Current Affairs Quiz - August, 2021

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In 2011, the UN General assembly proclaimed July 30 as the International day of Friendship. The decision was taken with an idea that this day will create a friendship bond between peoples of different cultures, countries and religions and will help in achieving world peace by building bridges between different communities.
The United Nations is an international organisation which was founded in 1945. It is headquartered in New York. The main aim of this organisation is to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation and act as a center for harmonising the actions of different nations. At present, 193 countries are the members of the United Nations (UN).

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As per the, “Information Technology Rules, 2021” , the social media platforms with more than 50 lakh users in India need to publish compliance report every month by mentioning the details of complaints received and actions taken. Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 came into force on May 26, 2021 and was released by the  Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) in 2021.
According to the transparency report released by Google recently in the end of July, Google India removed over 1,50,000 pieces of content from its social media platforms in the month of May and June and it also took removal actions on 11,61,223 pieces of content as a result of automated detection process during May-June.
Information Technology Rules, 2021 were released by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) in February, 2021.

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On August 1, “Muslim Women Rights Day” was observed across the country for the first time. This day was observed to celebrate the enactment of the law against ‘Triple Talaq’ for completing its two years.  According to Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Minister of Minority Affairs, the Government enacted the law against Triple Talaq on 1st August, 2019 and this law made the social malpractice of Triple Talaq as a criminal offense. The law was enacted with an aim of liberating Muslim women from the shackles of social evil which they faced in the form of divorce terms.

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On August 1, 2021, Ismail Haniyeh was re-elected as leader of the Palestinian Islamist group ‘Hamas’. He is the chief of Hamas since 2017. He is a senior political leader of Hamas and he became the prime minister of Palestinian National Authority in 2006 after  Palestinian legislative elections. He has earlier controlled the political activities of Hamas in Gaza, the Israeli-occupied West Bank and the diaspora largely from outside Gaza, splitting his time between Turkey and Qatar for the past two years.
Hamas is a Palestinian militant and nationalist organization which rules the Gaza strip and has fought violent conflicts with Israel. It was founded in 1987. Its headquarter is in Gaza, a self-governing Palestinian territory on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea.

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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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Anshuman Rath, the Zonal Deputy Commissioner of Bhubaneshwar Municipal Corporation (South-east zone) said that Bhubaneshwar has become the first city to achieve 100% Covid-19 Vaccination. Bhubaneshwar Municipal Corporation (BMC) launched a massive vaccination drive against Covid-19. The officials said that they had set a target to complete vaccination in a specific timeline. They made different categories of people who are above 18 years like front-like workers, health workers, 18-44 age group, people above 45 years of age. They achieved this target by July 31.

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Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (HPCL) and State-run Convergence Energy Services Ltd. (CESL) collaborated for setting up EV Charging stations in metro cities across India including Delhi NCR, Mumbai, Pune, Chennai, Hyderabad, Bengaluru. CESL and HPCL will identify major highway across India where adequate charging infrastructure could be installed and established.
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. is a subsidiary of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation. Its headquarter is in Mumbai. It has approximately 25% market-share in India among public sector understandings and has a strong marketing infrastructure.
State-run Convergence Energy Services Ltd is a subsidiary of state-owned Energy Efficiency Services Limited. It is a joint venture of public sector companies under the Ministry of Power, Government of India.

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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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Federal Authority for Identity and Citizenship (ICA) has launched ‘Golden Residency Services’ to facilitate issuance of golden visa to doctors residing in UAE.  They will get a 10-year residency visa. The decision was taken to commend doctors for their contribution to the society during the Corona pandemic. The facilities will be provided according to the instructions of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE, Ruler of Dubai.

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A cashless and contactless instrument named ‘e-Rupi’ was launched by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on August 2, 2021. It has been launched for providing the facilities of digital payments. It will be helpful in strengthening Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) by assisting in targeted, transparent and leakage free delivery. e-RUPI is a QR code or SMS string based e-Voucher which is delivered to the mobile of the beneficiaries. These vouchers will be mostly used for health-related payments. Corporates can also use these vouchers for their employees.
It has been developed by the National Payments Corporation of India in collaboration with the department of financial services, health ministry and the National Health Authority.