Current Affairs Quiz - July, 2021

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The Joint Venture between Tata and Boeing – Tata Boeing Aerospace Limited (TBAL) has announced the delivery of 100th Apache Helicopter.
TABL fabricates the fuselage of the helicopter at its manufacturing facility in Hyderabad, which is then delivered to Boeing’s facility in the USA for further assembly. The JV was established as an equity partnership in the year 2015.

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Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (IIT-K) launched the first technology innovation hub to find cyber security solutions for anti-drone technologies.
It also provides solutions for intrusion detection system, block-chain and cyber physical system. 13 start-ups and 25 research and development investigators were selected. These start-ups, supported by C3iHub at IIT Kanpur, will innovate in design and development of services and products.

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John Abraham, a veterinary-doctor-turned-inventor, has received the patents for inventing biodiesel from slaughtered chicken waste.
The biodiesel offers mileage of over 38 km per litre at around 40 per cent of the current price of diesel. It is also expected to lower the air pollution by half. The Indian Patent Office granted the patent for inventing ‘biodiesel produced from rendered chicken oil’.

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The Chief Minister of Karnataka B S Yediyurappa has submitted his resignation to the state’s Governor Thawarchand Gehlot recently.
This move is a result of eight-month speculation and demand for removal of the BJP leader from the post of Chief Minister by a section of BJP members in the state. The new Chief Minister is set to be announced shortly.

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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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The health ministry of Russia has approved the clinical trials for combining vaccines shots manufactured by UK’s AstraZeneca with Russia’s Sputnik V.
As per the official release, five number of labs in the country has been approved to conduct the clinical trials and the trials are expected to be completed by March 2022.

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MyGov, the citizen engagement platform, has recently completed 7 years of its journey on July 26. To commemorate the contribution of MyGov in promoting participatory governance, an event was organised with the theme of MyGov Positive, to promote positive use of social media.
To encourage Free and Open-Source Software (FOSS) in India, FOSS4GOV Innovation Challenge was announced during the event by the Ministry of Electronics and IT. The challenge calls for implementable open-source product innovations in the fields of Health, Education, Urban Governance, Agriculture etc.

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Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) has been implementing the Bamboo Oasis on Lands in Drought (BOLD) project. It was launched from a tribal village in Rajasthan in July, with plantation of 5000 saplings of special bamboo species.
Recently, KVIC planted 1000 bamboo saplings at Tanot village in Jaisalmer, in collaboration with the Border Security Force (BSF). BSF will be responsible for maintaining the plants. It aims to reduce desertification and provide livelihood to the local population.

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Under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, Maharashtra Bhushan Selection Committee selected Asha Bhosle for the prestigious Maharashtra Bhushan Award 2021. It was announced by Amit Deshmukh, the cultural affairs minister of Maharashtra.
Maharashtra Bhushan is the highest civilian award of Maharashtra. It is given for the outstanding achievement in the fields of literature, art, sport, science, social work, journalism and public administration. It is presented annually by the Government of Maharashtra. It was first awarded in 1996. Purushottam Laxman Deshpande was the first person to won this award.
Cash prize of Rs. 10 lakh, a memento and citation is given to the winner of the Maharashtra Bhushan Award.

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FamPay has launched India’s first numberless visa prepaid card for teenagers. FamPay collaborated with VISA and launched this numberless visa prepaid card with personalised doodles. This is also the first numberless card of Visa. The card has two designs: FamCard and FamCard Me. Teenagers can make NFC (Near-field communication) enabled contactless payments on the Visa network in India. There are more than 200+ doodles and signature fonts for creating unique design in FamCard Me. With the help of FamCard and FamPay App, Teenagers can make online and offline payments without having a bank account.