Current Affairs Quiz - July 2022

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The National Statistical Office report said that from 2011-2019, the proportion of unmarried persons within the age bracket of 15-29 years has increased from 17.2 per cent to 23 per cent.
Among males the percentage of unmarried population raised from 20.8 per cent in 2011 to 26.1 per cent in 2019 while in female, increased from 13.5 per cent in 2011 to 19.9 per cent in 2019.

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Filmmakers Aparna Sen and Nandita Das have been awarded the Icon Award at the 2022 London Indian Film Festival for their contribution to Indian and global cinema.
The London Indian Film Festival (LIFF) was held across four cities of London, Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds.

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Build-operate-transfer (BOT) and Hybrid Annuity Model (HAM) are the public private partnership models that are being used in execution of national highway projects.
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is set to return to funding through private investments and plans to offer over two highway up-gradation projects to private players using the build-operate-transfer (BOT) model during the current quarter.

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India Ace shuttler PV Sindhu defeated China’s Wang Zhi Yi in the final match of women’s singles at the Singapore Open 2022.
The two-time Olympic medallist clinched her maiden Super 500 title of the year 2022. The Singapore Open 2022 is Sindhu’s third title of the 2022 season after winning the Syed Modi International and Swiss Open BWF Super 300 titles.

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The 2022 Presidential Election is conducted to choose the 15th President of India are being held in India.
NDA candidate Droupadi Murmu and the opposition’s Yashwant Sinha are participating in the election. The President is elected by the members of the Electoral College, comprising elected members of both houses of Parliament and legislative assemblies of all states as well as the NCT of Delhi and the UT of Puducherry.

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The Telangana government has partnered with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to add Data in Climate Resilient Agriculture (DiCRA) to the Digital Public Goods Registry.
DiCRA can identify farms that are resilient to climate change and those that are highly vulnerable, using remote sensing and pattern detection algorithms. The platform uses open-source technologies backed by artificial intelligence tools for sharing insights on climate resilience.

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The CII-EXIM Bank Conclave on India-Africa Growth Partnership was launched in 2005 with the support of India’s Ministry of External Affairs and Ministry of Commerce & Industry. It aimed to encourage the development of private investment from India in African countries.
The 17^th edition of the Conclave is being held in New Delhi. High-level diplomats from around 17 African nations are participating in the summit.

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The Reserve Bank of India has hiked the minimum capital adequacy ratio (CAR) for Urban Cooperative Banks (UCBs) to 12 per cent from the earlier ratio of 9 per cent.
The requirement is applied for Tier 1 banks, with deposits above Rs 100 crore. RBI has also provided a path till March 2026 to meet revised CAR norm in phases, for UCBs that don’t meet it currently. This is based on recommendations of a panel headed by N S Vishwanathan, former Deputy Governor.

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The Andhra Pradesh State Wildlife Department has commenced the first-ever survey of blackbucks along a stretch of islands in the Godavari between Dowleswaram and Yanam.
The survey aims of drawing up a conservation plan to protect the endangered species.

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India signed an ‘Agreement to curb trans-border crimes’ with Bangladesh. The countries also decided to complete pending developmental work within 150 yards of the international border.
The agreements were signed during the Director-General level border co-ordination conference between India and Bangladesh, held in Dhaka after two years.