Current Affairs Quiz - August, 2022

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Russia is the host of Vostok-2022 military exercises. China recently announced that its troops will take part in the Vostok-2022 military exercises.
The drill will also see participation of India, Belarus, Tajikistan, Mongolia and other countries. The exercises are held under the annual cooperation plan between the Chinese and Russian militaries.

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Goa has become the first state in the country, which has been ‘Har Ghar Jal’ certified. Dadra Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu also became Har Ghar Jal certified Union Territory.
Jal Jeevan Mission was announced in 2019, which aims to provide potable tap water supply in adequate quantity, of prescribed quality and on regular and long-term basis to every rural household of the country by 2024. 10 crore rural households of the country have been connected to the facility of clean water through pipes.

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Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari launched India’s first Double Decker AC electric bus in Mumbai.
Switch, a subsidiary of Ashok Leyland unveiled India’s first electric double-decker air-conditioned bus – Switch EiV 22. It is the first – semi low floor, air conditioned, electric double-decker with wider door on rear overhang and a rear staircase.

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Parshottam Rupala, Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, launched the Online Market Place feature ‘Aqua Bazar’ in the ‘MatsyaSetu’ mobile app during the general body meeting of the National Fisheries Development Board.
The app was developed by the ICAR-Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture (ICAR-CIFA), Bhubaneswar through the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY). MatsyaSetu app was developed to disseminate the latest freshwater aquaculture technologies to the aqua farmers of the country.

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Chhattisgarh government announced to set up rural industrial parks in the state. Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel announced that the project will be launched on Gandhi Jayanti.
It aims to strengthen the rural economy and make the ‘gau-than’ (cattle shed) a centre of livelihood. Under the programme , in the first year there will be 300 rural industrial parks. The first such park in Chhattisgarh came up in Kanker district, which has been named Gandhi Gram.

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Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways released the draft Indian Ports Bill, 2022 to consolidate and amend the laws relating to ports including the Indian Ports Act, 1908.
It seeks for the prevention and containment of pollution at ports, to empower and establish State Maritime Boards for effective administration, control and management of non-major ports in India; provide for adjudicatory mechanisms for redressal of port related disputes and to establish a national council for fostering structured growth and development of the port sector among others.

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Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced to abolish the colonial-era 377A law which bans sex between men.
Singapore has taken a step towards LGBT rights, after India, Taiwan and Thailand in Asia. However, the government would ensure better legal protection for the definition of marriage as one between a man and a woman.

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The state government of Chhattisgarh set up English-medium colleges across the State named Swami Atmanand English Medium Model Colleges.
At present, there is no English medium government college in the state. The state has already set up English-medium schools across the state.

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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured new images of the Jupiter, which will give more clues to Jupiter’s inner life.
A standalone view of Jupiter, created from a composite of several images from Webb, has been released.  Auroras extending to high altitudes above both the northern and southern poles of Jupiter are seen in the image. The Great Red Spot, a persistent high-pressure region in the atmosphere of Jupiter, appears white in the views.

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Union Minister of State for Textiles Darshana Jardosh inaugurated the Silk Mark Expo in New Delhi. The expo is being organised by the Silk Mark Organisation of India under Central Silk Board, Ministry of Textiles.
Silk Mark is a quality assurance label launched by government to determine that the product is made up of pure natural silk.