Current Affairs Quiz - June, 2021

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The Union Cabinet of the Government of India has approved and ratified a MoU between India and Maldives on cooperation in sustainable urban development.
The MoU would strengthen the bilateral ties and generate employment in urban planning, waste management, housing, green mobility, efficient power systems etc. The MoU was signed in the month of Feb 2021, and would be in force for an infinite time period. The Cabinet also approved an MoU with Japan in the same field.

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The membership of Mali has been suspended by the African Union in response to the recent military coup in the country. African Union has pressed for a civilian led democratic government in Mali.
The military of Mali has arrested its interim President Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane and has pressured them to resign.

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INS Sandhayak, the Indian Navy’s oldest Hydrographic Survey Vessel, was decommissioned from the Navy at Visakhapatnam on July 4, 2021.
The vessel is 40 years old and has conducted more than 200 major hydrographic surveys. It has also been a part of important operations like ‘Operation Pawan’ in Sri Lanka (1987), Operation ‘Rainbow for Humanitarian Assistance’ (2004) etc.

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Mount Merapi, is an active stratovolcano which is located in Indonesia, between the province of Central Java and the Special Region of Yogyakarta – Indonesia.
This is considered to be the most volatile volcanoes and has been erupting regularly since 1548. Presently, the volcano has started to erupt again.

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Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has announced that ‘Oxi-van’ will be created in Karnal district of the state, on the occasion of World Environment Day.
It would be a complex spanning 80 acres, which includes 10 types of forests inside it. The construction work will begin soon and will be made open to the public in a few years, as per the announcement.

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The Delhi government is set to celebrate ‘Van Mahotsav’ from June 26 to July 11 as part of a mega plantation drive.
Under the initiative, 33 lakh saplings will be planted across the city this year. Saplings of various medicinal plants will be available to government-run nurseries free of cost. Delhi’s environment department released a booklet with the description of all the plants available in the nurseries.

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The Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) is an intergovernmental organization comprising seven nations of South Asia and Southeast Asia. It is headquartered in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
This organization was first established in the year 1997. The 24th BIMSTEC day was celebrated on June 6th 2021

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The International Labour Organisation (ILO) released the assessment titled ‘World Employment and Social Outlook: Trends 2021’.
As per the report, global crisis-induced ‘jobs gap’ will reach 75 million in 2021 before falling to 23 million in 2022. It also predicts that employment growth will be insufficient to make up for the losses suffered until at least 2023.

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The Indian Navy would receive MH-60 Romeo helicopters from the United States of America. India had earlier in 2020, signed a Rs.16,000 crore deal with the USA to procure 24 numbers of MH-60 Romeo helicopters.
The first batch of 3 helicopters would be handed over to India by the USA in July 2021. A batch of Indian pilots have reached the US to be trained to operate the chopper.

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The Australotitan cooperensis has been recently identified as the biggest dinosaur of Australia. This was announced after its bones were first uncovered.
This is a part of the titanosaur family that lived about 100 million years ago. It is estimated to had a height of 5-6.5 metres and a length of 25-30 metres. Based on the limb size comparisons, this new titanosaur is estimated to be in the top five largest in the world.