Current Affairs Quiz - July, 2021

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Levon Aronian won the Goldmoney Asian Rapid online chess title 2021. Levon Grigori Aronian is an Armenian-American chess grandmaster.
He won the title after defeating Vladimir Artemiev. Magnus Carlsen, the current world champion was on the 3rd position. The Goldmoney Asian Rapid is the seventh tournament of the Champions Chess Tour 2021 or Meltwater Champions Tour.

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The Reserve Bank of India mandated that 7.5 % of the bank’s total credit (ANBC or CEOBE) should be provided to Micro enterprises.
Recently, the Union MSME Ministry announced the inclusion of retail and wholesale trade under MSMEs (Micro, small and medium enterprises). As per this categorisation, the traders will now get the benefit of priority sector lending under RBI guidelines. They will also be eligible for availing immediate-term finance as part of the schemes announced under ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’.

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Invest India, has been awarded the world’s most innovative Investment Promotion Agency 2021 by OCO Global.
Invest India was set up in 2009, as a non-profit venture under the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, Ministry of Commerce and Industry. It is the National Investment Promotion and Facilitation Agency of India and act as the first point of reference for investors in India.

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Digital payments and financial services platform Paytm launched small ticket loans named as Postpaid Mini.
This service will enable users access loans ranging from Rs 250 – Rs 1,000, in partnership with Aditya Birla Finance Ltd. Users will be assisted to maintain liquidity during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, with the loan of 30 days repayment with zero per cent interest.

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The Trafficking in Persons report is an annual study released by the U.S. State Department. The report was released for this year recently.
As per the report, the pandemic caused an increase in vulnerability to human trafficking and damaged existing anti-traffic efforts. The U.S. has also determined that governments of twelve countries, including China, had a policy of trafficking in the reporting period.

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The Indian Army has recently named one of its military firing ranges after the famous Indian actress Vidya Balan, to recognise her contribution to cinema. The Vidya Balan Firing Range is located in Gulmarg, Kashmir.
Earlier, the actress was invited to join the board of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences. Earlier this year, the actress had attended the Gulmarg Winter Festival organised by the Indian Army.

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Stan Swamy, the Jesuit priest and tribal rights activist spent nine months in custody after being booked under the UAPA, Unlawful Activities Prevention Act
UAPA is the primary counter-terror law in India. Though it was originally enacted in 1967, the law has undergone over 6 amendments, the last one in 2019. Stan Swamy was among the 16 activists, academics, and lawyers booked and arrested for their alleged links to Maoists in connection with the Bhima Koregaon violence.

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Sri Lanka’s Central Bank announced that it has minted two coins in gold and silver, in connection with the Party’s 100th anniversary, and 65 years of Sri Lanka-China relations.
One of the coins, bears the words ‘Communist Party of China’ in Sinhala, Tamil and English, while the other has a view of the China-built Nelum Pokuna Mahinda Rajapaksa Theatre, located in Colombo and the words ‘Sri Lanka-China 65 Years’.

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The Delhi government has framed a dedicated policy for the welfare of street children amidst the pandemic situation.
It is prepared by the Delhi government’s Women and Child Development Department (WCD). It suggests that district administration could train the children rescued from streets (on attaining 18 years) as Civil Defence Volunteer. The policy also proposes the composition of District Child Protection Convergence Committee (DCPCC) above the District Task Force (DTF) for rescuing children.

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Geographical Indications (GI) certified Madurai jasmine and other traditional flowers such as button rose, lily, chamanthi, and marigold were exported to the US and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from Tamil Nadu.
As per the Commerce & Industry Ministry, this export initiative generated employment for 130 women workers. The flowers sourced from places near Madurai are processed in APEDA registered centre.