Current Affairs Quiz - December, 2022

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The 18th edition of the India-US joint military exercise ‘Yudh Abhyas’ is being held in Uttarakhand.
The military exercise is conducted annually between India and the US. As the exercise is held about 100 km from the Line of Actual Control (LAC), China said it was opposed to the military exercise.

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India has provided financial assistance of USD 100 million to the Maldives government to help tackle the economic challenges faced by the country.
The financial support of USD 100 million to the Maldives government will be provided through subscription in Maldives’ Government Domestic Treasury bonds by State Bank of India, Male.

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The Digi Yatra paperless airport entry facility is now functional at three airports in the country, including Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International, Bengaluru and Varanasi airports.
Based on the Facial Recognition Technology (FRT), Digi Yatra aims to achieve seamless and contactless processing of passengers at airports. By March 2023, four more cities will be added: Hyderabad, Kolkata, Pune, and Vijayawada.

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The servers of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) remains hacked for over a week, after AIIMS reported a failure in its server.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has joined the investigation into the alleged ransomware attack, with agencies including the India Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-IN), Delhi Police, Intelligence Bureau, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Ministry of Home Affairs.

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India’s biggest Yoga Centre has been constructed in village Mantalai in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
The village will house the International Yoga Centre at the banks of the Tawi River. The Union Tourism Ministry has sanctioned Rs 9,782 crore for the construction of the centre.

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The government has launched the fourth tranche of Bharat Bond ETF, India’s first corporate bond exchange traded fund.
Edelweiss Mutual Fund manages the Bharat Bond ETF. The funds will be utilised for undertaking capital expenditures by central public sector enterprises (CPSEs).

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The Israeli Navy conducted a successful test of a long-range interceptor missile against an advanced cruise missile.
The LRAD missile, part of the Barak MX defense system, is developed by the Israeli Aerospace Industries and the Defense Ministry’s research and development division. It is similar to India’s Barak 8.

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Researchers at the Centre for Nano Science and Engineering (CeNSE), IISc, have developed a highly energy-efficient computing platform that offers promise in building next-generation electronic devices.
Instead of using complementary metal-oxide semiconductors (CMOS), the team used components called ‘Memristors’ that can both store data and perform computation.

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As per recent data, National AIDS Control Organization (NACO) announced that the country’s annual rate of HIV infection has declined by 46 per cent between 2010 and 2021.
The decline is against the global average of 32 per cent. According to NACO, AIDS-related mortalities have also declined by 76 per cent against the global average of 52 per cent during the period.

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The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has extended the deadline for third party apps to comply with UPI Market share guidelines by 2 years.
The earlier deadline to meet the market cap norms was December 31, 2022. With this, UPI payments market leaders, PhonePe and Google Pay have to meet the market cap deadline of 30% to December 31, 2024.