Current Affairs Quiz - July, 2020

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The incumbent President of Poland, Andrzej Duda has been re-elected to a second term, in a narrow count.
Andrzej Duda was backed by the ruling party, the nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) party. He won with 51.21% of the votes, as per the country’s election committee. Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski, of the center-right opposition Civic Platform party (PO) secured 48.79%.

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The internet regulator of China, Cyberspace Administration of China has announced that it has launched a two-month nation-wide campaign to clean up websites aimed at users under the age of 18.
Earlier, China has imposed limits on online play time for young users after gaming addiction was rising among children. As per the watchdog, the aim of this campaign was to promote a healthy online environment.

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The Institute of Life Sciences (ILS), an autonomous institute of the Department of Biotechnology, has successfully established stable cultures of coronavirus from patient samples.
The Seventeen in-vitro cultures have been established using Vero cells, from samples of different locations and different virus loads. The cultured SARS-Cov-2 can be used in developing antibodies or antidotes, testing of antibodies and identifying therapeutic agents.

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The CEO of Google Sundar Pichai has recently announced the launch USD 10 billion ‘India Digitization Fund’.
This was announced at the ‘Google for India’ virtual live-stream event, which focused on accelerating India’s digital economy. Through this initiative, Google will invest about Rs 75000 Crores in India over the next 5 to 7 years. The fund will focus on enabling affordable access and information to every Indian.

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The FIFA World Cup 2022 football tournament is to played in Qatar, for the first time in the history of FIFA.
FIFA has released the new schedule for the World Cup to be played in November and December, 2022. The 60,000-capacity Al Bayt Stadium will be the venue for the inaugural session of the tournament. FIFA will finalise the 30 contestants of the World Cup in April 2022

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India has signed a new agreement with Israel to collaborate in the field of cyber security and to tackle the challenges in the field amidst the Covid-19 pandemic.
The MoU has been signed between the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT), Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, and Israel’s National Cyber Directorate (INCD). Under the MoU, technological assistance and mutual services in cyber security will be exchanged.

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The Lourdes Roman Catholic shrine located in France has recently organised the world’s first ever e-pilgrimage after the coronavirus crisis.
About 80 million from across the world attended the programme. Mass and prayers are broadcasted on television and social media for the e-pilgrimage named ‘Lourdes United’. During summer, pilgrims visit the shrine and light candles in the sanctuary, where Virgin Mary is believed to have appeared.

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The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has become the first Arab country to launch a spacecraft to Mars. In its first interplanetary mission, it has sent a car-sized spacecraft named ‘Hope’.
UAE has sent the spacecraft from the space centre of Japan. After traversing the space, it will start orbiting around Mars to examine its weather. China is set to launch its Mars Mission on July 23. NASA is also to launch its Perseverance Mars rover to examine its hospitability.

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International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) is the world’s largest trade union federation, headquartered at Brussels, Belgium.
ITUC releases Global Rights Index that ranks 144 countries on the basis of respect for workers’ rights. In this year’s index, India has been ranked among the 10 worst countries for working people, for the first time. Egypt and Honduras are also named in the list for the first time. The Middle East and North Africa is the worst region for working people in the world.

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Union Minister RK Singh has recently inaugurated India’s first public Electric Vehicle (EV) charging plaza in New Delhi.
The charging plaza with 5 chargers of different specifications, was established by Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) in collaboration with New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC). A joint initiative of EESL and USAID, Retrofit of air-conditioning to improve indoor air quality for safety and efficiency (RAISE) was also launched.