Current Affairs Quiz - July, 2021

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India’s ace weightlifter Mirabai Chanu has clinched the silver medal in the 49kg category and has opened the country’s medal account at the Tokyo Olympics 2021.
She is the second India woman to bag a silver medal at the Olympics after PV Sindhu. Also, she became the first Indian woman weight lifter to win a silver at the Olympics.

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U.S. President Joe Biden authorized up to $100 million from an emergency fund to meet the emergency refugee needs caused from the situation in Afghanistan, including for Afghan special immigration visa applicants.
The funds will support those applying to the Special Immigrant Visas programme. Under the programme as many as 20,000 Afghans who worked for the US and now fear retribution from the Taliban have applied.

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A report on “Renewables Integration in India 2021” was jointly launched NITI Aayog and the International Energy Agency (IEA).
The report is based on the outcome of three state workshops held with the Governments of Maharashtra, Karnataka and Gujarat to understand the specific energy transition challenges faced by these renewable-rich states. The report highlights that India’s power system requires identification of resources and advance technology initiatives.

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As per a recent data produced in the Lok Sabha on fish consumption in India, people from Lakshadweep ate 105.6 kg fish per person in 2019-20. They eat 300 gm of fish every day, while the people of Haryana need a year to consume as much.
The national average was at around 6.46 kg a year. Andaman and Nicobar Islands came second with an annual per capita fish consumption of 59 kg. Tripura was at third position with 25.45 kg. During 2019-20, the quantity of fish caught in the country was 141.64 lakh tonne, 30% of which is produced from Andhra Pradesh.

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Singapore’s Prime minister Lee Hsien Loong has recently inaugurated a renovated historic Gurudwara, named ‘Silat Road Gurudwara’.
This was featured in this month’s “Mann ki Baat” programme of the Indian PM Narendra Modi. The Silat Road Gurudwara was built in 1924 in Singapore and is the oldest gurudwara in the country. This Gurudwara is dedicated to Bhai Maharaj Singh, who fought against the British in India and is one of the historic sites of the country.

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The Department of Defence Production, Ministry of Defence has approved a central sector scheme viz. Innovations for Defence Excellence (iDEX).
The budgetary support for the scheme is Rs. 498.80 crore for the next 5 years from 2021-22 to 2025-26. The objective of the scheme is to provide financial support to around 300 Startups/ MSMEs/ innovators and about 20 Partner incubators through Defence Innovation Organisation (DIO). Grants under the grant mechanism of iDEX is provided by Support for Prototype and Research Kickstart (SPARK).

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Dholavira, which is a Harappan City in the Rann of Kutch of Western Gujarat, has been inducted into the list of UNESCO’s World Heritage sites. This makes it the 40th site from India to be inscribed into the list.
This site was discovered in the year 1968 and is known for its unique characteristics like water management, defensive mechanisms, special burial structures etc.

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The “Good Food for All” competition was conducted by the United Nations, in search of the ‘Best Small Businesses’ that are providing inspiring, diverse and impactful solutions to improve access to healthy and sustainable food.
In the competition, 3 India-based enterprises – Edible Routes Private Limited, Oorja Development Solutions India and Taru Naturals are among the winners of the “Best Small Businesses”.

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Intel, CBSE and Ministry of Education announced the launch of the “AI For All” initiative on July 29, 2021.
The main aim of this initiative is to create a basic understanding of Artificial Intelligence (AI) for everyone in India. AI for All is a 4-hour, self-paced learning programme. It is applicable to students, a stay-at-home parent or the professionals and working parents, Senior citizens. This programme is divided into two sections :
AI Awareness (2.5 hours) and AI Appreciation (2.5 hours).

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Kangra painting is the pictorial art of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. Kangra painting evolved as a unique form of art under the reign of the rulers of the former princely state, Kangra. But Without Government patronage, this unique art is getting unpopular slowly and its almost dying.
To make the art popular again, Kangra Arts Promotion Society has experimented in producing a commerial form of Kangra art that could help sustain artists. They have decided to adorn sarees with Kangra painting.
Akshay Runchal, the president of Kangra Arts Promotion Society told that Gaurang Shah, an owner of the Hyderabad-based Indian emporium, had commissioned the work of Kangra painting on sarees.