Current Affairs Quiz - July 2022

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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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The World Bank has approved a loan of USD one billion to provide support to India’s flagship PM Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission (PM-ABHIM).
The loan includes two complementary loans of USD 500 million each namely for ‘Transforming India’s Public Health Systems for Pandemic Preparedness Program (PHSPP)’ and ‘India’s Enhanced Health Service Delivery Program (EHSDP)’.

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Every year, India celebrates the National Flag Day on July 22. On the same day in the year 1947, the Constituent Assembly of India adopted the National Flag.
When the members of the Indian Constituent Assembly met in the Constitution Hall in Delhi on July 22, 1947, the first thing the Assembly discussed was a motion by Jawaharlal Nehru to adopt the national flag for free India.

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Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra scripted another history as he became only the second Indian and to win a medal in the World Championships.
He is also the first male track and field athlete as the legendary long jumper Anju Bobby George was the first Indian to win a medal. Neeraj clinched silver in the javelin throw final with his best throw of 88.13m. Defending champion Anderson Peters of Grenada won gold with a throw of 90.54m.

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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a USD 96.3 million loan to fund safe drinking water and sanitation project in Himachal Pradesh.
The 770 crore loan has been provided under the Himachal Pradesh Rural Drinking Water Improvement and Livelihood Project. The project will connect 75,800 households to the service, providing uninterrupted water supply to about 370,000 residents across 10 districts.

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‘National Mission on Himalayan Studies’ is implemented by the Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (MoEF&CC).
A study was conducted by the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) on snow leopard (Panthera uncia) under National Mission on Himalayan Studies. It has found a strong link found between habitat use by snow leopard and its prey species like Siberian ibex, blue sheep.

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The Government has appointed a joint secretary to the Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) Sanjay Kumar Jain, as the interim chief executive officer (CEO) of NLMC.
National Land Management Corporation (NLMC) was incorporated on June 3 as a wholly-owned Government of India company with an initial authorised share capital of Rs 5,000 crore and paid-up share capital of Rs 150 crore.

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Myanmar’s military launched a campaign in Rakhine state in 2017 after an attack by a Rohingya insurgent group. More than 700,000 Rohingya fled into neighbouring Bangladesh.
Gambia filed the case with International Court of Justice (ICJ) alleging breach of Genocide Convention by Myanmar. Recently, Judges at the UN’s highest court have dismissed preliminary objections by Myanmar to the case against Myanmar for its genocide against the Rohingya ethnic minority.

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The CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (CSIR-NIIST), Thiruvananthapuram, has hosted an International Conference on Chemistry and Applications of Soft Materials (CASM 2022).
Over 300 delegates from within the country and abroad are expected to attend the conference, as part of the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav celebrations.

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The Banga Bibhushan was introduced by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in 2011, when she was selected as the Chief Minister for the first time after Buddhadeb Bhattacharya.
It is the highest civilian honour conferred by the West Bengal government others being Banga Samman and Banga Bhushan. This year 16 Banga Bibhushan and 20 Banga Bhushan awardess were selected by the state including Nobel laureate economist Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee. Veteran Nobel laureate Amartya Sen is said to have refused the award as he would not be available in India.