Current Affairs Quiz - July, 2021

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India’s first Agriculture Export Facilitation Centre has been established in Pune. It will work as a one-stop centre for the exporters in agricultural sector.
The centre was established by the Mahratta Chamber of Commerce Industries and Agriculture (MCCIA) in association with the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD).

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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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India has been outperforming the global growth in market- capitalisation for the last five years, at 14.7% annually against 13.25%.
In the month of June, India’s share of the world market capitalisation rose to 2.60%, which was more than the long-term average of 2.45%, as per media reports. India’s market-cap rose 66% in one year to $3.02 trillion last month, which was also higher than the 44% growth of global market-cap.

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Digital Communications Commission (DCC) is an apex body under the Department of Telecommunication, Ministry of Communication.
DCC has recently cleared a proposal of using satellite connectivity in telecom networks. This will help telecom operators to connect their mobile towers in tough terrains by using satellite services through VSAT (very-small-aperture terminal) system. This will, in turn help to provide services in remote areas

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Dashli ada or Dashly Island is one of the islands of Baku Archipelago, located in the Caspian Sea. The volcanic island is also called as the Ignatiy Stone Island.
Recently, an explosion occurred near an oil field in the Caspian Sea off Azerbaijan. As per media reports, a mud volcano is the cause of the explosion. Mud volcanoes are driven by hot water and natural gas. They tend to occur where layers of water-saturated clay rocks, in Earth’s interior, are under pressure from the layers above.

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The Union Government has set up a 25-member development council for cement industry under Dalmia Bharat Group CMD Puneet Dalmia.
This council will suggest methods to eliminate waste, obtain maximum production, improve quality, reduce costs and promote standardization of products. The council will also recommend measures to secure the full utilization of the installed capacity.

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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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India had proposed the Science, Technology Innovation- led BRICS Innovation Cooperation Action Plan (2021-24).
Recently, during the 12th meeting of the BRICS S&T Steering Committee, hosted by the Department of Science and Technology, all BRICS countries agreed to the STI-led Action Plan. It enables sharing of experiences of each other’s innovation ecosystem and networking of innovators and entrepreneurs.

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As per the recent study conducted by USA’s National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), a ‘wobble’ in Moon’s orbit combined with rising sea levels due to climate change will lead to devastating floods on Earth.
Called ‘Nuisance floods’, these usually occur in coastal areas when the tide reaches about 2 feet above the daily average high tide. As per the study, these nuisance floods will become more frequent and irregular by mid-2030s.

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Soberana 2 is a vaccine conjugate developed by the island nation of Cuba. The country has stated that the vaccine, delivered with its booster named Soberana Plus, would be 91 per cent effective against symptomatic Covid-19.
If approved, the country would be first Latin American country to manufacture COVID 19 vaccine.