Current Affairs Quiz - July 2022

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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson recently announced that he was stepping down from the position.
After requests from his Conservative Party’s legislators and other ministers, Borris Johnson announced to step down as leader of his Conservative Party. He has planned to remain as the Prime minister while the leadership contest is held.

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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.

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Union Bank of India has announced the launch of a Metaverse Virtual Lounge & Open Banking Sandbox environment. The initiative has been undertaken with partnership with Tech Mahindra.
The bank’s Metaverse Virtual Lounge, Uni-verse, will host product information and videos in the initial phase.

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‘World Population Day’ is observed every year on July 11. This year the theme is ‘A world of 8 billion: Towards a resilient future for all – Harnessing opportunities and ensuring rights and choices for all’.
The Day was first marked on 11 July 1990 in more than 90 countries, to focus attention on the urgency and importance of population issues.

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The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2022 report was issued by U.N. agencies: FAO, IFAD, UNICEF, WFP and WHO.
The number of undernourished people in India has declined in the last 15 years to 224.3 million in 2019-2021. The report also noted that there are more obese adults and anaemic women in India, the world’s second most populous country.

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The government introduced certification of authenticity for jute products with the launch of “Jute Mark India” logo. It is an initiative to promote Indian jute products.
JMI was implemented under an umbrella scheme for development and promotion of the jute sector between FY 2022 and FY 2026 with a total financial outlay of Rs 485.58 crore. Each Jute Mark label will contain a unique QR code with information on producer. National Jute Board is the nodal agency of the Union textiles ministry, responsible for the promotion of jute and jute products.

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‘Kharchi’ is a week-long traditional festival, in which prayer to 14 Gods and Goddess is offered with religious fervour.
The festival began in presence of thousands of devotees from across the country at Khayerpur, Tripura. It started with the bathing procession of the deities at River Haora.

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SpaceX’s 25th cargo flight to the International Space Station (ISS) for NASA was launched recently. It is also called as CRS-25 (Commercial resupply services).
The robotic Dragon launched atop a two-stage Falcon 9 rocket, which delivered Dragon to low Earth orbit.

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Indian Tech Major Infosys announced that it will acquire Denmark-based BASE life science for about 110 million euros (Rs 875 crore).
This acquisition will deepen the expertise of Infosys in life sciences domain and strengthen its footprint across Europe. BASE life science has finest industry experts across Denmark, Switzerland, UK, Germany, France, Italy, and a near-shore technology hub in Spain.

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After a week-long gang violence in Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince, at least 89 people dead. Raising prices, fuel shortages and gang warfare accelerated worsened the security situation in Port-au-Prince.
The violence erupted between two rival factions in Cite Soleil, an impoverished and densely populated neighborhood of Port-au-Prince.