Current Affairs Quiz - July, 2021

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India approved its fourth Covid-19 vaccine, and its first mRNA vaccine, Moderna’s mRNA-1273. It is sold under the brand name ‘Spikevax’ in the US.
Now the vaccines can be imported to India without bridging clinical studies. Moderna vaccine which has 94.1 percent efficacy will be available in India through the Indian pharma company Cipla.

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The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved a reforms-based and results-linked ‘Revamped power distribution sector scheme’.
The scheme is worth Rs 3.03 lakh crore, including Rs 97,000 crore Central outlay. It aims to provide conditional financial assistance to strengthen the supply infrastructure of Distribution companies.

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Charted Accountants (CA) Day is celebrated on July 1 every year to commemorate the finding of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI). The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) was established by the parliament of India in 1949 under an Act.

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Maana Patel made history on July 2, 2021 as she became the first Indian female swimmer to qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics through the ‘Universality quota’. The Universality quota allows one male and one female competitor from a country to participate in the Olympics, provided no other swimmer from the same gender qualifies for the Games or receives a FINA invite based on his or her Olympic Selection time (B time). Maana Patel, 21, will join Sajan Prakash and Srihari Natarajan in India’s swimming squad for this month’s Summer Olympics.

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The Tunguska event occurred on June 30, 1908, involving a massive explosion caused by the airburst of a very large stony meteoroid near Podkamennaya Tunguska River in Russia. It resulted in the destruction of over 80 million trees spanning across an area of 2,150 square kilometre of forest. It is estimated that at least 3 people may have lost their lives to this event.

The impact crater that has caused this incident was not found. It may have disintegrated before it reached the surface of the Earth. This event is the largest impact event in the recorded history. Much bigger impacts may have occurred during the prehistoric era.

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Panacea Biotec has received a licence from the Drugs Controller General for manufacturing the Sputnik V vaccine in India. On July 4, 2021, the first batch of the vaccine, manufactured at Baddi in Himachal Pradesh, passed quality control checks.

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A Los Angeles court has denied the music star’s request to eject her father from a guardianship arrangement that gives him control of her affairs. This a week after the singer made an impassioned plea to end the “abusive” conservatorship during which she said she has been medicated to control her behaviour, prohibited from making decisions on friendships or finances and prevented from having a contraceptive implant removed, despite wanting more children.

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Mariyappan Thangavelu is announced as the flag bearer of the Indian contingent in Tokyo Paralympics 2021.
Mariyappan Thangavelu is India’s first Paralympian gold medallist since 2004. He won gold medal in the 2016 Summer Paralympic games in High jump. He was awarded Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award for Para-Atheletics, Arjuna Award for Para-Atheletics and Padma Shri.

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India recently hosted the CoWIN Global Conclave. Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan inaugurated the virtual conclave.
As per the CEO of the National Health Authority (NHA), Dr RS Sharma, about 50 countries have shown interest in adopting CoWIN. India is set to provide the open source version of the platform to the interested countries. CoWIN is a digital platform, developed by India, to efficiently run its vaccination drive.

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Digital Communications Commission (DCC) is an apex body under the Department of Telecommunication, Ministry of Communication.
DCC has recently cleared a proposal of using satellite connectivity in telecom networks. This will help telecom operators to connect their mobile towers in tough terrains by using satellite services through VSAT (very-small-aperture terminal) system. This will, in turn help to provide services in remote areas