Current Affairs Quiz - August, 2022

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The State Bank of India (SBI) announced the launch of its first dedicated branch for start-ups in the country in Bengaluru.
The Branch designated for start-ups will cater to the entire range of the Start-ups’ needs, at every stage of their evolution. The bank provides funding as well as other services including investment banking, treasury operations and advisory through its subsidiaries.

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Russia hosted the Moscow Conference on International Security 2022 and the Russian President Vladimir Putin addressed the participants virtually.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh took part in Moscow Conference virtually and expressed concern about the potential geopolitical fault-line in the maritime domain. The conference was attended by Ministers of Defence from different countries as well as key stakeholders in the military field.

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‘NAMASTE’ is a Central Sector Scheme of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (MoSJE) as a joint initiative with the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA).
It seeks to ensure safety and dignity of sanitation workers in urban India by enhancing their occupational safety through capacity building and access to safety gear and machines.

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The ‘World Photography Day’ is celebrated on August 19 every year. Ancient Chinese and Greeks were known the earliest methods to project an image on a screen with a pin-hole setup.
The world’s first photograph was captured by French scientist Joseph Nicephore Niepce. It was titled ‘View from the Window at Le Gras’.

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‘Chip 4’ meeting is a meeting of the four chip manufacturing nations including the United States, Taiwan, South Korea and Japan.
However, Taiwan announced that it has not been informed about the ‘Chip 4’ meeting. Taiwan is a major semiconductor producer and home to the world’s largest contract chip maker. The group is described as the gathering as U.S.-led group of major microchip manufacturers.

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Artemis III mission is the crewed Moon landing mission of the US Space agency NASA. Under the mission, NASA has planned to send the first woman and person of colour to the Moon. It is scheduled for launch in 2025.
NASA has recently announced 13 potential landing sites for the missions, which are in proximity to the lunar South Pole. Each site is scientifically significant as the lunar South Pole is unexplored by humans and it has some regions rich in resources.

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International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence based on Religion or Belief is observed on 22 August.
Freedom of religion or belief, freedom of opinion and expression, right to peaceful assembly and right to freedom of association are enshrined in articles 18, 19 and 20 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

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Kerala government has announced to introduce an online monitoring system, to keep track of medicines in government-run medical institutions.
The system aims to keep track of availability and distribution of medicines. The state’s health minister announced that hospital employees should use the online system of Kerala Medical Services Corporation (KMSCL) to ensure availability of medicines.

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A team of researchers has found a new species of long-fingered bats in India and Sri Lanka, named as ‘Miniopterus phillipsi’.
This is similar to a thick-thumbed bat species found in Meghalaya. The bat was named after W W A Philips in recognition of his contributions to studies on the mammals of Sri Lanka and South Asia. The specimens for this species were collected from Idulgashinna cave in Sri Lanka.

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A tripartite agreement was signed by National Highways Logistics Management Limited (NHLML), Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) and Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL) for swift development of modern Multi Modal Logistics Parks (MMLP).
The MoU was signed under the  Bharatmala Pariyojna across the country with an objective to centralize freight consolidation and reduce logistics cost from 14% to less than 10% of GDP.