Current Affairs Quiz - July 2022

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The Shiv Sena-led Maharashtra government cleared a proposal to rename Aurangabad as Sambhajinagar and Osmanabad as Dharashiv.
The cabinet also cleared a proposal to name the upcoming Navi Mumbai International airport after the late DB Patil, a popular leader among farmers, workers and landowners for protesting for their rights and welfare.

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The Union government extended the tenure of Attorney General KK Venugopal by three months, as per the notification issued by the Union Law Ministry.
Venugopal, 91, was initially appointed as Attorney General on July 1, 2017, as the 15th person to serve as Attorney General for India. Mukul Rohatgi was the Attorney General from June 2014 to June 2017.

 

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The International Day of Parliamentarism is observed every year on 30 June, to recognise the importance of parliamentary systems of government in shaping modern societies.
This year, the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and its members will observe the day under the theme of ‘Public engagement’ as the ‘Global Parliamentary Report on Public engagement in the work of parliament’ was recently released.

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India shipped 13, 69,264 MT of seafood worth Rs 57,586.48 crore (USD 7.76 billion) during 2021-22, despite heavy odds.
During the FY 2021-22, the export improved in rupee term by 31.71%. Frozen shrimp remained the major export item in terms of quantity and value. USA is the largest market of frozen shrimp, followed by China and European Union.

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Tamil Nadu and the Singapore-based IGSS Ventures signed a MoU, for establishing a 300-acre semiconductor high-tech park and a semiconductor fab unit in the State.
The company will invest Rs 25,600 crore in the project in the next five years, generating direct employment for 1,500 people. The MoU was signed with ‘Guidance’, the State’s nodal agency for investment promotion and single-window facilitation.

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Every year on July 2, the World Unidentified flying objects (UFO) Day is celebrated. It aims to create awareness to gather together and watch the skies for UFOs.
July 2 is marked after the ‘Roswell incident in 1947’ of the United States Army Air Forces, which was a supposed UFO crash. The day also encouraged governments to declassify their files on UFO sightings.

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Australia has committed USD5.8 million to the three-year India-Australia Critical Minerals Investment Partnership.
Union Minister for coal and mines Pralhad Joshi, who is on a visit to Australia, said that India and Australia will explore investment opportunities in lithium and cobalt mineral assets.

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Students in East Sikkim have reported skin infections after coming in contact with Nairobi flies, also called Kenyan flies or dragon bugs.
It is a species of insect native to East Africa. They are small, beetle-like insects that belong to two species, Paederus eximius and Paederus sabaeus. They are orange and black in colour and when disturbed they release a potent acidic substance called ‘pederin’ that causes burns.

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The UK has signed its first international data sharing deal with South Korea after Brexit to promote digital trade.
The deal will allow organisations in both the countries to transfer data without any restrictions. Google, Mastercard and Microsoft were advising the UK government on this deal as part of an International Data Transfer Expert Council.

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World Kiswahili Day is celebrated on the 7th of July every year after a declaration by UNESCO member states in this regard.
Kiswahili is one of the most widely spoken languages in Africa and the most widely spoken in sub-Saharan Africa. Kiswahili is also the only African language which is an official language of the African Union.