Current Affairs Quiz - June, 2021

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The Tata Power group, which is involved in conservation of Blue Finned Mahseer and Golden Mahseer in Lonavala for the past 50 years, has stated that the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has moved Blue Finned Mahseer out of its “Endangered Red List”.
The species has been moved to “Least Concern”. But the Golden Mahseer is still on the endangered list.

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The Government of Denmark has approved for construction of an artificial giant island named Lynetteholm. This island would be 1 sq mile (2.6 sq km) in area and would include a dam system around its perimeter to protect its harbour from rising sea levels and storms.
This island would be connected to the mainland by way of tunnel roads and metro lines.

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Ministry of Panchayati Raj (MoPR) in collaboration with National Institute of Rural Development & Panchayati Raj (NIRDPR) has prepared the ‘Gram Panchayat Citizen Charter’.
It is a model Citizens Charter/ framework for prompt delivery of services across the 29 sectors. The Charter has been aligned with localised Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It aims to empower the citizens in relation to public services and to improve the quality of services.

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Paleontologists in China have unearthed a fossil of an 8-metre-long dinosaur, which is estimated to have lived 180-million-years ago.
The fossil is found to be 70 percent intact and the Dinosaur Fossil Conservation and Research Center carried out emergency excavations to help prevent damage to the bones. This is a type of giant Lufengosaurus, which lived during the Early Jurassic period, as per media reports.

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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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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 Assam cabinet has decided to institute the ‘Asom Ratna’ award to be presented every year to those who have made a significant contribution to society.
The cabinet also decided to present ‘Asom Bibhushan’ award to three people, ‘Assam Bhushan’ to five people and ‘Asom Shree’ to 10 people every year. The state would also award Literary Pension, Sports Pension and Artiste Award every year.

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The Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) region, often referred to as the ‘Third Pole’, is spread over 3,500 square kilometres across eight countries including India, Nepal and China.
As per a recent research backed by the UNDP, up to two billion people in southeast Asia can face food and water shortages, as the HKH mountain ranges lose up to two-thirds of its ice by 2100.

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The Ministry of Education has recently released the All-Indian Survey of Higher Education (AISHE) report 2019-20.
The Gross enrolment ratio (GER) during 2019-20 is 27.1 per cent, which is an increase of 0.8 per cent from the previous year. Total enrolment in higher education stands at 3.85 crore in 2019-20. The rise in female enrolment in higher education during the period is 18.2 per cent.

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Tech Major Google announced that it is building an undersea cable called ‘Firmina’, that would connect the United States, Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina.
The cable, which will be the longest cable in the world, aims to bolster internet connection capacity between these regions. The cable will run from the East Coast of the United States to Argentina and improve access to Google services for users in South America.