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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Veteran social worker and Padma Shri awardee Avdhash Kaushal passed away recently after a prolonged illness at the age of 84.
Kaushal founded and headed the non-governmental organisation (NGO) called ‘Rural Litigation and Entitlement Kendra (RLEK)’, for development work amongst tribal hill communities in the areas of Jaunsar-Bawar, Dehradun. He was known for abolition of bonded labour system and securing the rights of marginalised communities in the region.

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The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) has issued an advisory to e-commerce platforms on the sale of Ayurvedic, Siddha and Unani (AYUSH) drugs.
As per the advisory, e-commerce platforms should sell Ayurvedic, Siddha and Unani drugs only after customers upload valid medical prescriptions from the registered practitioners on the platforms.

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The Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare released the Second Advance Estimates of Area and Production of various Horticultural Crops for 2021-22
Total Horticulture production in 2021-22 is estimated to be 341.63 Million Tonne, an increase of about 7.03 Million Tonne over 2020-21. Increase in production of Fruits, Vegetables and Honey while decrease in production of Spices, Flowers, Aromatics & Medicinal Plants and Plantation Crops over previous year, is expected.

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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 52nd Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB)- Border Security Force (BSF) Director General level Border conference started in Bangladesh in Dhaka.
The Indian team led by Director General, BSF Pankaj Singh arrived in Dhaka for the conference. The two sides discussed on border management, smuggling of arms and ammunition, drugs, trafficking of women and children among others.

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Sri Lankan MPs have elected the Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as the country’s new President.
He defeated his main rival for the job, Dullus Alahapperuma in a parliamentary vote. Sri Lanka’s ex-president Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country last week, after thousands of protesters stormed his presidential residences calling for his resignation. They had also called for the resignation of Wickremesinghe.

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The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) has confirmed that the postponed Asian Games will be held in Hangzhou, China from September 23 to October 8 in 2023.
The Asian Games were scheduled to be held in September 2022 but the OCA announced the postponement until 2023 due to rise in Covid-19 cases in China earlier this year.

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Varuna, India’s first drone that can carry human pay-load has a range of 25 km. The passenger drone can carry 130 kg payload and has 25-33 minutes of flight time.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently watched the demonstration of India’s first passenger drone, Varuna. ‘Varuna’ drone has been designed and developed by a startup ‘Sagar Defence Engineering’.

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Burhanpur district in Madhya Pradesh becomes the first ‘Har Ghar Jal’ certified district in the country.
It is also called the ‘Darwaza of Dakhin’. After the launch of ‘Jal Jeevan Mission’ in 2019, Panchayat representatives, Pani Samitis and district officials of Burhanpur took efforts to achieve functional tap water connections to all its 1,01,905 rural households within a span of 34 months.