Current Affairs Quiz - June, 2021

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The state of Mizoram has been severely affected by African Swine Fever (ASF), which has claimed more than 4,700 pigs in over two months, since the first case was reported.
As of now, the state government has declared 99 villages and localities as “infected areas”, of which 56 are located in Aizawl District, which is the state capital.

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The Pakistani Army has conducted a military exercise named ‘Taskheer-e-Jabal’ near Kotli in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) region. Under this exercise, the troops rehearsed various defensive and offensive manoeuvres in mountain terrains.
The exercise was overseen by its Army Chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa. It was aimed to enhance the operational preparedness, defensive and offensive formations of various contingencies.

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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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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 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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Weyan, a remote village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Bandipora district has become the first village in the country to vaccinate all its adult population against Covid-19.
Vaccination in village was covered under the J&K model, a 10-point strategy to vaccinate all eligible citizens at a faster pace. The Union Territory has also achieved 70 per cent vaccination for those in the 45+ age group.

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The Union Cabinet has approved an increase in minimum support prices (MSP) for various kharif crops or the summer-sown crops for marketing season 2021-22.
MSP of paddy was hiked by ₹72 to ₹1,940 per quintal for 2021-22 crop year from ₹1,868 per quintal last year. The highest absolute increase in MSP over the previous year is recommended for sesamum (₹452 per quintal) followed by tur and urad (₹300 per quintal each).

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The General Assembly of the United Nations has called for an immediate action to end AIDS from the world by the year 2030.
The assembly had passed an approval in this regard and has noted the present condition of AIDS with an alarm. The declaration was adopted with 165 votes in favour and four against.

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Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur and Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research in China have developed a technique to detect cyclone formation in the North Indian Ocean region, in advance.
The study was conducted under the Climate Change Program with support from the Centre’s Department of Science and Technology.