Current Affairs Quiz - October, 2022

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NASSCOM Foundation and American Express have partnered to train and upskill 700 women graduates through an employment-linked training project, ‘
Under the ‘Women Empowerment Through Technology’ project, technology-based skill development and entrepreneurship training will be given to women. The technical courses include Cloud and Data Analytics, Blockchain, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence.

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Uttar Pradesh cabinet approved a Micro Small Medium Enterprises Promotion Policy (MSME) 2022 and Uttar Pradesh Bioenergy Policy-2022.
The state cabinet also approved a proposal to reorganise the State Planning Commission as the State Transformation Commission (STC) on the pattern of the Niti Aayog. STC would act as a policy think tank to the government as well as perform the work of planning commission.

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Every year International Translation Day is observed on September 30 to honour the work of translators and language professionals across the world.
The theme for this year’s International Translation Day is ‘A world without barriers’. September 30 was chosen as it also coincides with the feast of the Bible translator, St. Jerome.

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Srishti Bakshi, a women’s rights activist from India, was honoured with the ‘Changemaker’ award at the UN SDG Action Awards.
The activist has travelled 3,800km around the country in less than a year to raise awareness on gender-based violence and inequality. She was awarded for “confronting gender-based violence and advocating for safe access to public spaces.”

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The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Odisha state government to sanction budgetary allocation of Rs 4967 lakh towards rejuvenation of Sukapaika Drainage Channel project by March 2023.
The NGT directed to rejuvenate the dead river, to mitigate the drinking water crisis of at least three blocks of Cuttack district.

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The University Grants Commission (UGC) has issued guidelines for engaging ‘Professors of Practice’ or distinguished experts from different fields at Higher Education institutions.
As per the guidelines, these professors are not required to have the educational qualifications generally mandated for teaching and they can be paid through corporate sponsorship or an honorarium. Distinguished experts with an experience of at least 15 years will be eligible for the scheme.

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Telangana won the first prize under the Large States category under Swachh Survekshan Gramin (SSG) 2022.
Indian President Droupadi Murmu presented the awards which looked into the sanitation status of rural areas. Haryana was named the second and Tamil Nadu the third best state in the SSG Awards 2022.  In the second phase of Swachh Bharat Mission Gramin, the aim is to make all six lakh villages in India free of open defecation.

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The Andhra Pradesh government notified fresh safety guidelines to institutionalise preventive measures to check accidental leakage of toxic gases and dangerous chemicals in factories.
The new guidelines were issued under the AP Fire Service Act, 1999. In May 2020, leak of styrene vapour from a Polymer plant near Visakhapatnam left 12 persons dead and around 1,000 people sick. There was a leak of poisonous gas from a apparel manufacturing unit two times this year.

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The Telangana state government has introduced the ‘Aasara’ pensions, with an aim of ensuring secured life for all the poor people across the states.
It is a welfare scheme of pensions to old people, widows, physically disabled and beedi workers of the state.

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Every year, on 2 October, the International Day of Non-Violence is observed across the world. This special day marks the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.
The main objective of this day is to spread awareness about the idea of non-violence. In 2007, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) passed the resolution to commemorate the International Day of Non-Violence. This year, the UN has selected the slogan of ‘Say No to Violence’.