Current Affairs Quiz - July 2022

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The Department of Consumer Affairs has launched “Jagriti”, a mascot for empowering consumers and generating awareness of their rights.
Jagriti mascot will be shown along with tagline ‘Jago Grahak Jago’ in all its media campaigns. It will be used to generate consumer awareness about various themes of the Department like provisions of Consumer Protection Act, Hallmarking, and National Consumer Helpline 1915 among others.

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The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has approved the appointment of Ashishkumar Chauhan as the next Managing Director and CEO of the National Stock Exchange (NSE).
Chauhan is currently the MD and CEO of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and his tenure will end in November 2022. Ashishkumar is one of the founders of the NSE and he worked in the NSE from 1992 to 2000.

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India’s largest public sector lender, State Bank of India (SBI), announced the launch of its WhatsApp Banking services
Customers of SBI may use WhatsApp to access banking services from the lender. Users can check your account balance and get Mini Statement. Through the platform, the State Bank of India also offers WhatsApp-based services to customers with credit cards.

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Former Supreme Court judge Vineet Saran has taken over as the BCCI’s ethics officer and ombudsman, filling the dual posts which were lying vacant for a year.
Vineet Saran has succeeded Justice (Retd) D K Jain, whose term ended in June last year. He is a former Chief Justice of Odisha High Court, and also served as a judge in Karnataka and Allahabad High Court.

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Maharashtra’s Jawaharlal Nehru Port has become the first 100 per cent Landlord Major Port of India with all berths being operated on PPP model.
JNP is one of the leading container ports of the country and is ranked 26th among the top 100 global ports. The terminal will also handle Ro-Ro vessels which will not only lower the logistics cost and reduce transit time but will also contribute in reducing congestion on roads.

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Nasscom Foundation has set up a call centre to help women farmers scale up their business called the “DigiVaani Call Center”.
It has been set up in collaboration with non-profit Indian Society of Agribusiness Professionals (ISAP). The project is run on a pilot basis to initially reach out to 20,000 rural women entrepreneurs across six states- Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Haryana and Rajasthan. The project has been funded by Google.

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Government of India is to provide a financing facility worth about Rs. 1600 Crore through the World Bank for the “Himachal Pradesh Power Sector Development Program”.
The total program cost will be approximately Rs. 2000 Crore, along with the state equity. The Program duration is five years from year 2023 to 2028. It aims to undertake holistic power sector reforms to allow for improvements in the renewable energy capacity in the state.

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The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has launched ‘Aadhaar Face RD’ app to enable Aadhaar card holders to authenticate their unique 12-digit identity number using face.
UIDAI enabled Aadhaar Authentication User Agencies (AUAs) to capture Aadhaar card holders face for authentication purpose. The App captures live person’s face for authentication using Face Authentication Technology. A Aadhaar card holder need not to carry physical identification and the biometric data will be restored in the Central Identity Data Repository (CIDA).

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India has designated five new wetlands of International importance, as the Ramsar sites in the country have been increased from 49 to 54.
The new sites include three wetlands (Karikili Bird Sanctuary, Pallikaranai Marsh Reserve Forest and Pichavaram Mangrove) in Tamil Nadu, one (Pala wetland) in Mizoram and one wetland (Sakhya Sagar) in Madhya Pradesh.

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The two-day Ladakh Tourism Festival-2022 commenced recently in Kargil district. Several cultural programs will be organized, to present the tradition and culture of Kargil district to outsiders.
Incredible India Kargil Marathon was also launched on the occasion. Traditional food stalls, display of traditional sports including horse polo and Archery sports were organised. Zanskar Festival is scheduled in September.