Current Affairs Quiz - August, 2021

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CSIR- Central Scientific Instruments Organisation, Chandigarh developed a personal reading machine “Divya Nayan” for visually impaired people. In this device, any printed or digital document can be accessed in the form of speech output. The device can analyse a multi column document and provide seamless reading on the basis of principle of contact scanning. User can place the device over the document to be read and manually scan it. The image is converted into text, text is converted to speech and audio with the help of language dependent optical character.
Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) was established by the Government of India in September 1942. It is an autonomous body and has emerged as the largest research and development organisation in India. Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India is its parent organisation. The institute was founded by Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar.

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Government of India has appointed Deepak Das as the new Controller General of Accounts (CGA) of India. CGA comes under the Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance. Deepak Das is the 25th CGA. He is a 1986-batch Indian Civil Accounts Service (ICAS) officer. He earlier served as the Principal Chief Controller of Accounts in the Central Board of Direct Taxes. He has also been the Director of the Institute of Government Accounts and Finance (INGAF), the training academy of the Indian Civil Accounts Service.
He is an alumnus of Kirori Mal College, University of Delhi.

 

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All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA) and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to conduct study on ‘Ashwagandha’ for promoting recovery from Covid-19. Clinical trials will be conducted on 2000 participants in three U.K. Cities : Birmingham, Leicester and London.
All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA) is an autonomous body under the Ministry of Ayush. London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) is a public research university in Bloomsbury and a constituent college of the University of London that specifies in public health and tropical medicine. It was founded in 1899 by Patrick Manson.

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Yulimar Rojas won a gold medal at Tokyo Olympic Games on August 1, 2021 and created a world record in the women’s triple jump. She jumped 15.67 metres and broke the record of Inessa Kravets of Ukraine who has the record of 15.50 metres jump. At Tokyo Olympics, the Silver medal was won by Patricia Mamona (15.01 m) of Portugal and Bronze medal was won by Ana Peleteiro (14.87 m) of Spain.

 

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India & Israel collaborated recently to develop rapid testing for COVID-19  in under 30 seconds with the involvement of advanced technological expertise of Israel and Indian development and production capabilities.
Trials are being conducted at Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya (RML) hospital at a special site. Four different technologies are  taken under consideration for clinical trials : Voice test, Breath analyser test, Isothermal testing and Polyamino acid testing.

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Amit Shah, the Union Home Minister laid the foundation stone for Maa Vindhyavasini Corridor Project at Mirzapur in Uttar Pradesh. As per the action plan of the project, various developments will be done under this project which includes construction of temple parks, parikrama path, strengthening and beautification of roads and main gate, shopping centres, parking facilities, ropeway etc.
According to the Hindu mythologies, Vindhyavasini was the sister of Lord Krishna and the wife of Lord Shiva. Her temple is located at Vindhyachal which is in Mirzapur district of Uttar Pradesh.

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Forbes released Fortune 500 global list of companies on August 2, 2021. According to the list,
Walmart is ranked first in terms of total revenues for their respective fiscal years ended on or before March 31, 2021. Walmart had a revenue of USD 524 billion.
Walmart Inc. is an American multinational retail corporation that operates a chain of hypermarkets, discount department stores and grocery stores. The company is based in United States of America. It is headquartered in Bentonville, Arkansas. It was founded on 2 July, 1962 by Sam Walton and Walton family is its owner. Doug Mcmillion is the current CEO of this company.
Forbes is an American business magazine. It is owned by Integrated whale media investments and Forbes family. It features articles on finance, industry, investments and marketing topics. It is based in New Jersey, USA.

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In the month of July, 2021, India has recorded the highest ever monthly merchandise export. The merchandise exports rose to 35.17 billion dollars. According to the provisional data of the commerce industry, there was a healthy growth in the shipment of petroleum, engineering goods and gems and jewellery.
Merchandise Exports From India Scheme (MEIS) is notified by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) and implemented by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.

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India started its two-year tenure as non-permanent member of United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on January 1, 2021. India is holding the presidency of UNSC for August and Narendra Modi has become the first Prime Minister to chair an open debate at UNSC. India has been a member of UNSC in 1950-51, 1967-68, 1972-73, 1977-78, 1984-85 and 1991-92 earlier.
UNSC was created after World War II when league of Nations failed to maintain world peace. The first session of UNSC was held on January 17, 1946. It is among six principal organs of United Nations and is tasked with ensuring international peace and security.

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Sanjeev Singh, who is a specially-abled (Divyang) cricketer, composed and sung the theme song of India for the Tokyo Paralympics. The theme song “Kar De Kamaal Tu” was launched by Anurag Thakur, the Sports Minister of India.
In the Tokyo Olympics, a record number of 54 athletes  from India will participate in nine sports disciplines.
The Paralympic Committee of India (PIC) is the body responsible for selecting athletes to represent India at the Paralympic Games and other International athletic meets. It was founded in 1992 and was known as the ‘Physically Handicapped Sports Federation of India’. Rao Inderjit Singh is the current President of the Paralympic Committee of India.