Current Affairs Quiz - June, 2021

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Mumbai-based startup Indra Water has developed a disinfection system named Vajra Kavach, which helps in reusing the PPEs and other materials used by healthcare workers.
It removes any possible traces of the disease-causing SARS-Cov-2 virus from Personal Protective Equipment, N95 masks, coats, gloves and gowns. It is also an environment-friendly system and will reduce load wastage.

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The State Government of Goa has constituted a Think Tank named Goa Institution For Future Transformation (GIFT).
This institution would assist, advise and guide the state government on various policy matters and welfare decisions. The functions of GIFT would be very similar to that of NITI Aayog.

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China launched ‘Red Tourism’ in the year 2004 to promote locations with historical and cultural significance to the history of the Communist Party.
It also aimed at promoting tourism and local businesses in the country. Recently, there has been a record high footfall in the historic places under the Red Tourism. Some of them include Nanhu Lake, where the First National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party was held in 1921, and Mao Zedong’s birthplace Shaoshan.

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CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory (CSIR-NCL) Pune has developed a hybrid technology called “SWASTIIK”, for disinfecting water by using natural oils.
With support from the Water Technology Initiative of the department of science and technology (DST), the team has developed the technology. It involves boiling of a liquid as a result of pressure reduction (cavitation) and also uses natural oils having antimicrobial properties, to disinfect.

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The Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar launched the Seed Minikit Programme by distributing kits of higher yielding varieties of seeds to farmers.
It aims to introduce new varieties of seeds to the farmers and helps in increasing the seed replacement rate. The mini kits are being provided by the National Seeds Corporation (NCS), NAFED and Gujarat State Seeds Corporation and wholly funded by the Union through the National Food Security Mission.

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India has launched the Mission Innovation Clean-Tech Exchange at the Net Zero Summit hosted by Chile.
It is a global initiative, that will create a network of incubators across member countries to fast-track clean energy innovation. Mission Innovation 2.0 is the second phase of the global Mission Innovation initiative, launched during the Paris Agreement at the 2015 UN climate conference.

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The UN Sustainable Transport Conference is to be held from 14 to 16 October 2021 in Beijing, China. The Conference aims to encourage sustainable transport to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement on climate change.
To acknowledge the longevity, versatility and environmental sustainability of bicycles, the UN General Assembly declared 3 June as World Bicycle Day.

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Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has developed a first-of-its kind ‘Programmable Digital Fiber’.
This digital fiber contains memory, temperature sensors, and a neural network program to infer physical activity. It was created by placing hundreds of square silicon microscale digital chips into a preform, which was then used to create a polymer fiber.

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The Government has constituted an expert group to provide technical inputs and recommendations on fixation of minimum wages in the country.
The Group would be chaired by Professor Ajit Mishra, director of the Institute of Economic Growth. As per the Labour and Employment Ministry, the group, which is set up for three years, would also recommend on the national floor wage.

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The state government of Kerala has won a legal battle at Registrar of TradeMarks and is now officially entitled to use the letter “K” to acronym KSRTC which stands for Kerala State Road Transport Corporation.
There was a prolonged legal tussle between the state road transport corporations of Kerala and Karnataka, both of which used “KSRTC” as an acronym for their respective state road transport corporations. Now, “K” would be used by both the states.