Current Affairs Quiz - July, 2020

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Veteran Bollywood actor Jagdeep has passed away recently, at the age of 81, due to age related illness.
The actor’s real name is Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed Jafri and he is famous for his role as Soorma Bhopali in the star movie, ‘Sholay’. The comedian actor has appeared in more than 400 films including ‘Purana Mandir’. He has also directed a hindi movie.

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The United Nations is observing the Virtual Counter-Terrorism Week from July 6 to July 10, 2020.
The event has been convened under the theme of “Strategic and Practical Challenges of Countering Terrorism in a Global Pandemic Environment”. Throughout the week, several webinars and interactive discussions on the fields like bio and cyber terrorism, flagship UN counter-terrorism programmes, among others.

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The fifteenth summit between India and the European Union (EU) is scheduled to be held on July 15, through video conferencing.
Prime Minster Narendra Modi is to represent India. The President of European Council, Charles Michel and the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen will represent the EU. The summit was supposed to be held in March and Indian Prime Minister was scheduled to visit Brussels, the capital of EU.

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Australia has recently suspended its extradition treaty with Hong Kong and extended visas for Hong Kong residents.
This decision gains importance as it has been declared amidst the imposition of a tough national security law on Hong Kong by China. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced a range of visas of two to five years duration. Offers of permanent residency visas were also announced.

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American multinational aerospace organisation Boeing has recently completed delivering 22 Apache and 15 Chinook military helicopters to the Indian Air Force.
As per the IAF officials, the fleet of 37 military helicopters has now been deployed in air bases along the Line of Actual Control. India had signed the key contract for the 37 multi-role vehicles for IAF with Boeing, in the year 2015.

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As per the recent data from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), Tamil Nadu has topped market borrowings among states in the country during 2020-21.
Tamil Nadu has raised Rs 30500 crores so far, which is approximately 17% of the borrowings made through issuing bonds. Maharashtra has raised Rs 25000 crores, which is 14% of the borrowings. The state of Tamil Nadu is expected to sustain a revenue shortfall of Rs 12,000- Rs 13,000 crore in a month, due to the effect of lock-down.

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The ‘World Population Day’ is observed across the world, on July 11 every year. The day was first celebrated in the year 1990.
Inspired by the awareness created by ‘Five Billion Day’ on the same day in 1987 when the world’s population reached 5 billion, UNDP recommended the observance of Population Day on July 11. “Putting the brakes on COVID-19: how to safeguard the health and rights of women and girls now” is the theme of the campaign for 2020.

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The Tiger Census of India has set a new Guinness Record for being the world’s largest camera trap wildlife survey.
The fourth edition of the census, which was carried out between 2018-19, has entered the Guinness Book, for being the most comprehensive in resources and data taken. India conducts Tiger Census once in every four years.

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The President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan has recently announced that the iconic architectural place of the country Hagia Sophia would be made a mosque, which gained criticism from across the world.
After the top Turkish court revoked the museum status of the monument, the President made this announcement. The UNESCO World Heritage site in Istanbul was first constructed as a cathedral but was converted into a mosque after the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople in 1453. It has been a museum since 1935 and open to people of all faiths.

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The state of Andhra Pradesh has rolled out an initiative of online registration of crops named e-Crop.
The state’s Revenue and Agriculture Department officials will jointly register crops online. At village level, village revenue officers and the village agriculture assistants will register the names of the farmers, details of their land, bank account and about his crops cultivated.