Current Affairs Quiz - August, 2022

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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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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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According to Section 45ZL of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934, the Reserve Bank publishes the minutes of the proceedings of the meeting on the fourteenth day after every meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee.
As per the minutes of the MPC meeting released recently, Governor Shaktikanta Das along with other members proposed a 50 basis points hike in repo rate to 5.40 per cent.

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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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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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World Senior Citizen’s Day is celebrated each year on August 21 to recognise the achievements of the elderly people across the world.
In the year 1988, the then US President Ronald Reagan signed a proclamation declaring August 21 as Senior Citizen’s Day in the country. Since then it has been celebrated across the world.

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Dr. R. S. Sharma, CEO of the National Health Authority (NHA) issued hardware guidelines for healthcare institutions like hospitals, clinics and health and wellness centres to promote digitization in hospitals.
The guidelines provide a basic framework to States and UTs for planning, assessment and procurement of the IT hardware to operate applications compliant with Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM).

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Indian Navy successfully flight tested Vertical Launch Short Range Surface-to-Air Missile (VL-SRSAM) from Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur, Odisha.
The missiles, which are equipped with indigenous Radio Frequency (RF) seeker, intercepted the target with high accuracy. The VL-SRSAM system has been indigenously designed and developed by Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO).

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India’s mining major NMDC in association with FICCI organised a conference on Indian minerals and metal industry on the theme ‘Transition Towards 2030 & Vision 2047’ in New Delhi.
As a part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, the conference was organised in collaboration with the Ministry of Steel and the Ministry of Mines. The objective of the event was to discuss on the roadmap for the minerals and metal industry to achieve Vision 2047.

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India’s first 3D-printed post office is set to come up in Bengaluru within a month’s time. 3D-printed post office is expected to cut construction costs to one-fourth the amount spent on a traditional model.
The Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry has given its nod to the project and its construction will be carried out by Larsen & Toubro.