Current Affairs Quiz - October, 2023

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South-South Knowledge Sharing Series is a virtual conference organized by the World Bank. Its theme is ‘Digital Public Infrastructure: The India Story’.
Union Minister of State for Electronics & IT, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, participated in the virtual conference. He highlighted some key elements of India’s DPI ecosystem, such as Aadhaar, which facilitates access to government welfare programs, and UPI, a fintech layer that enhances financial inclusion.

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Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha has launched the e-cabinet system at the state secretariat to develop digital infrastructure in the state.
Tripura has thus become the fourth state—and second in the Northeast—after Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and Arunachal Pradesh, to have introduced an e-cabinet system.

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The Union Minister for Education Dharmendra Pradhan introduced ‘CRIIIO 4 GOOD,’ a new set of online life skills learning modules aimed at promoting gender equality among both girls and boys. This initiative was unveiled in collaboration with the International Cricket Council, UNICEF, and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.

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A 40-member taskforce comprising various Indian companies and startups has been formed to confront Google, particularly in regards to the Google Play Billing System (GPBS).
This is the first time such a taskforce has been constituted with the charter of deciding the course of action to be taken against Google Play.

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The Conference on ‘Millets for Military Ration & Specific Nutritional Requirements’ was inaugurated recently. It was held in Mysuru, Karnataka.
The conference has been organised by Defence Food Research Laboratory (DFRL), the Mysuru-based laboratory of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). It will deliberate on adoption of millets-based food for the Services, preservation and storage for sustained nutritional and food security among others.

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Recently, the Intelligent Grievance Monitoring System (IGMS) 2.0 Public Grievance portal and Automated Analysis in Tree Dashboard portal were launched.
IIT Kanpur has developed the IGMS 2.0 Dashboard, following a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with DARPG. This MoU was aimed at enhancing the DARPG Information Systems (CPGRAMS) by integrating Artificial Intelligence features.

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The Warehousing Development Regulatory Authority (WDRA) has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Bank of India to support farmers and traders by providing low-interest rate loans against electronic negotiable warehouse receipts (e-NWRs).
The objective of this partnership is to raise awareness and facilitate funding against e-NWRs.

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The two-day Technology and Bharatiya Bhasha Summit was organized as a part of the Bharatiya Bhasha Utsav, by the Union Ministry of Education in New Delhi.
The aim of the Summit was to facilitate a smooth transition from the current education ecosystem to one rooted in Indian languages, in line with the vision of NEP 2020 and to set the course for a technologically bright future for Indian languages in education.

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The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) announced the listing of its ‘Social Bonds’ on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE).
The bank had raised ₹1,040 crore through this offering. The funds would be used to refinance the Jal Jeevan Mission (the Union government’s drinking water project) in Telangana.

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The 16th edition of the International Cyber Security and Policing Conference, cOcOn was organised by Kerala Police, in association with the Information Security Research Association (ISRA).
The conference was held in Kochi, Kerala. Kidglove-kootu programme will create awareness about dealing with online predators targeting children. c0c0n, previously known as Cyber Safe, is the longest running conferences in the area of Information Security and Hacking.