Current Affairs Quiz - July 2022

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The United States has reported its first case of polio in nearly a decade after a patient had tested positive for the disease in the state of New York.
As per studies, the case of the highly contagious polio virus may have originated outside of the US. Healthcare providers are asked to be on alert for more cases and people in the area are asked to get vaccinated.

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Russia and Ukraine have signed a landmark deal with the United Nations and Turkey on resuming grain shipments.
This agreement aimed to ease a global food crisis and help avert famine by providing more wheat, sunflower oil, fertiliser and other products into world markets. The UN World Food Programme says some 47 million people are now in a stage of acute hunger. The deal included a ‘de facto ceasefire’ for the ships and facilities covered.

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Lok Sabha has recently passed the Indian Antarctic Bill, 2022 moved by Minister of Earth Sciences Dr Jitendra Singh.
The Bill aims to have India’s own national measures for protecting the Antarctic environment as the dependent and associated ecosystem. It also aims to ensure de-militarization of the region and stopping mining or illegal activities. It also aims for prohibition of nuclear test or explosion in the region.

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Rajasthan signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Telangana government’s Stree Nidhi Credit Cooperative Federation.
The aim is to set up the first all women-run cooperative bank in Rajasthan, on the lines of the Stree Nidhi model of Telangana. ‘Rajasthan Mahila Nidhi’ fund would be operated by the women Self Help Groups for the women of SHG only.

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The World Bank has appointed Indermit Gill as the chief economist and senior vice president for development economics.
Indermit Gill will be the second Indian, after Kaushik Basu, to become the chief economist of the World Bank. It is an international financial institution that grants loan to middle and lower-income countries.

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Canara Bank launched its mobile banking super app named ‘Canara ai1’, which eliminates the need of having multiple mobile apps.
The app, which is available in 11 languages, provides solution to all banking and lifestyle needs and various social security schemes. Users not having an account with the Canara Bank can also use UPI and the shopping facility of the Super App.

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California declared a state of emergency near Yosemite National Park as the Oak Fire burned homes. Over three thousand people were forced to evacuate.
The Oak Fire had burned around 17000 acres and is seen as the largest wildfire of 2022. The wildfire has spread faster due to the prevalent hot, dry weather and drought conditions.

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The United States of America emerged at the top of the medal charts, followed by Jamaica and Ethiopia.
Neeraj Chopra was India’s only medallist at the 2022 World Athletics Championships as he clinched silver in men’s javelin throw. However India registered its best ever performance at the tournament as it registered six finalists, doubling the previous record of finalists in the 2015 edition.

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Russia has decided to quit the International Space Station after 2024, as per the newly-appointed chief of Moscow’s space agency.
Russia and the United States have worked on the ISS, which has been in orbit since the year 1998. Some of the key accomplishments of the Soviet space programme are sending the first man into space in 1961 and launching the first satellite four years earlier.

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Ministry of Defence (MoD) has fast-tracked the indigenisation of Software Defined Radios (SDRs) with Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur.
It aims to fulfill the rising demand by the Armed Forces across a broad spectrum of operations. Two key elements of indigenous SDR technology are the standardised operating software environment (OE) and applications (waveforms).