Current Affairs Quiz - October, 2022

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Chief Minister Y.S Jagan Mohan Reddy paid tributes to ‘People’s poet’ Gurram Jashuva on his 127 th birth anniversary.
Jashuva used verse poetry as a weapon to wage a war against superstitions and evil of untouchability being practised in those times. He also fought against caste discrimination, poverty and economic disparities.

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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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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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Nikhil Kamath, the cofounder of Zerodha, topped the ‘IIFL Wealth Hurun India 40 & Under Self-Made Rich List 2022’ with a net worth of Rs 17,500 crore.
Bhavish Aggarwal (Rs 11,700 crore), the founder of Ola, came in second place and Divyank Turakhia (Rs 11,200 crore) of Media.net in third place. Kaivalya Vohra, the 19-year-old co-founder of Zepto, instant Grocery app, is the youngest self-made entrepreneur, while Neha Narkhede, co-founder of Confluent, streaming data Tech Company, is the youngest self-made woman entrepreneur.

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Global payments and technology company Mastercard is set to roll out the Carbon Calculator feature to Indian banks.
The personalised carbon footprint tracker can inform consumers the cumulative effect of carbon footprint across the monthly spending categories. Mastercard Carbon Calculator, developed in collaboration with Swedish fintech Doconomy, is used in over 25 countries at present.

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India has signed a USD 250 million deal to export arms and ammunition to Armenia, which is currently engaged in clashes with its neighbour Azerbaijan.
India will send indigenously developed multi-barrel Pinaka launchers, anti-tank rockets, and other range of ammunitions to Armenia, the former Soviet region. This is the first time, India is set to export its Pinaka missile system.

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The Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) regulates the ‘National Pension System’ in India.
To encourage pension and retirement planning among Indian residents, PFRDA is marking October 1 as National Pension System (NPS) Diwas. On this day, people will be inspired to make strategies for building a pension corpus.

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The Indian Air Force inducted the first batch of indigenously developed Light Combat Helicopters, named Prachand, which are capable of firing a range of missiles and other weapons.
The Light Combat Helicopters (LCH) are developed by state-run aerospace major Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL). It has been primarily designed for deployment in high-altitude regions. It was inducted into the IAF at a ceremony in Jodhpur.

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Red Bull’s Sergio Perez displayed prowess at the Singapore Grand Prix to win his fourth race in Formula One.
Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc finishing behind him in second, and Carlos Sainz took third place at the Marina Bay street circuit. Sergio Pérez is a 32-year old Mexican motorsports racing driver.

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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.