Current Affairs Quiz - June 2022

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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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All-India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has become the first accreditation body in the world to have its office space in the metaverse.
Michigan-based Information Data Systems Inc. (IDS) unveiled the outlook of the AICTE in the metaverse. It is a simulated digital environment that uses augmented reality (AR) or virtual reality (VR). IDS launched Bharat Blockchain Network (Academic Blockchain Consortium) and Polyversity (Educational Metaverse) in the presence of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.

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Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar launched Anocovax, India’s first homegrown COVID-19 vaccine for animals.
It was produced by the ICAR-National Research Centre on Equines (NRCE) in Haryana. The vaccine contains inactivated SARS-CoV-2 (Delta) antigen. It is said to be safe for dogs, lions, leopards, mice, and bunnies.

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Music icon Justin Bieber has revealed that he has been diagnosed with a condition called Ramsay Hunt Syndrome, which has fully paralysed the right side of his face.
Ramsay Hunt Syndrome is neurological disease in which the Varicella Zoster Virus (VZV) causes inflammation of the nerves involved in facial movements. It leads to temporary facial palsy or paralysis. The Varicella Zoster Virus (VZV) also causes chickenpox and shingles.

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The Social Justice and Empowerment Ministry has invited public feedback on the new draft national policy on persons with disabilities (PwD).
It proposes interventions in disability prevention, education, healthcare, social security and accessibility. It also focussed on other causes of disability, such as malnourishment, medical negligence and impairment caused by disasters. The draft called for a comprehensive national programme on prevention. It stated that one-third of disabilities in children were preventable.

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INS Khukri (P49), the first indigenous missile corvette of the Indian Navy, was transferred to the Diu Administration after 32 years of glorious service to the nation and Navy, to be converted to a ship museum.
Recently the Khukri Museum was inaugurated by Union Home Minister Amit Shah. The newly inaugurated ship museum and the existing Khukri Memorial are housed in Diu.

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“Abridged life tables” 2015-19 of the sample registration system (SRS) report was released recently.It showed that India’s life expectancy at birth rose to 69.7 during 2015-19.
The rate is still below the estimated global average life expectancy of 72.6 years. It has taken ten years to add two years to life expectancy. Odisha has had the highest increase, of over 24 years, from 45.7 to 69.8 years followed by Tamil Nadu. Chhattisgarh and Uttar Pradesh had the lowest life expectancy in 2015-2019.

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Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare launched the Intensified Diarrhoea Control Fortnight (IDCF-2022).
It aims to attain zero child deaths due to childhood diarrhoea. According to the latest report of SRS-2019, the child mortality rate in the country has come down considerably since 2014.

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The 38th India-Indonesia Coordinated Patrol (IND-INDO CORPAT) between the Indian and Indonesian Navy is being conducted in the Andaman Sea and Straits of Malacca.
The Navy Units of Andaman and Nicobar Command (ANC) represent India. This is the first post pandemic Coordinated Patrol (CORPAT) between the two countries. The two Navies have been carrying out CORPAT along their International Maritime Boundary Line since 2002.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi chairs the country’s ‘first national conference of chief secretaries’ in Dharamsala in the month of June 2022.
The conference will be a major step towards further strengthening partnership between Centre and the state governments. Three themes have been identified for deliberations including Implementation of the National Education Policy; Urban governance; crop diversification and achieving self-sufficiency in oilseeds, pulses and other agri-commodities.