Current Affairs Quiz - July, 2023

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Karnataka Government decided to temporarily give ₹170 per person per month from July 1 in replacement for the promised five kg of free rice.
As the Food Corporation of India (FCI) refused to sell rice to the state, the State has not been able to procure enough grains in time for the July 1.

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In consultation with the Central Electricity Authority (CEA), the Union of Ministry has released Guidelines for the Resource Adequacy Planning Framework for India. These Guidelines have been formulated in accordance with Rule 16 of the Electricity (Amendment) Rules, 2022.
The guidelines will ensure that sufficient electricity is made available to power the country’s growth, by putting in place a framework for advance procurement of resources by DISCOMs to meet the electricity demand in a cost-effective manner.

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The Cabinet has granted approval for the ratification of the Headquarters Agreement (HQA) between India and the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI).
The ratification of the Headquarters Agreement between the Government of India (GoI) and the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) will enable the granting of exemptions, immunities, and privileges as outlined in Section 3 of the United Nations (Privileges & Immunities) Act, 1947.

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A team of scientists in Japan’s University of Tokyo have developed the ‘Jizai Arms’, named after a Japanese term that denotes autonomy and personal freedom. The arm can be attached to human’s body to create a man machine relationship.
It is said that the technology takes inspiration from a quasi-horror traditional Japanese story named “The Arm”.

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The Congo, which is the world’s second-largest rainforest after Amazon, continues to retreat according to recent report.
The forest is spread across six African countries, the largest of which is the Democratic Republic of the Congo, has lost half a million hectares (mha) of forest last year, according to the report.

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Recently, the Supreme Court of the United States of America has ruled to end the ‘affirmative action’ or ‘positive discrimination’ in college admissions.
The verdict was pronounced in the Students for Fair Admissions v Harvard case, which has sparked significant debate and discussion across the world over positive discrimination.

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The bald eagle is a bird of prey and a sea eagle found in North America. It is the national bird of USA. In 2007, the American bald eagle was taken off the endangered species list in the United States. Since then, there has been a consistent increase in the population of these birds.
According to a report by the US Fish and Wildlife Service in 2021, the number of bald eagles in their natural habitat has multiplied by four since 2009.

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Musompo Trading Centre is a government-backed depot in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) that was set up to prevent rigging of the purity reading of illegally mined ore brought in by informal miners.
This initiative aims to eliminate intermediary mercenaries by providing testing and storage services for ore on behalf of the miners.

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The Zoological Survey of India has published the faunal discoveries in a publication titled “Animal Discoveries – New Species and New Records 2023.”
As per the publication, India has expanded its faunal database by including 664 animal species between 2022 to 2023, which consists of 467 newly discovered species and 197 species recorded in India for the first time.

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Market Yard of National Importance (MNI) platform aims to allow farmers from participating states to sell their surplus produce across state borders, creating digital ecosystems that utilize the expertise of different segments in the agriculture value chain.
An Expert Committee recently submitted a report on the MNI platform, recommending the implementation framework, legal framework, inter-state license reciprocity, dispute resolution mechanism, and rollout strategy.