima Kohli and Bela M. Trivedi to hear transfer petitions involving matrimonial disputes and bail matters. This is the third occasion in the history of the apex court of an all-women bench.

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The United States has added a key anti-Pakistani militant group and its al-Qaida branch to its list of ‘global terrorists’.
As per the State Department, both groups operate from Afghanistan, but they have hideouts in Pakistan’s former tribal regions.

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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has launched One District One Sport (ODOS) on the lines of the One District One Product (ODOP) scheme of the government.
The aim of the scheme includes promoting sports culture, keeping the younger generation healthy and providing a platform for sportspersons to nurture their talents. Under ODOS, one sport will be identified in each of the 75 districts of Uttar Pradesh.

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The Chief Justice of India, Justice Dr Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud has directed to organise a Hackathon event in the Supreme Court, for the first time in the history.
It is an initiative to identify innovative ideas for refining process of ‘filing to listing’ of cases. The event will be organised under the supervision and guidance of Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Supreme Court Judge.

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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is set to introduce additional features to the existing Unified Payments Interface (UPI) platforms to allow multiple debits.
The central bank will roll out single-block and multiple debit functionality that will enable users to block funds in their accounts. With the added feature, merchants can make multiple debit transactions within a permitted limit.