Current Affairs Quiz - July, 2021

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Saudi Arabian Airlines, owned by the state is the biggest carrier in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Others include low-cost carrier Flyadeal sand Flynas.
Recently, Saudi Arabia announced plans to launch a second national airline. This would push the kingdom to the fifth rank globally in terms of air transit traffic. The decision aims to turn the kingdom into a global logistics hub, diversifying from oil.

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Social Media Giant Facebook has announced a set of publishing and subscription tools named Bulletin, aimed to promote independent writers in the US
Bulletin will include support focused on creation of content, monetisation and audience growth. It also aims to integrate its existing tools to support writing and audio content — from podcasts to Live Audio Rooms in one place.

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The Spanish government approved the first draft of a bill that would allow anyone over the age of 14 to legally change gender without a medical diagnosis or hormone therapy.
This was announced by the country’s Equality Ministry. After going for public hearing, the bill will come for a second reading and then it is to be approved by the lower house of the Spanish parliament.

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Indian Navy’s athlete MP Jabir qualified for the Tokyo Olympics in 400m hurdles on July 1, 2021 after he clocked 49.78s to win gold at the recently concluded Inter-State Athletics Championships in Patiala. Jabir qualified through the World ranking quota where there are 14 spots available.

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Air Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari took over as Vice Chief of the Air Staff on July 1, 2021. He was commissioned into the fighter stream of the Air Force on December 29, 1982, and has a flying experience of more than 3800 hrs on a wide variety of fighter and trainer aircrafts.

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India announced the ‘Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code’ and it came into force from May 2021. As per the rules, all significant social media intermediaries had to publish monthly reports on the details of complaints, actions taken and monitoring details.
Facebook recently launched its first monthly report for the period between May 15 and June 15. As per the report, Facebook took action against about 30 million pieces of content.

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Mariyappan Thangavelu is announced as the flag bearer of the Indian contingent in Tokyo Paralympics 2021.
Mariyappan Thangavelu is India’s first Paralympian gold medallist since 2004. He won gold medal in the 2016 Summer Paralympic games in High jump. He was awarded Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award for Para-Atheletics, Arjuna Award for Para-Atheletics and Padma Shri.

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President Ram Nath Kovind laid the foundation stone of Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar cultural centre in Lucknow.
The cultural centre will have a 25-feet high statue of Dr Ambedkar and will also have an auditorium with a capacity of 750 people, library, research centre, picture gallery, museum and a multi-purpose convention centre.

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The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s (JAXA) Hayabusa2 spacecraft brought samples of Asteroid Ryugu to earth in Dec 2020.
Recently, Japan has sent these samples to the American Space Agency NASA for research and experimental purposes. This is one of the first samples to move out of Japan for investigation.

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Union Consumer affairs ministry has framed the Consumer Protection (Direct Selling) Rules, 2021, and sought public comments by July 21. As per the draft rules, Direct selling companies like Amway and Tupperware will not be allowed to offer the pyramid and money circulation scheme. Those companies have to register with the DPIIT for allotment of registration number. They should have minimum one physical location as registered office in India.