Current Affairs Quiz - July, 2021

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Central Drugs Laboratory (CDL), Kasauli is the National Control Laboratory for testing of Immunobiologicals (vaccines and antisera) meant for human use.
Recently, the Union Government has set up two laboratories including one at Autonomous Research Institutes National Centre for Cell Science (NCCS), Pune, and another at National Institute of Animal Biotechnology (NIAB) Hyderabad as Central Drug Laboratory (CDL).

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Hou Yifan won the FIDE Chess.com Women’s Speed Chess Championship 2021 title. She won the final game by defeating Indian Grand Master Harika Dronavalli.
Hou Yifan is a Chinese chess grandmaster and four-time Women’s World Chess Champion. She is the youngest female player ever to qualify for the title of grandmaster and the youngest ever to win the Women’s World Chess Championship.

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Max Verstappen won the Austrian Grand Prix 2021. Max Verstappen is a Belgian-Dutch racing driver currently competing in Formula One, under the Dutch flag, with Red Bull Racing.
The race was the ninth round of the 2021 Formula One World Championship. Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas was the runner-up. McLaren’s Lando Norris and Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton were on the 3rd and 4th positions respectively.

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The Ministry of women and child development has invited suggestions for the draft of the Trafficking in Persons (Prevention, Care and Rehabilitation) Bill, 2021.
The objective of the bill is to prevent and counter trafficking in persons, especially women and children. According to the draft bill, a person found guilty of trafficking can be imprisoned for seven years to 10 years. Those convicted shall be imposed a fine of ₹1 lakh to 5 lakhs.

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Assam government has recently launched a scheme to incentivise the production of orthodox and specialty tea in the state.
Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma launched Assam Tea Industries Special Incentive Scheme (ATISIS). It aims to boost the production of orthodox or specialty tea in the state by extending incentives to the tea gardens. Government will provide interest subvention of 3% on the working capital loan per annum.

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Union AYUSH Ministry recently launched Ayurveda dataset on The Clinical Trials Registry- India CTRI Portal.
The Ayurveda Dataset of CTRI has been jointly developed by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS) under the Ministry of AYUSH. Union AYUSH Minister also launched four more portals namely AMAR, SAHI, e-MEDHA and RMIS.

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Sir Chettur Sankaran Nair was an applauded lawyer and judge in the Madras High Court and one of the early Presidents of Indian National Congress in 1897.
Filmmaker Karan Johar recently announced his decision to produce the biopic of Sir Chettur Sankaran Nair. Nair had accused O’Dwyer in his book, ‘Gandhi and anarchy’ for being responsible for the atrocities at the Jallianwala Bagh massacre. He also fought a case against Michael O’Dwyer.

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The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) organised the first edition of Indo-Pacific Business Summit 2021, in association with the ministry of External Affairs.
The Business Summit, organised over virtual platform, had participation of Governments, Enterprises, Business Chambers, Think Tanks & Academia from the countries in the Indo-pacific region. The Summit also included a Virtual Business Exhibition.

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UNICEF has recently released a report titled ‘Suffering in Silence’, to highlight the plight of Niger during Covid-19. As per the report, more than 2.1 million children need humanitarian help in the country.
In 2021, 3.8 million people will need humanitarian assistance in Niger. In addition to the armed conflict, displacement, floods, diseases and malnutrition, Niger has also been affected by the impacts of Covid-19 recently.

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The ‘Sustainable Development Goals Report 2021’ is prepared annually by the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA).
UN DESA uses data and estimates in the Global SDG Indicators Database, which contains global, regional and country data and metadata on the official SDG indicators. This year, the number of indicators included in the global SDG database is 211, compared to 115 in 2016.