Current Affairs Quiz - October, 2023

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The Annual IAEA General Conference was held in Vienna. At this event, India announced its plans to generate 22 GW power through nuclear energy to achieve Net Zero.
Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Ajit Kumar Mohanty shared India’s ambitious plans to step up nuclear power generation during a meeting with IAEA Director General.

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‘Smart Cities Mission, India: Localising Sustainable Development Goals’ was prepared by the Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry and UN-Habitat.
It revealed that around 70 percent of projects under the SCM align with the SDGs on cities, clean water and sanitation, clean energy and economic growth.

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Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen launched the island’s first domestically made submarine for testing at a port in Kaohsiung.
The submarine, if successful in its tests, will be a major breakthrough for Taiwan in shipbuilding and design.

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Recently, Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Ltd. (IREDA), India’s largest specialized green finance Non-Banking Finance Company, has received an upgrade from the ‘Schedule B’ category to the prestigious ‘Schedule A’ category among Central Public Sector Enterprises.
This elevation in status was formally enacted through an Office Memorandum issued by the Department of Public Enterprises, Ministry of Finance. The Ministry of New & Renewable Energy has officially confirmed this upgrade.

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Aditya-L1 spacecraft has travelled beyond a distance of 9.2 lakh km from Earth, successfully escaping the sphere of earth’s influence, after the Mars Orbiter Mission.
The spacecraft will remain in a halo orbit around L1, about 1.5 million km from Earth, to observe the Sun’s corona and other aspects without interruptions.

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From October 1, online gaming companies will charge 28% GST on full value of bets, while offshore platforms would also be required to have GST registration to operate in India.
The notification was released by the Union Finance Ministry though many states are yet to pass amendments in their respective state GST Laws.

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Indian table tennis star Manika Batra has become the first-ever Indian singles player to reach the quarterfinals of the Asian Games in table tennis.
Veteran Table Tennis players Sharath Kamal and G Sathiyan crashed out in the pre-quarter finals.

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Chief Minister Shri Conrad K Sangma flagged off the cross-country bike expedition by Yashaswini, a group of CRPF women bikers from Shillong.
The CRPF, in collaboration with the Ministry of Women and Child Development is organising this bike rally to celebrate women power in the country.

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The Flight Test Vehicle Abort Mission-1 (TV-D1) is a part of the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) human space mission, Gaganyaan.
The purpose of the mission is to demonstrate the ability to launch humans into low earth orbit and safely bring them back to Earth. The TV-D1 is a single-stage liquid rocket that carries the Crew Module (CM) and Crew Escape Systems (CES).

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The “boma” technique is a popular African technique that involves luring animals into an enclosure by chasing them through funnel-like fencing.
The “boma” technique has been put to practice in Rajasthan for the first time. It was used at Keoladeo National Park in Rajasthan to capture and translocate spotted deer. The goal was to improve the prey base in Mukundara Hills Tiger Reserve. Palamu Tiger Reserve (PTR) plans to use the “Boma” technique to relocate cheetals within the reserve in November.