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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Punjab has become the first state in the country to pass a resolution against the Agnipath recruitment scheme.
The resolution also said that more than one lakh soldiers from Punjab served in the armed forces of the nation. The house also recommended the state government to take up the matter with the Union government in order to roll back the Agnipath scheme immediately.

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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) released the report titled ‘Benchmarking India’s Payment Systems’. It provides a position of the payments ecosystem in India relative to other major countries.
As per the report, India has made significant progress and moved to a leadership position in large-value digital payment systems. But India is still weak in certain parameters relating to ATMs and card payments.

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NTPC signed a Memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Government of Rajasthan to develop 10 GW Ultra Mega Renewable Energy Power Park in Rajasthan.
It aims to achieve the target of 60 GW of renewable energy capacity by 2032. NTPC REL is also developing one UMREPP of 4.75 GW capacity in Rann of Kutch, Gujarat.

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Uganda has recently announced the discovery of 31 million metric tonnes of gold deposits in the country.
To boost the country’s economy, the Ugandan Government has licensed Wagagai Gold Mining Company, a Chinese firm to start producing gold products.

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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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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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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.

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Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare organised a ‘National Conclave on Dragon Fruit’. The Centre has decided to promote the cultivation of dragon fruit.
It is also known as a “super fruit” for its health benefits. At present, this exotic fruit is cultivated in 3,000 hectares; the plan is to increase cultivation to 50,000 hectares in five years. Gujarat and Haryana Governments had already offered incentives for cultivation of the fruit.

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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has recently provided payment aggregator licences to several payment providers such as Razorpay, Pine Labs, Stripe, and 1Pay.
Payment aggregators are entities that enable e-commerce sites and merchants to accept various payment instruments from customers for completion of their payment obligations. According to RBI guidelines, payment aggregators need to have a net worth of Rs 15 crore as on March 2021, and a net worth of Rs 25 crore by on or before March 2023.