Current Affairs Quiz - August, 2021

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P V Sindu is the first Indian woman to win two Olympic medals. She won her first Olympic medal, which was a silver medal, at Rio Olympics 2016. She won a bronze medal at Tokyo Olympics 2021 after defeating He Bing Jiao of China.
PV Sindhu belongs to Hyderabad, Telangana. Her Personal coach is Park Tae Sang and the national coach of Badminton is Pullela Gopichand.  She got Padma Bhushan Award in 2020. She has been also awarded with Pamda Shri (2015), Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award in 2016 and Arjuna Award in 2013.

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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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USA won the CONCACAF Gold Cup 2021 after defeating Mexico and claimed its 7th title.  Mexico is the most successful team till date by claiming 11 titles.
CONCACAF (Confederation of North American and Carribean Association Football) was founded in 1961.
CONCACAF Gold Cup  is the main association football competition of the men’s national football teams governed by CONCACAF. It was started in 1990 and is organised every two years.

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The Italian luxury brand ‘Bvlgari’ has appointed Priyanka Chopra Jonas as the global brand ambassador.
Bvlgari is known for its gemstone jewellery, watches, fragrances, accessories and leather goods. Priyanka Chopra Jonas will support the Roman high jewellery house and promote brand around the world. The main focus will be on themes of women empowerment, diversity and inclusion.
Bulgari / Bvlgari was founded in 1884 by Sotirios Voulgaris.  Its headquarter is located in Rome, Italy. The current CEO of this brand is Jean-Christophe Babin.

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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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Nelliyode Vasudevan Namboothiri was a Kathakali artist. He belonged to Kerala. He was known for his vibrant portrayal of the evil chuvanna thaadi roles of the classical Kathakali dance-drama from Kerala. He was a scholar in Sanskrit and Hindu Puranas and was a recipient of several awards including Kendra Sangeet Natak Akademi, Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi award, Kerala State Kathakali Prize etc.
Kathakali is a Hindu performance art in the Malayalam-speaking southwestern region of Kerala and one of the major classical dance form of India.

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State Bank of India has recently launched a feature called “SIM BINDING” for its mobile banking customers. The feature has been added to SBI’s YONO and YONO lite digital banking systems to safeguard the interests of its customers. SIM Binding will protect customers from various digital frauds. After the addition of SIM Binding feature, YONO and YONO lite will work only on those devices which have SIM of mobile number registered with the Bank.
State Bank of India was formed on 1 July 1955 under the Gorewala Committee. Before 1955, It was known as the Imperial Bank of India which was formed in 1921 after merging Bank of Calcutta, Bank of Bombay and Bank of Madras. SBI is headquartered in Mumbai. The current Chairman of SBI is Dinesh Kumar Khara. It is India’s largest Government Bank.

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Paras Khadka, the former captain of Nepal Cricket Team has retired from the International Cricket at the age of 34. He is the first batsman of Nepal to score century in ODIs as well as T20s. He was the longest-serving captain of Nepal Cricket team. He represented Nepal in three Under-19 World cups (2004, 2006, 2008) and led his country in 2014 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup.
International Cricket Council (ICC) is headquartered in Dubai. Greg Barclay is the chairman of ICC and Anil Kumble is the chairman of the ICC’s Cricket Committee.

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The Eighth Meeting of Ministers of Justice of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Member States will be held on 6th August, 2021 and it will be attended by Kiren Rijiju who is the Union Minister of Law & Justice. The Ministers of (Law and) Justice and senior officials/experts from the Ministries of Law & Justice of India, China, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Russian Federation and Uzbekistan will be participating in the Meeting.

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Under the aegis of Ministry of Defence, the Government of India has approved the establishment of the Defence Cyber Agency. To mitigate various cyber threats, all the three armed force Services have established their respective Cyber Emergency Response Teams (CERT). Also, the Government of India is formulating the National cyber security strategy, which is currently in the final stages of approval.