Current Affairs Quiz - June 2022

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Union Minister Jitendra Singh inaugurated the Lavender Festival, the first-of-its kind in India, in Bhaderwah, Jammu and Kashmir.
Bhaderwah in Doda district is the birthplace of the purple revolution and it is known for lavender cultivation in terms of land and climate. CSIR-Aroma Mission, under the Ministry of Science & Technology, aims to develop aroma-related science and technology to reach farmers, industry, and society.

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The Union Cabinet expanded the scope of the public procurement portal Government e-Marketplace (GeM) to allow cooperative societies to register as buyers.
This would help cooperatives in getting competitive prices through an open and transparent process. Over 8,54,000 registered cooperatives and their 270 million members will be benefitted. The registration of cooperatives as buyers was not covered within the existing mandate of GeM, so far.

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Santoor maestro Bhajan Sopori, also called as the ‘saint of santoor’ and ‘King of strings’ passed away recently at the age of 73.
The veteran musician received multiple awards throughout his career, including the Padma Shri in 2004, the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1992 and the Jammu and Kashmir State Lifetime Achievement Award.

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Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami won from the Champawat bypoll by a margin of over 55,000 votes.
He had earlier lost from Khatima assembly constituency in the Uttarakhand Assembly Polls 2022 even though BJP won a clear majority in the state. This was a crucial victory for the Chief Minister to win the bypoll to retain the Chief Minister post.

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The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment launched “Scheme for Residential Education for Students in High Schools in Targeted Areas” (SHRESTHA).
It aims to provide quality education and opportunities for the poorest Scheduled Caste students. Under this scheme, a certain number of meritorious SC students per year will be selected through a National Entrance Test for SHRESHTA (NETS), conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA). They will be admitted in the good private residential schools, affiliated to CBSE.

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Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare and Chemicals and Fertilizers Mansukh Mandaviya inaugurated National Food Laboratory of FSSAI at Raxaul in Bihar.
This laboratory has been established under the Indo-Nepal bilateral agreement to reduce the time in the testing of imported food samples brought into Raxaul from Nepal.

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The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has decided to monetise highway stretches to the extent of 1,750 km in the year 2022-23.
This asset monetisation move would help NHAI raise around Rs 20,000 crore. It has also prepared a list of road assets to be monetised in the current fiscal from different parts of the country. NHAI’s debt burden stood at worrisome Rs 3.5 trillion at the end of last financial year.

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The United Nations designated June 8 as World Ocean Day to raise awareness about how to save the oceans and sustainably use them in the future.
The theme for World Ocean Day 2022 is ‘Revitalisation: Collective Action for the Ocean’. This year’s theme focuses on how to not only stop harming the ocean but on actions to be taken in order to restore the oceans through collective efforts.

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The Union Cabinet approved signing of MoU among the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India and the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and International AIDS Vaccine Initiative IAVI, USA.
The MoU aims to contribute towards the development of improved biomedical tools and technologies to prevent and treat HIV, TB, COVID-19 and other infectious and neglected diseases.

 

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Uttar Pradesh Expressways Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA) signed an MOU with three nationalised banks and Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) for providing financial assistance to investors willing to set up units in the Defence Industrial Corridor.
The State Bank of India, Bank of Baroda and Punjab National Bank are the three banks, which would provide financial assistance to investors in six nodes of the Defence Corridor.