Current Affairs Quiz - August, 2022

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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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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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Isaac Herzog was the first Israeli President to travel to Turkey in 10 years, when he visited the country in May.
Israel and Turkey announced to fully resume diplomatic relations, leaders in a historic step that after the visit by the Israeli Prime Minister to Turkey.

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Indian IT major Wipro announced that it received a multi-year contract to deliver Service Integration and Management (SIAM) services to the UK government department, HM Treasury (HMT).
HM Treasury is the UK government’s economic and finance ministry, which maintains control over public spending, and directs UK’s economic policy. The service will enable integration of IT services enhancing the user experience across HMT and its bodies.

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The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved the signing of a contract between India and France to support International Transport Forum (ITF) activities in Indian transport sector.
The International Transport Forum, an inter-governmental organisation within the OECD system, is global body mandating all modes of transport. It is headquartered in Paris, France.

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India’s first indigenously-developed RT-PCR kit for testing monkeypox disease has been developed by Transasia Bio-Medicals.
The kit was recently unveiled by Principal Scientific Adviser to the Centre Ajay Kumar Sood. According to WHO, monkeypox is a a virus transmitted to humans from animals, with symptoms similar to smallpox but clinically less severe.

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The Indian Air Force, with its four Sukhoi-30 MKI fighter jets and two C-17 heavy-lift aircraft joined the ‘Pitch Black’ exercise.
It is a 17-nation air combat exercise in Australia, being hosted by the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). Over 100 aircraft and 2,500 air force personnel from 17 countries namely Australia, Canada, France, Germany, India, Japan, , the UAE, the US, the UK among others participate in the exercise.

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Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot inaugurated the Rajiv Gandhi Centre of Advance Technology (R-CAT).
R-CAT will conduct training programmes on advanced and emerging Information technologies for graduates. The centre will give industry standard certificates to successful candidates.

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Vijay Shekhar Sharma has been reappointed managing director (MD) and chief executive officer (CEO) of One 97 Communication (OCL), the parent company of digital payments app Paytm.
Sharma will continue to serve as MD and CEO of the company for another five years. Paytm is a major Indian digital payments and financial services company, based in Noida.

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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.