Current Affairs Quiz - July, 2021

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The Department of Space, Government of India has recently come out with the draft space transportation policy, under which it has encouraged private participation in space technology.
The policy also lays special emphasis on Research and Development in green fuel, robotic space exploration and reusable rockets.

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The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved a reforms-based and results-linked ‘Revamped power distribution sector scheme’.
The scheme is worth Rs 3.03 lakh crore, including Rs 97,000 crore Central outlay. It aims to provide conditional financial assistance to strengthen the supply infrastructure of Distribution companies.

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Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, ICAI will launch a mobile app for students of foundation, intermediate and final course students. The mobile app named, “ICAI-BOS” will provide next-generation interactive learning and innovative ways to improve quality services to the students.

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Nihal Sarin won the Silver Lake Open chess tournament in Serbia on June 29, 2021. The third-seeded Indian emerged on top of the field with eight points from nine rounds. The second and third places were also taken by Indians Raunak Sadhwani and Abhimanyu Puranik who scored seven points each.

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The Communist Party of China the founding party of the People’s Republic of China (PRC). The CCP was founded in 1921. The CCP is officially organized on the basis of democratic centralism. China’s Communist Party has marked the 100th year of its inception recently.

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Currently, India is working to exercise its rights to stop excess water flowing to Pakistan under the Indus Waters Treaty of 1960 to irrigate its own lands. In this context, India is working on a plan to divert the waters of Ujh river, which is one of the main tributaries of Ravi river that flows into Pakistan. This is also of strategic importance to India—control over river water flow acts as a force multiplier during times of aggression.

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The Indus water treaty between India and Pakistan was signed in the year 1960, after 9 long years of negotiations. This treaty aims to establish how the two countries would utilize the water resources of six rivers—Beas, Ravi, Sutlej, Indus, Chenab and Jhelum.
India has been recently working to exercise its rights over the Indus Treaty to stop the flow of excess water from India to Pakistan and use the water for irrigation.

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Taal Volcano is part of a chain of volcanoes located along the western edge of the island of Luzon, in the Philippines.
Recently, the Authorities in the Philippines have warned that the Taal volcano, could erupt anytime soon after recording the highest levels of sulphur dioxide gas emission. The average of 22,628 tonnes a day was the highest ever recorded in Taal volcano.

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Valmiki National Park and Tiger Reserve and Wildlife Sanctuary is located at the India-Nepal border in Bihar, on the bank of river Gandak. It is the only National Park in the state of Bihar.
The Authorities of the Bihar’s Valmiki Tiger Reserve (VTR) have identified 150 vultures in different ranges of the protected area. A proposed plan for vulture conservation is sent to the Integrated Development of Wildlife Habitats (IDWH).

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The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) will impose a fine of up to Rs 10,000 per violation of commercial SMS senders who send fraudulent SMS with fake headers.
Apart from the fine of Rs 1000 to Rs 10000 per violation, the DoT will also undertake permanent suspension of the sending mobile number or sender ID, depending on the number of violations.