Current Affairs Quiz - July, 2021

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An MoU was signed between the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) and Delhi University to set up the ‘Bangabandhu Chair at Delhi University.
The Chair will focus on the common heritage of the two countries and several subjects including Buddhist Studies, languages including Bangla, Geography, History, Music, Fine Arts, Political Science, International relations and Sociology. Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was the first President of Bangladesh.

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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.

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China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has issued a draft three-year action plan to develop the country’s cyber-security industry.
It also estimates that the sector may be worth more than $38.6 billion by 2023. The Cyberspace Administration of China proposed draft rules, which called for all data-rich tech companies with over 1 million users to undergo security reviews before listing overseas.

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The first ever Draft “Global Biodiversity Framework” has been released by the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Secretariat. This framework contains guidelines to be converted into world wide actions to be performed by 2030, for conservation and protection of nature.
The framework includes 21 targets to be achieved by the year 2030.

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Bhutan becomes the very 1st nation to adopt India’s UPI (Unified Payment Interface) standards for its quick response (QR) code mechanism. It is also the second country and first neighbouring country to accept India’s NPCI BHIM UPI at its merchant locations, after Singapore.
BHIM Stands for Bharat Interface for Money, which is India’s digital banking application based on UPI.

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The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has partnered with the state government of Rajasthan to improve the Targeted Public Distribution System (TDPS) in the state.
The partnership would make extensive use of digitization to develop a performance dashboard for monitoring of the TDPS. This is expected to provide a solution to enhance the efficiency of PDS in the state.

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Union Minister Piyush Goyal was appointed as the Leader of the House in the Rajya Sabha, filling the vacancy created by Thaawarchand Gehlot, who is now the Governor of Karnataka.
Piyush Goyal, who is a Rajya Sabha member from Maharashtra, is in charge of several Ministries including Commerce and industry, Consumer affairs, food and public distribution, and Textiles. The Leader will play a key role in ensuring the smooth functioning of the House and better coordination with all parties.

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The Union Cabinet has approved to continue the National AYUSH Mission as a Centrally Sponsored Scheme for another five years till 2026.
A financial outlay of Rs 4,607.30 crores to be spent during the period. The scheme which was launched on September 15, 2014, is being implemented by the AYUSH Ministry. The objective of providing cost-effective services, with a universal access through upgrading.

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The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is an intergovernmental economic organization, founded in the year 1961 with its headquarter in Paris, France.
As per the OECD FAO Agricultural Outlook 2021-2030 released recently, the global pulse market would increase by 22 million tons by 2030 from the present level of 92 million tons. The report further states that the projected increase would come mostly from Asian countries, especially India.

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The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) announced that ₹9,800 crore would be spent on livestock development over the next five years.
It also said that all schemes of the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying will be merged into three broad categories. The first will include the Rashtriya Gokul Mission, the second one includes the Livestock Health and Disease Control scheme and the National Animal Disease Control Programme and the third will merge the Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund and the Dairy Infrastructure Development Fund, Cooperatives and FPOs.