Current Affairs Quiz - June, 2021

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Actor, Director and two-time Oscar winner Jodie Foster from the USA would be the Guest of Honour for 2021 Cannes Film Festival opening ceremony and she would also be presented with the honorary Palme d’Or during the function.
This year’s Cannes Film Festival has been postponed from May to July 6-17, 2021.

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The Consumer Confidence Survey is conducted by the Reserve Bank of India, which provides the respondent’s perceptions on general economic conditions.
Recently, the RBI has released the Consumer Confidence Index, which has recorded an all-time low due to the second wave of COVID 19 disease. The Current Situation Index (CSI) fell to 48.5 and the Future Expectation Index (FEI) fell to 96.4.

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The Union Territory of Ladakh has launched a scheme named “YounTab”, under which the Ladakh Lt Governor RK Mathur distributed tablets to the students studying in 9 to 12, in the UT. This was the first phase of the scheme’s implementation.
The scheme aims to provide free tabs to nearly 12,300 students of 6th to 12th class who are studying in government schools of the UT.

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The United States has announced a USD 57 million aid for efforts against tuberculosis in seven high-burden countries, including India.
Other countries for which the aid is being given are Bangladesh, Indonesia, the Philippines, South Africa, Tajikistan and Ukraine. TB is the leading infectious disease killer, particularly in low and middle-income countries, taking 1.4 million lives every year.

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The State Government of Goa has released a short film on Chhatrapati Shivaji, titled “Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Shivrajyabhishek Divas”, on the occasion of the king’s coronation day.
This film has been released in Konkani and Hindi versions. It covers the history of Goa and the role of Shivaji in Goa’s fight against the Portuguese. It is set to restore the forts, temples built by the king.

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The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has developed three types of ventilators recently named PRANA, VaU, SWASTA.
It includes a low-cost and portable ventilator, ‘Prana’ (“Programmable Respiratory Assistance for the Needy Aid’); ICU grade positive pressure mechanical ventilator titled ‘VaU’ (Ventilation assist Unit); and Gas-powered ventilator ‘Space Ventilator Aided System for Trauma Assistance (SVASTA)’.

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During the announcement of the State Budget, the Kerala Government has launched the Knowledge Economy Mission.
This project is led by the Kerala Development and Innovation Strategic Council (K-DISC). The initiative will bring all efforts to provide employment to the educated under a single scheme. The allocation for the ‘knowledge economy fund’ was hiked from ₹200 crore to ₹300 crore.

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The Centre has approved Rs 19.15 crore for conducting a first-in-human phase-1/2 clinical trial of the CAR-T cells.
India’s first CAR-T cell therapy was done at the Bone Marrow Transplant unit at ACTREC, Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai. The Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-cell (CAR-T) therapy is a type of gene therapy, used in cancer treatment, especially in patients suffering from acute lymphocytic leukemia

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El Salvador has become the first country in the world to formally adopt ‘Bitcoin’ as legal tender after the Congress approved President Nayib Bukele’s proposal to adopt the cryptocurrency.
The use of Bitcoin as legal tender will go into law in 90 days. The government will guarantee the convertibility to the exact value in dollars at the moment of each transaction.

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CHATT stands for Confederation of Hospitality, Technology and Tourism Industry. Major players in the Hospitality field namely Airbnb, EaseMyTrip, OYO and Yatra have formed this new industry association.
This aims to help small companies and travel and hospitality technology players. The association will also promote domestic tourism, help it in digital transformation, act as a thought leader and run training programmes.