Current Affairs Quiz - August, 2022

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Indian Army and Royal Army of Oman have recently started their 13-day joint military exercise in Rajasthan, India.
The 4th edition of India-Oman joint military drill ‘AL NAJAH’ focuses on Counter Terrorism, Regional Security and Peace Keeping Operations.

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Red Bull’s Ace Racing Driver Max Verstappen won the 2022 Hungarian Grand Prix from 10th on the starting grid.
Seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton finished second while his Mercedes team mate George Russell finished third and on pole for the first time in his F1 career. The win was Verstappen’s 8th of the season and 28th of his career.

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Savitri Jindal, the Emeritus Chairperson of the OP Jindal Group, has become the richest woman in Asia, as per the Bloomberg Billionaires Index with USD 11.3 billion fortune.
She has replaced China’s Yang Huiyan whose fortune fell by 50 percent amidst China’s real estate crisis. Savitri Jindal is now the 10th richest person in India.

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As per the recent announcement of Renewable Energy Ministry, world’s largest floating solar power plant is going to be built in Madhya Pradesh’s Khandwa.
The plant is expected to generate 600 Megawatt power by 2022-23 and is estimated to be worth over Rs 3000 crores. At present, India’s largest floating solar power project is operational at Ramagundam in Telangana, being operated by NTPC.

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India is set to host diplomats of the 15-nation UN Security Council including US, China and Russia, in October for a special meeting on counter-terrorism.
India is an elected non-permanent member of the UN Security Council for a two-year term. India’s tenure at the Council will end in December this year. India chairs the Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee for 2022.

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Amazon India has partnered with Indian Railways to boost its delivery services in the country. It was also the first online delivery company to engage with the Indian Railways to build an express transportation product through rail networks in 2019.
Through this partnership, Amazon will be able to transport packages on more than 110 inter-city routes, and provide one to two-day delivery for its customers.

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In the recently released Fortune 500 list, State Bank of India is the only bank to be featured from India in 236^th rank. US retailer Walmart topped the 2022 list.
The Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) has been named for the first time in the Fortune Global 500 list at rank 98. Reliance Industries jumped 51 places to rank 104 while oil and power PSUs including IOC, ONGC, BPCL were also featured in the list. The list has nine Indian companies – five state-owned, and four from the private sector.

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The Dutch government (Netherlands) has recently declared a water shortage, following an unusually dry summer with no rain forecast in the near future.
Intense heat-waves hit large parts of Europe and the United States last month, rising calls for more efforts to tackle global warming. As two-thirds of the Dutch population living below sea level, droughts can become an acute problem in the Netherlands. This may lead to silting up of rivers and hampering of water traffic.

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Tulika Maan clinched a silver medal for India in Judo at the Commonwealth Games 2022 in the 78 kg category.
Earlier, Sushila Likmabam got a silver medal in the Women’s 48kg category, and Vijay Kumar Yadav won a bronze medal in the Men’s 60kg category in Judo.

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Five women officers of the Indian Naval Air Squadron 314 based at Porbandar in Gujarat created history by completing the first all-women independent maritime reconnaissance and surveillance mission over the north Arabian Sea onboard a Dornier 228 aircraft.
The aircraft was captained by Mission Commander Lt Commander Aanchal Sharma, who had pilots  Lt Shivangi and Lt Apurva Gite  and tactical and sensor officers in her team.