Current Affairs Quiz - June 2022

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The government raised the premium for Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY) and Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY), to make them economically viable.
The premium rate of PMJJBY has been revised upward to Rs 1.25 per day, with an increase from Rs 330 to Rs 436 annually. The annual premium for PMSBY has been hiked from Rs 12 to Rs 20. The new premium rates are effective from June 1, 2022.

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Indian women’s shooting team of Elavenil Valarivan, Shreya Agarwal and Ramita have bagged a gold medal for India in the 10m air rifle women’s team event at the ISSF World Cup 2022.
This was India’s first medal at the ongoing ISSF World Cup being held in Baku, capital of Azerbaijan.

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‘Hurricane Agatha’, the first of the Pacific season hit Mexico and the casualties climbed to at least 10 dead and around 20 missing in southern Mexico.
Heavy rains triggered landslides and flooding in the country. The storm was the strongest to make landfall along Mexico’s Pacific coast in May since record keeping began in 1949. Mexico is regularly hit by tropical storms on both its Pacific and Atlantic coasts, between May and November.

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Bihar state government is set to conduct a caste-based census in the state. The decision was taken at an all-party meeting chaired by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
The exercise would be called Jaati Aadharit Ganana and the state government will publish the data related to the census through advertisements in newspapers. The aim of this exercise is to carry out developmental work for people who are deprived.

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India and Israel adopted a ‘Vision statement’ for strengthening defence cooperation in future. The statement marked 30 years of diplomatic ties between the two countries.
Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and his Israeli counterpart held bilateral talks in New Delhi. The two leaders discussed defence cooperation and the global and regional defence scenario. Israel recently signed the instrument of ratification of the International Solar Alliance.

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IIM-Ahmedabad (IIM-A) has partnered with an e-marketplace for agricultural land, SFarms India, to develop a farm land price index based on the sales and purchases done on the platform.
The ‘IIM-Ahmedabad SFarmsIndia Land Price Index (ISALPI)’ records and presents the data on prices of agricultural land in the country. It can be used by local governments to compensate people who lose land for highway expansion

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Meta recently announced that AMBER alerts will be launched in Instagram in 25 countries. With the new feature, users in these regions will get notifications of missing children in the area.
The feature was already present on Facebook and it has helped find hundreds of children since its launch in 2015. AMBER alerts for Instagram was developed in partnership with various organisations like US- National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) and the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children.

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Indian Navy Ships Nishank and Akshay were decommissioned after their 32 years of glorious service to the nation.
The decommissioning event was conducted at Naval Dockyard, Mumbai in a traditional ceremony. While INS Nishank was commissioned in 1989, INS Akshay was commissioned a year later in 1990 at Poti, Georgia.

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Ace Tennis player Rafael Nadal won the final match to beat Casper Ruud and claim his 14th French Open Men’s single title.
With this victory, Nadal claimed his 14th championship at Roland Garros and 22nd Grand Slam title overall. He is two titles ahead of rivals Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic. French Open is a Grand Slam tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France.

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National Asset Reconstruction Company (NARCL) is a special purpose asset reconstruction company (ARC) set up to take over the large value NPA accounts (above Rs 500 crore) from banks.
The Finance ministry said the Rs 6,000-crore National Asset Reconstruction Company (NARCL) is expected to take over the first set of non-performing accounts of banks next month. The remaining accounts are proposed to be taken over within the third quarter of the current financial year.