Current Affairs Quiz - October, 2022

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According to Sample Registration System Statistical Report 2020, Chhattisgarh had the highest gap in 2020, with a male infant mortality rate of 35 compared to female infant mortality rate of 41.
The male and female infant mortality rate (IMR) equalised in 2020 in India. Infant mortality rate is the number of infant deaths for every 1,000 live births. In rural India, female IMR remained marginally higher than male IMR though the gap had reduced. In urban India, the female IMR fell below that of males by 2020.

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The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has clarified that there will be no charge for RuPay credit card use on Unified Payments Interface (UPI) for transactions up to ₹2,000.
Nil Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) would apply for this category up to the transaction amount less than and equal to ₹2,000. In September, RBI Governor launched the Rupay credit card on UPI network.

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Ace tennis player Novak Djokovic won the Tel Aviv Open title in 2022 held in Israel. It is regarded as the biggest prize in tennis.
The 35-year-old Serbian beat Croatia’s Marin Cilic 6-3, 6-4 in the final to win his first title since Wimbledon in July. He was handed a large three-foot-tall trophy.

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Tribal bodies from Jharkhand threatened to launch an agitation across five states if its demand for ‘Sarna’, a distinct religious category, was not heeded by the Centre.
The indigenous people are nature-worshippers and are neither Hindus, nor Muslims or Christians. The tribal people are residing in 250 blocks of 50 districts in Odisha, Bihar, Jharkhand, Assam and West Bengal.

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The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) regulates credit rating agencies and their functioning.
Recently, SEBI has ordered credit rating agency Brickwork Ratings India to wind up its operations within six months. It has barred the agency from taking on any fresh clients or business. Several violations of the provisions of CRA Regulations and SEBI Circulars were found during the RBI-SEBI inspection.

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Union Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri co-chaired the ministerial dialogue of US-India strategic clean energy partnership (USISCEP) with US energy secretary in Washington DC.
The Union Minister will also interact with World Bank officials on climate resilient urban infrastructure. The revamped USISCEP was launched in 2021 in accordance with the US-India climate and clean energy agenda 2030 partnership.

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Indian Air Force was raised on October 8, 1932. This year, the Air Force is celebrating its 90^th raising day on October 8, 2022.
This year, the Air Force Day flypast is scheduled to take place over Sukhna Lake in Chandigarh. For the first time, the parade and fly-past of Air Force day have been moved out of the national capital region.

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ICICI Bank has launched Smart Wire, an online solution to help its customers carry out SWIFT-based inward remittances in a faster and seamless manner.
The Smart Wire facility will allow NRIs and resident customers to undertake inward remittance transactions in an online mode.

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Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) conducted a National Workshop on ‘Ease of Doing Business’ in New Delhi.
The Keynote address at the Workshop was delivered by Parameswaran Iyer, CEO Niti Aaayog.  The workshop also witnessed participation from States, Central Ministries, and Industry. It deliberated global best practices to be studied, and focused upon the ‘Whole of Government’ approach to drive reforms ‘Across Nation’.

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On 9 October 1946, the Indian government had established the Indian Foreign Service for India’s diplomatic, consular and commercial representation overseas.
After independence, there was a transition of the Foreign and Political Department into the new Ministry of External Affairs. To mark the occasion, the Indian Foreign Service (IFS) Day is celebrated on October 9 every year.