Current Affairs Quiz - July, 2021

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European Union’s Digital Covid certificate or ‘Green Pass’ is set to be rolled out on July 1 with an aim to facilitate free movement during the pandemic. Under this framework, persons who have taken vaccines authorised by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) will be exempted from travel restrictions within the EU region.

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Pushkar Singh Dhami sworn in as the 11th and the youngest Chief Minister of Uttarakhand.
According to the Article 164, Chief Minister of the state shall be appointed by the Governor exercising his own discretion according to established practice. Other ministers shall be appointed on the advice of Chief Minister.

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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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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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A group of experts from the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) and its Forest College and Research Institute (FC&RI) has undertaken a project to identify native grasses and trees, suitable for elephants. This project aims to standardise mass multiplication techniques.
Earlier this year, the Forest Department set up the eight-member team, which recently submitted a report after identifying 29 native grass species and 14 fodder tree species that are eatable for elephants and other herbivores. The team have started a nursery to grow these species.

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The #Benderaputih (white flag) campaign is being undertaken in Malaysia, which has gained momentum on social media. It aims to encourage people to help others in distress during the long lockdown in Malaysia.
In response to the white flag campaign, neighbours, businesses, politicians and celebrities have stepped in to donate to the needy people. Malaysia has reported more than 7,85,000 cases of COVID-19, the third-highest numbers in Southeast Asia.

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The state government of Uttar Pradesh is set to unveil its new policy on population control for 2021-30 on the occasion of the World Population Day on July 11.
The policy calls for a community-centric approach to population control. The Total fertility rate (TFR) of Uttar Pradesh is 2.7 per cent currently, while it should ideally be less than 2.1 per cent. Except Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, all states have achieved the TFR of 2.1 per cent.

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National Insurance Company Ltd (NICL), for the first time, has decided to insure the highly valuable Himalayan Yak.
The Yak farmers living in harsh climatic conditions used to face regular losses due to deaths of the animal. India has around 58,000 yaks, mainly in Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Himachal Pradesh, and Ladakh. Only in 2019, 500 yaks had died in Sikkim due to heavy snowfall.

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Qatar Airways has become the first airline in the Middle East to join the (International Air Transport Association) IATA Turbulence Aware platform.
This platform helps aircrafts to mitigate the impact of turbulence by using a pool of shared data from multiple participating airlines and thousands of daily flights.