Current Affairs Quiz - July 2022

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Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has unveiled regulations by defining what constitutes vegan foods.
‘Food Safety and Standards (Vegan Foods) Regulations, 2022’ listed out various specifications to be followed for manufacture, sale and import of such food items. The new regulations were released after considering objections and suggestions from the public

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Novak Djokovic recently became the first player in history to win 80 matches in all four Grand Slams.
He achieved this feat when he defeated Korean player Kwon Soon-woo for his 80th win in Wimbledon. Djokovic was playing for the first time after losing to Rafael Nadal last month in the French Open quarterfinals.

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The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN Habitat) is the United Nations programme for human settlements and sustainable urban development. It was established in 1978 with its headquarters at Nairobi, Kenya.
It has recently released a report World Cities Report 2022, to coincide with the Eleventh Session of the World Urban Forum held at Poland. The report says urban areas are responsible for 70 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions.

 

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The Central government has made seven amendments to existing rules of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA) rules 2011.
According to the notification by Ministry of Home Affairs, the Ministry can suspend the FCRA registration initially for 180 days, on inspection of accounts and on receiving any adverse input against the functioning of an association.

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The Reserve Bank has launched the next round of its order books, inventories and capacity utilisation survey (OBICUS) of manufacturing companies.
The results of the survey provide valuable inputs for monetary policy formulation. The 58th round of the OBICUS is for April – June 2022 period. The information collected in the survey includes data on new orders received during the reference quarter, backlog of orders, pending and total inventories among others.

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Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz sealed the first Formula One victory of his career in the British Grand Prix at Silverstone.
Sergio Pérez and Lewis Hamilton finished second and third in the tournament respectively. Fernando Alonso, Lando Norris, Mick Schumacher, Sebastian Vettel and Kevin Magnussen were among the top ten.

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After a chunk of Italy’s Marmolada glacier broke off recently, at least seven people are dead and more are still missing.
As per the experts, this is the direct result of human-caused climate change. The disaster took place just one day after officials recorded a record-high temperature of 10 degrees Celsius at the summit of the glacier in the Dolomite Mountains.

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The Padma Multipurpose Bridge, the longest bridge in Bangladesh, was inaugurated by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in June 2022.
The 6.15-km-long Padma Multipurpose Bridge, constructed at a cost of nearly USD 3.87 billion is one of the largest projects Bangladesh has ever undertaken. After World Bank withdrew from funding the project, Bangladesh opted for self-funding.

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The 10^th edition of ‘World Peace Forum’ was recently organized by Tsinghua University, in Beijing, China.
India’s Ambassador to China Pradeep Kumar Rawat participated in the forum. He participated in the ‘BRICS Cooperation: Opportunities and Challenges’.

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NTPC Renewable Energy Limited (NTPC REL) signed an MoU with National Fertilizers Limited (NFL) to collaborate in the field of Renewable Energy and Green Chemicals.
The agreement also includes collaboration in synthesizing Green Ammonia for captive use for production of Industrial products by NFL. NTPC recently announced Green Hydrogen initiatives and first pilot projects for synthesizing green Methanol, setting up Green Hydrogen filling station, Green hydrogen blending into PNG and Green energy storage project.