Current Affairs Quiz - July 2022

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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh launched the P17A stealth frigate Dunagiri, named after a mountain range in Uttarakhand.
It was built by PSU Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers. P17A ships are guided-missile frigates and Dunagiri is the fourth P17A ship.  The first two ships of the P17A Project were launched in 2019 and 2020. The third ship ‘Udaygiri’, was recently launched in Mumbai.

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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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Brijendra Kumar Syngal, who is also referred to as father of Internet in India, passed away recently at the age of 82.
He was the former chairman of Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited. Under his leadership, the company rolled out India’s internet service and launched its biggest global depository receipt issue. He was earlier associated with satellite communications company Inmarsat.

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Facebook-owner Meta released its first annual human rights report, which covers due diligence performed in 2020 and 2021.
It also includes a summary of a controversial human rights impact assessment of India conducted by Meta commissioned law firm Foley Hoag.

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Under ‘Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana’, the States were asked to propose at least 15% of the length of annual projects using any of the new technologies or materials.
The step aims to promote cost-effective and fast construction technologies in the construction of rural roads. The ‘Vision document on New Technology Initiatives, 2022’ has been launched in May 2022.

 

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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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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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Karnataka has been ranked first in the NITI Aayog’s India Innovation Index (2021) for third third time in a row. The first edition was released in October 2019 and second in January 2021.
The India Innovation Index ranks states and union territories on the basis of innovation capabilities. Telangana, Haryana and Maharashtra stood second, third and fourth in the list of top states. Manipur topped the ‘North East and Hill States’ section and Chandigarh won the ‘Union Territory and City States’ category.

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‘World Brain Day (WBD) 2022’ is marked every year on July 22, to increase public awareness and promote advocacy related to brain health.
This year, the World Brain Day is dedicated to the theme “Brain Health for all”. WBD 2022 campaign will focus on five key messages globally: Awareness, Prevention, Advocacy, Education and Access.

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Nasscom Foundation has set up a call centre to help women farmers scale up their business called the “DigiVaani Call Center”.
It has been set up in collaboration with non-profit Indian Society of Agribusiness Professionals (ISAP). The project is run on a pilot basis to initially reach out to 20,000 rural women entrepreneurs across six states- Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Haryana and Rajasthan. The project has been funded by Google.