Current Affairs Quiz - July, 2021

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Union Government is implementing Bhartiya Prakritik Krishi Padhati (BPKP) as a sub scheme of Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY) since 2020-21.
It aims to promote traditional indigenous practices. The scheme focusses on exclusion of all synthetic chemical inputs and promotes on-farm biomass recycling. Under BPKP, financial assistance of Rs 12200 per hectare for 3 years is provided for cluster formation.

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Essential Defence Services Bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha recently. The Bill empowers the government to declare services mentioned in it as essential defence services.
The Essential Defence Services Bill is aimed at preventing the staff of the government-owned ordnance factories from going on a strike. Around 70,000 people are working at 41 ordnance factories located around the country.

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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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India’s chief hydrographer Vice Admiral Vinay Badhwar received the Alexander Dalrymple award by the British government, in recognition of his works in areas of hydrography and nautical cartography.
The award has been named after the first hydrographer of the British Admiralty and was instituted in 2006. Vice Admiral Badhwar was conferred with the award in 2019 but the award ceremony was held recently, due to the pandemic.

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Sohra, also known as Cherrapunjee, is a high-altitude town in the northeast Indian state of Meghalaya.
The Union Home Minister Amit Shah, launched the Green Sohra Afforestation Campaign at Sohra. Amit Shah also inaugurated the Greater Sohra Water Supply Scheme. This afforestation campaign will be run by the Meghalaya Government with the help of Assam Rifles.

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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 Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) is examining the effective public shareholding in listed companies. It is also planning to introduce special-purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) in the country.
A special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) is a company with no commercial operations. It is formed strictly to raise capital through an initial public offering (IPO) for the purpose of acquiring an existing company.

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Jammu & Kashmir’s mountainous Kishtwar district has been affected by a cloud burst which is followed by a severe flash flood.
The state’s Disaster Response Force has been swung into action, but the hilly region and difficult terrain are posing challenges in the rescue operations, since the upper areas of the districts are not accessible by road.

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Shehroze Kashif – a 19-year-old Mountaineer from Pakistan has become the youngest person to reach the summit of K2 – the world’s second-highest mountain peak, which is at an altitude of 8,611-metre from mean sea level.
Recently in May 2021, he scaled Mount Everest and became the youngest person from Pakistan to scale the world’s highest peak.

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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.