Current Affairs Quiz - June, 2021

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The Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ has announced that the validity period of the Teachers Eligibility Test (TET) qualifying certificate would be extended from the present 7 years to life time.
This decision was made in the National Council for Teacher Education’s (NCTE) 50th general body meeting.

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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 Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has collaborated with tech major Microsoft to launch coding as a subject for students of Class 6-8 and data science subject for Class 8-12. This move is in line with the New Education Policy 2020.
These new subjects would come in force from the 2021-2022 academic session. According to CBSE, these subjects are expected to develop analytical thinking and problem-solving skills of students.

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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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Square Inc, which belongs to the Twitter owner Jack Dorsey, has announced that it would invest 5 million to build an open-source, solar-powered bitcoin mining facility.
In this regard, Square Inc has announced a partnership with Blockchain technology company Blockstream Mining and the proposed facility would be constructed at one of Blockstream’s sites in the USA.

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The State of India’s Environment Report 2021 is an annual publication of the Down To Earth magazine.
As per the report, India has been ranked at 117th position in implementing and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) 2030. Last year India was ranked at 115 and now it has slipped by 2 positions due to major challenges faced in ending hunger, gender equality etc.

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Alexander Pushkin is a Russian poet, who is considered the father of modern Russian language. His birthday is selected as the UN Russian Language Day.
It is observed annually on June 6. The event was initially established by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 2010. The UN language days aim to celebrate multilingualism and promotion of equal use of all six of the UN’s official working languages.

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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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In 2018, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed that every year June 7 would be observed as World Food Safety Day.
According to the UN, unsafe food causes an estimated 420,000 deaths every year. The theme of World Food Safety Day this year is: Safe food today for a healthy tomorrow.

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The Ministry of Education is set to release -Content for Specially-abled Children. It includes digitally inclusive curriculum including Accessible Digital Textbooks (ADTs) for all children, supplementary learning material, and sign language videos.
These are part of the guidelines approved by the Ministry for online education for differently-abled children. Assistive technology, simplified lessons, multimodal evaluation will be included in the e-content for different-abled students.