Current Affairs Quiz - July, 2021

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The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the chief wildlife warden (CWW) of Punjab to look into the allegation of death of 400 parrots in Faridkot.
As per a plea by a social activist, nearly 400 parrots died in the premises of the Faridkot deputy commissioner due to a chemical having been sprayed on jamun trees. The district administration claimed that the parrots died due to a sand storm.

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The Indian Navy has received the 10th anti-submarine warfare aircraft P-8I from the US-based aerospace company Boeing.
The Defence Ministry had first signed a contract for eight P-8I aircraft in 2009. Later, in 2016, it signed a contract for four additional P-8I aircraft. This is the second aircraft to be delivered under the contract for four additional aircraft awarded in 2016. P-8I isdeployed during disaster relief and humanitarian missions.

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The Union Cabinet has given its approval for changing the name and mandate of North Eastern Institute of Folk Medicine (NEIFM) as North Eastern Institute of Ayurveda & Folk Medicine Research (NEIAFMR).
The NEIFM is located in Pasighat, Arunachal Pradesh. It was established for systemic research, documentation of traditional folk medicine and medicinal practices of the region.

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As per the data released by World Health Organisation (WHO) and UNICEF, 23 million children across the globe have missed their routine immunization in the year 2020 and this figure is 3.7 million more than the 2019 value.
This reflects the global service disruptions due to COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.

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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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NTPC Renewable Energy (NTPC REL) has inked a pact with the Union Territory of Ladakh to set up a ‘Green hydrogen mobility project’ in the region.
Leh would be the first city in the country to implement a green hydrogen-based mobility project, once completed. NTPC is set to ply 5 hydrogen buses and to set up a solar plant and a green hydrogen generation unit in Leh. NTPC’s first solar installations in Leh in form of solar trees and a solar car port were also inaugurated.

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During the ‘Bol Bom’ yatra usually held in the state of Odisha, the devotees start their barefoot journey to Shiva temple to offer the holy water at Shiva shrines in the month of ‘Shravan’.
Due to the prevailing COVID-19 situation in Odisha, the state government announced a ban on the religious activities and congregations of ‘Kaudias’ or ‘Bol Bom’ devotees. The Uttarakhand government had earlier cancelled the Kanwar Yatra for the second year in a row.

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Defence Ministry Rajnath Singh launched an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered grievance management application.
It is developed by Ministry of Defence with the help of IIT-Kanpur. This is also the first AI based system developed to improve grievance redressal in the Government. The AI tool can understand the content of the complaint and can identify repeat complaints or spam automatically. It can categorise complaints of different categories and enables geographical analysis of complaints.

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In 2014, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) declared 15 July as World Youth Skills Day, to celebrate the importance of providing young people with skills for employment, decent work and entrepreneurship.
This year, the theme of the World Youth Skills Day is ‘Reimagining Youth Skills Post-Pandemic’. As per UNESCO, COVID-19 pandemic resulted in the widespread disruption of the technical and vocational education and training (TVET) sector.6th anniversary of Skill India Mission was also observed in India.

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Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana launched a new scheme called ‘FASTER’ or ‘Fast and Secure Transmission of Electronic Records’.
Under the scheme, the Supreme Court will instantly transmit bail and other orders to the jail authorities, district courts and the High Courts. This will be done in a secure way electronically. As per the present practice, hard copy of the bail order received by hand mandated.