Current Affairs Quiz - July 2022

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National Fish Farmers Day is celebrated on 10th July every year to display solidarity with fisher folk and fish farmers throughout the Country.
It is the 65th National Fish Farmers Day being celebrated across the Country. Every year, this annual event is celebrated to commemorate Professor Dr. Hiralal Chaudhury and his colleague for their contribution in achieving the induced breeding of major carps on 10th July, 1957, for the first time in the country.

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23-year-old player Elena Rybakina became the first player from Kazakhstan to win a grand slam title. She also became the youngest Wimbledon champion since 2011.
Novak Djokovic won his fourth straight Wimbledon men’s singles title, and his 21st grand slam title overall. He is now one grand slam title behind the all-time record set by Rafael Nadal of 22.

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The Navies of China and Pakistan commenced a live-fire drill off the Shanghai coast as part of joint maritime exercise code named Sea Guardians-2.
The Navies are set to deploy their new high-tech naval ships and fighter jets to jointly deal with maritime security threats.

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The Navies of China and Pakistan commenced a live-fire drill off the Shanghai coast as part of joint maritime exercise code named Sea Guardians-2.
The Navies are set to deploy their new high-tech naval ships and fighter jets to jointly deal with maritime security threats.

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Scientists from the US Lawrence-Berkeley Lab have developed a fuel from a bacterium fuel ‘POP-FAME’, for poly-cyclo-propanated fatty acid methyl ester.
The fuel has energy density values exceeding 50 mega-joules a litre, which is more than the rocket fuels used at present.

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The Japanese government has decided to award former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe with the country’s highest order posthumously.
Abe, the longest-serving PM of Japan will be the fourth former prime minister to receive the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum. The leader was recently shot dead during his campaign speech.

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The Dwarka Expressway, which is being developed as the first elevated urban expressway in India, will be operational in 2023.
This was announced by Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari. It will relieve traffic congestion on the Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway as well as help in reducing air pollution in the Delhi-NCR.

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India’s Arjun Babuta won his first International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup stage gold, by beating Tokyo Olympics silver medallist Lucas Kozeniesky of the USA.
The championship is being held in Changwon, Korea. Mehuli Ghosh and Tushar Mane have won the 10m Air Rifle Mixed team gold at the World Cup.

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The International Rice Research Institute is an international agricultural research and training organization with its headquarters in Los Baños, Laguna in the Philippines. It was founded in 1960.
India’s Department of Agriculture & Farmer Welfare (DA&FW) has signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) for Phase -2 activities of IRRI South Asia Regional Centre (ISARC).

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India reported its first monkey-pox case in the state of Kerala. The sample of a 35-year-old man, which was sent to the National Virology Institute in Pune, tested positive for the disease.
The man is said to have arrived in Kerala from the UAE three days ago. Monkeypox is a viral zoonotic disease with symptoms similar to smallpox, with a lesser clinical severity.