Current Affairs Quiz - August, 2022

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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 and the US will conduct a fortnight-long mega military exercise named ‘Yudh Abhyas’ in Uttarakhand’s Auli in October 2022.
The 18th edition of the exercise is scheduled to include number of complex drills. The last edition of the exercise took place in October 2021 in Alaska in the US. In June 2016, the US designated India a ‘Major Defence Partner’.

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China fired ballistic missiles and deployed fighter jets and warships as it began its largest-ever military exercises around Taiwan, a show of force
This was commenced as retaliation to the visit of the US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s to the island. Pelosi was the highest-profile US official to visit Taiwan in years. The Taiwanese cabinet said the drills would disrupt 18 international routes passing through its flight information region.

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Jagdeep Dhankhar has won India’s Vice Presidential election 2022, defeating Opposition candidate Margaret Alva.
Dhankhar will be India’s 14th Vice President, taking over from the incumbent Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu. He has served as a Minister of state for Parliamentary Affairs in the Janata Dal government. He became the Governor of West Bengal in July 2019.

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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) recently announced that the ‘Bharat Bill Payment System (BBPS)’ will be enabled to accept cross-border inward payments in India.
This will aid Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) to make bill payments for utility, education and other such payments on behalf of their families in India.

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The Indian Army has launched the ‘Him Drone-a-thon’ programme in association with the Drone Federation of India.
The programme is connects all stake holders including industry, academia, software developers and drone product manufacturers. The Indian Army’s support to India’s drone ecosystem is based on the principle of ‘good available indigenously’ is better than the ‘best available globally’.

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Gustavo Petro, a former rebel fighter, has been sworn in as the first left-wing President of the South-American country Colombia.
Colombia’s first leftist President promised to fight inequality in the country hit by a long war between the government and guerrilla groups. He also promised to fight against inequality and climate change, and achieve peace with rebel groups and crime gangs.

 

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An International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) number is a 15-digit code that is unique to a mobile device.
The Delhi Police is planning to coordinate with internet service providers and the department of telecommunications to block stolen or robbed phones using IMEI number. This was decided amidst the rising cases of mobile phone snatching in the national capital.

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Microsoft has become the first global Big Tech Company to join the Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC).
ONDC is an Indian government initiative for developing a first-of-its-kind open network for digital commerce. Microsoft has planned to introduce social e-commerce through its app in the Indian market shortly.

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As per a recent Parliament reply, scheduled commercial banks have written off loans worth about Rs 10 lakh crore in the last five financial years.
According to a reply by the Finance Ministry, during 2021-22, the write-off amount came down to Rs 1.57 lakh crore compared to Rs 2.02 lakh crore in 2020-21. The highest in five years was recorded in 2018-19 at Rs 2.36 Lakh crore.