Current Affairs Quiz - July 2022

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NATO member Turkey has agreed to support Sweden and Finland’s membership of the alliance. It had initially opposed the bids of the Nordic countries to join.
A trilateral deal was reached at a meeting between Turkey’s President, Finland’s President and the Swedish Prime Minister in the Spanish capital, Madrid. Foreign Ministers from the three countries signed a joint security pact that addressed Turkey’s concerns.

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The PSLV Orbital Experimental Module is a platform which is used to perform in-orbit experiments using the final stage of ISRO’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV).
In the PSLV rocket, first three stages fall back into the ocean and the final stage (PS4) ends up as space junk, after launching the satellite into orbit.  POEM has a Navigation Guidance and Control (NGC) system for attitude stabilisation.

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International Day of Cooperatives is celebrated on the first Saturday of July every year. The day was designated by the United Nations.
International Day of Cooperatives was observed around the world on July 2 this year. This year will mark the 100th International Day of Cooperatives, also known as Coops Day. This year’s theme for International Day of Cooperatives is – “Cooperatives Build a Better World.”

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The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay has planned to introduce a mandatory course on caste awareness.
As per the surveys conducted by the SC/ST Cell of the institution, it was proposed to provide more sensitisation events and a mandatory academic course on caste and racial discrimination. Earlier, a mandatory gender sensitisation course was launched last year.

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According to the Hurun India Future Unicorn Index 2022, Bengaluru continues to be the start-up capital of India, with 46 probable Unicorns.
It is followed by Delhi NCR (25) and Mumbai (16). As per the index, India will have 122 new unicorns in the next two to four years.

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The privatisation of Neelachal Ispat Nigam Ltd (NINL) was completed as it has been handed over to Tata Steel Long Products (TSLP).
NINL is the second successful privatisation by the government, after Air India which was also bought by Tata Group. NINL, which is a joint venture of 4 CPSEs named MMTC, NMDC, BHEL, MECON and 2 Odisha government PSUs- OMC and IPICOL.

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Iran clinched Asia Title in the Under-15 Asian Wrestling Championship while Kazakhstan was runner-up. India secured 3rd place with 172 Points.
The Indian Under-15 Greco Roman Wrestling Team clinched two gold, two silver and four bronze medals in the Championship being held at Bahrain. Sachin in the 68 kg and Abhay in the 72 kg bagged gold medals in their respective categories.

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Tunisia’s world No 2 tennis player Ons Jabeur became the first Arab or North African woman to reach a Grand Slam singles semifinal
She achieved this record after defeating Marie Bouzkova of the Czech Republic at Wimbledon. The 27-year-old tennis player is ranked No. 2 in the world.

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As per the five-year agreement by New Zealand Cricket and the players’ association, male and female cricketers in New Zealand will earn equal pay.
According to the agreement, women players will be paid the same match fees as men in all forms and events at both the domestic and international levels.

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Ministry of Education (MoE) and University Grants Commission (UGC) have organised Akhil Bharatiya Shiksha Samagam (ABSS) in Varanasi.
Varanasi Declaration on Higher Education, an expected outcome of the ABSS will announce a timeline for the Higher Education Commission of India. Another component of the Declaration will be to ensure that research, innovation and entrepreneurship (RIE) becomes accessible to all Higher Education Institutions.