Current Affairs Quiz - July 2022

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Union Textiles Minister Piyush Goyal inaugurated the new campus of the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) at Panchkula, Haryana.
The campus was inaugurated in the presence of Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar. As per the policy of NIFT, 20 per cent of seats in the institute will be reserved for the domiciles of Haryana.

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‘Kharchi’ is a week-long traditional festival, in which prayer to 14 Gods and Goddess is offered with religious fervour.
The festival began in presence of thousands of devotees from across the country at Khayerpur, Tripura. It started with the bathing procession of the deities at River Haora.

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SBICAP Ventures Limited (SVL), a subsidiary of the State Bank of India (SBI) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), for establishing the Trilateral Development Cooperation Fund (TDC Fund).
The TDC Fund will route India’s commitment of around INR 175 Cr to the Global Innovation Development Fund (GIP Fund). The GIP Fund will invest in mainly small & medium enterprises from India.

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The President of India, Ram Nath Kovind addressed the Dhammacakka Day 2022 celebrations at Sarnath, Uttar Pradesh.
The Ministry of Culture in association with the International Buddhist Confederation is celebrating the Ashadha Purnima Divas, as part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav.

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The rate of inflation based on All-India Wholesale Price Index (WPI) number is 15.18% for the month of June, 2022 (over June, 2021).
This is lower than the WPI number of 15.88% in May 2022. The high rate of inflation this month is primarily due to rise in prices of mineral oils, food articles, crude petroleum & natural gas, basic metals, chemicals & chemical products, food products etc.

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SpaceX’s 25th cargo flight to the International Space Station (ISS) for NASA was launched recently. It is also called as CRS-25 (Commercial resupply services).
The robotic Dragon launched atop a two-stage Falcon 9 rocket, which delivered Dragon to low Earth orbit.

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The Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) launched the ‘Knowledge Portal for Khadi’, developed by the Centre of Excellence for Khadi.
The platform aims to provide design directions to the Khadi institutions. The Centre of Excellence for Khadi has been set up by KVIC, Ministry of MSME at National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), to support Khadi Institutions.

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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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MCA21 is India’s first mission mode e-governance project. As per the Secretary of Ministry of Corporate Affairs, the Version 3.0 of MCA21 will be fully rolled out in the next two to three months.
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) is actively involved with the Ministry in the rollout of MCA V3.0.

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Eleven districts of West Bengal reported over 65 cases of black fever or ‘Kala-Azar’ disease recently, based on state-administered surveillance.
Kala-azar or Visceral Leishmaniasis is a protozoan parasitic disease, spread by sand-fly bites. The flies are infected with the parasite called ‘leishmania donovani’. The disease is endemic in Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal.