Current Affairs Quiz - July 2022

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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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Ghana has confirmed its first two cases of the deadly Marburg virus, an infectious disease in the same family as the virus which causes Ebola.
The two patients died and 98 people are under quarantine as suspected contact cases.  No treatment yet exists for Marburg. The virus is transmitted to people from fruit bats and spreads between humans through the transmission of bodily fluids.

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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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Researchers have discovered a new giant 18-million-year-old crocodile species that mysteriously disappeared.
Kinyang mabokoensis and Kinyang tchernovi are the names of the giant dwarf crocodiles, which inhabited east Africa. The species is similar to the dwarf crocodiles that may be found in central and western Africa at present.

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Bhupender Yadav attends BRICS Labour and Employment Ministers’ Meeting 2022, which was held under the presidency of China.
Discussions were held on Promoting Green Jobs for Sustainable Development; Developing Skills for Resilient Recovery; and Protecting Workers’ Right in New Forms of Employment. The countries also adopted ‘BRICS Labour & Employment Ministerial Declaration’.

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India reported 2 billion cumulative Covid-19 vaccinations, surpassing the global milestone in the fight against pandemic.
India has now achieved a record 97 per cent first-dose coverage, while 90 per cent of its adult population has received both doses of the vaccine. 74% of vaccination centres have been set up in rural India and 71% of the coverage has been reported from rural areas, while 51.1% of recipients are women.

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India and European Union (EU) recently attended the 10th round of ‘Human rights dialogue’ in New Delhi.
India and the European Union deliberated on the importance of safeguarding freedom, independence and diversity, including human rights defenders and journalists. Germany, a key member of the EU, had earlier criticised Indian authorities over fact-checker Mohammed Zubair’s arrest.

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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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ISRO’s three-day Human Space Flight Expo is being held in Bengaluru. It includes model-plane-making workshops to interactive models of satellites, and a movie about the history of India’s space programme.
It is being held at the Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium in Bengaluru. The expo commemorates Indian achievements in space and has been organised as part of the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav celebrations marking 75 years of Independence.

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The Union Chemicals and Fertilisers Ministry recently rolled out the schemes under the banner of ‘Strengthening Pharmaceuticals Industry’ (SPI), to strengthen Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in the pharmaceutical sector.
SIDBI will be the project management consultant for implementing the scheme. It includes the Pharmaceutical Technology Upgradation Assistance Scheme (PTUAS), Assistance to Pharma Industries for Common Facilities Scheme (API-CF), Pharmaceutical and Medical Devices Promotion and Development Scheme (PMPDS).