Current Affairs Quiz - January 2022

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Telangana became the country’s first large state to record 100 per cent first-dose vaccinations. The state has vaccinated 2.77 crore citizens with the first dose, as per the Central government’s estimated adult population target.
The state is ahead of the national average by 9 per cent in terms of the first dose and ahead of the national average by 3 per cent in second dose.

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World Customs Organization (WCO) has been issuing the Harmonised system of Nomenclature (HSN) codes, to classify and regulate global trade since 1988. It maintains and periodically updates the codes in line with the changing nature of global trade.
From January 1, 2022 onwards, the HSN codes that are used to classify the internationally traded items are set to be updated. The latest set of codes (HSN 2022) will be used to capture the trade in several of new fields.

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Union Government has set up the E-Daakhil Portal, which provides a fast and easy facility to consumers around the country to conveniently approach the relevant consumer forum.
As per the recent rules released by the Consumer Affairs Ministry, District commissions has jurisdiction for complaints where value of goods or services not exceeding ₹50 lakh. State commissions can look on complaints in range of ₹50 lakh- ₹2 crores. National Commission will have jurisdiction exceeding 2 crore rupees. Consumers can also file complaint electronically.

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Union Electronics and Information Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw launched the India Semiconductor Mission (ISM).
ISM is an independent business division within the Digital India Corporation. It aims to build a robust semiconductor and display ecosystem in India. A financial support of up to 50 per cent of the project cost is approved for setting up variants of semiconductor fab in India. A financial support for six years is given from the date of approval.

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Thirty white rhinos were transferred from South Africa to Rwanda in a Boeing 747 chartered plane. This is the largest single transfer of white rhinos ever undertaken.
The rhinoceros species is threatened by illegal poaching. Southern white rhino, one of two subspecies of white rhino, is considered “almost endangered” by the International Union for Conversation of Nature (IUCN).

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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has extended the last date for KYC updation for bank accounts by three months to March 31 next year.
The deadline has been extended due to prevalent uncertainty due to new variant of Covid-19. RBI had relaxed the rules first in May last year due to pandemic. It also announced that banking services should not be restricted because the KYC documents are not updated by the customer.

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The National Commission for Women (NCW) has received a total of 31,000 complaints of crimes committed against women in the year 2021, which is the highest in number since 2014. There is an increase in complaints by 30% in the year 2021 in comparison to 2020.
Among the total complaints, more than half of them have been received from Uttar Pradesh state which has the highest number of complaints, followed by Delhi.

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The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has set up Energy Transition Advisory Committee headed by former petroleum secretary Tarun Kapoor.
The panel includes representatives of all public-sector oil and gas companies and it will energy transition roadmap for the oil and gas sector. India has committed for net-zero emissions by the year 2070. The committee will recommend a transition roadmap by middle of 2022.

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India exported goods worth $37.29 billion in December 2021, the highest ever in a month, as per the data released by the commerce and industry ministry.
India’s merchandise export in April-December was nearly $300 billion, which is an increase of 48.85 per cent year-on-year and 26 per cent against the same period in 2019. Hence, India has achieved three-fourths of its annual export target of $400 billion in the first 9 months of FY22. This is due to the high demand for engineering products, petroleum items, and gems and jewellery.

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Microsoft is the parent organisation of GitHub, an open-source software repository service. It was used to create and develop an application which targeted Muslim women in India
The application used pictures of hundreds of Muslim women from social media without permission and was listed for ‘auction’ on the ‘Bulli Bai’ app. The Indian Government’s CERT-IN is investigating with Github and Twitter over the case.