Current Affairs Quiz - July 2022

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Microblogging platform Moajor Twitter has announced that it is launching ‘Unmentioning’ feature, which lets users remove themselves from conversations.
The platform has deployed several features regarding the mentions including anti-harassment Safety Mode. Earlier, Elon Musk terminated the USD 44 billion deal to buy Twitter while Twitter later announced it was going to sue the Tesla CEO.

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Under the central government’s ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ campaign, the Indian tricolour flag will be hoisted atop more than 20 crore houses across the country for three days in August 2022.
The campaign is to be carried out under the ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’, with chief ministers of states and lieutenant governors, and administrators of Union Territories. The tricolor will be flown atop the houses through public participation while government and private establishments will also be involved.

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Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu and his Assam counterpart Himanta Biswa Sarma signed a pact to end the decades-old border dispute between the two states.
They also agreed on restricting the number of ‘disputed villages’ to 86 instead of 123. Arunachal Pradesh borders Assam and Nagaland to the south, shares international borders with Bhutan in the west, Myanmar in the east, and a border with China in the north at the McMahon Line.

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Central Institute of Fisheries Technology (ICAR CIFT) recently launched a national campaign on ‘Fish for Health and Prosperity’.
ICAR-CIFT is located in Kochi, Kerala. The campaign highlighted the importance of fish as a nutritious food for humans and alleviating malnutrition in society. It was launched as a mark of commemorating the 75th year of Indian independence as ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’.

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NHPC has recently signed two agreements to develop green hydrogen technology in Leh, Kargil districts.
As per the agreement signed for Leh district, NHPC will develop a Pilot Green Hydrogen fuel cell-based Microgrid, including hydrogen production, to meet its power requirement. The hydrogen generated in Kargil will be used in fuel cells, to run buses in the local area.

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Veteran playback singer Bhupinder Singh, who is famous for his Bollywood songs, passed away recently at the age of 82 in Mumbai.
He is a renowned ghazal singer with a five-decade-long career. He began his career working in the All India Radio, Delhi, as a singer and musician.

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Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) recently released the compilation of success stories of 75,000 farmers.
To commemorate the Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, the e-publication has been prepared by compiling success stories of 75,000 farmers out of all farmers whose incomes have increased. A State-wise brief publication on Doubling Farmers Income has also been prepared. Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar also distributed awards to scientists and farmers on the 94th foundation day of ICAR.

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L&T Technology Services has become the first tech company to publicly express its interest in the government’s direct allocation of spectrum for captive 5G networks.
It will obtain spectrum to set up a 5G non-public network to build use cases on the technology. Apart from this, the firm will also deploy 5G solutions globally for parent Larsen & Toubro. L&T is specialised in engineering and research and development services.

 

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Go Digit General Insurance has launched ‘Pay as you Drive’ (PAYD) add-on feature for motor insurance Own Damage (OD) policies.
Customers who drive less will now pay less with this feature. Digit will use odometer reading, telematics data and annual kilometre opted to give this discount.

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The Asian Development Bank cut its economic growth forecast for India to 7.2% for 2022-23 from 7.5% estimated in April.
The reasons cited are higher-than-expected inflation and monetary tightening. It also lowered the GDP growth estimate for 2023-24 to 7.8% from the 8% estimated earlier. ADB raised the inflation forecast for India to 6.7% for FY23 from the 5.8 % estimated earlier.