Current Affairs Quiz - July, 2021

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Multiple sclerosis (MS), is a neurological disease whose effects range from cognitive impairment to significant physical disability.
World Brain Day is dedicated to raise awareness related to brain health. It is celebrated on July 22. This year, the World Federation of Neurology (WFN) together with partner agencies are leading the campaign to spread awareness about the Multiple sclerosis (MS).

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The non-performing assets (NPAs) or bad loans of banks were worth Rs 8.34 lakh crore, at the end of March 31, 2021.
‘Gross Loans and Advances – Outstanding’ of Scheduled Commercial Banks rose to Rs 113.99 lakh crore as of March 31, 2021. NPAs have declined by Rs 61,180 crore from Rs Rs 8.96 lakh crore carried at the end of March 2020. Rs 9,33,779 crore was the NPA of the banks in 2019.

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Lok Sabha has recently passed National Institutes of Food Technology, Entrepreneurship and Management Bill, 2021.
It has awarded the status of ‘Institutions of National Importance’ to NIFTEM (National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management) at Kundli in Haryana and IIFPT (Indian Institute of Food Processing Technology) at Thanjavur in Tamil Nadu.

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Kandla Special Economic Zone (KASEZ) is the First Green SEZ to achieve the IGBC Green Cities Platinum Rating for Existing Cities, by CII’s Indian Green Building Council (IGBC).
KASEZ was Asia’s first Export Processing Zone (EPZ) and it is considered as India’s largest multi-product functional SEZ. It is situated on the gulf of Kutch on the west coast of Gujarat at a distance of 9 Kms from Kandla port.

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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 “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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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has released an update to the World Economic Outlook (WEO) for the month of July 2021, under the title “Fault Lines widen in the Global Recovery”.
As per the WEO update, the global economy is projected to grow 6.0 percent in 2021 and 4.9 percent in 2022. IMF also downgraded India’s Growth Projection to 9.5% from 12.5% for 2021-22.

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The Department of Financial Services (DFS) under the Union Ministry of Finance, has called for name, tagline and logo from the citizens of India, for the proposed new Development Financial Institution (DFI) in India.
The setting up of this DFI for financing infrastructure projects, was announced in the Budget 2021 and in this regard the Parliament passed the National Bank for Financing Infrastructure and Development (NaBFID) Bill in March 2021.

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Indore is the India’s Cleanest city. It is now the first Indian city to be selected for the “International Clean Air Catalyst” Programme. The programme/project will run for  5 years with an aim to purify the air of the city. Indore Municipal Corporation and Madhya Pradesh Pollution Control Board will look after this project.
The International Clean Air Catalyst programme is an initiative by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), WRI and the Environmental Defense Fund to expedite clean air solutions in cities.
USAID will work with its partners and local authorities and communities to identify and raise awareness of local pollution sources and focus on the solutions that will make air cleaner and healthier.
The Headquarter of USAID is in Washington D.C. (USA). It was founded on 3 November 1961 by John F. Kennedy. The administrator of USAID is Samantha Jane Power. She is an American academic, diplomat and government official.

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Hughes Communications India Pvt. Ltd. (HCIPL) is a satellite broadband services firm which has collaborated with Bank of India to connect 1800 branches of Bank of India using satellite-based connectivity solution.
HCIPL has connected over 30,000 branches and 40,000 ATMs of 30 nationalised and private banks.
HCIPL will provide network connectivity through the Hughes Jupiter System.
It includes routers, gateways and network management system. The Headquarter of HCIPL is in Gurugram, Haryana and Partho Banerjee is the President and Managing director of the company.
Bank of India was established in 1906 and it is headquartered in Mumbai. Atanu Kumar Das is the present MD & CEO of Bank of India.