Current Affairs Quiz - June 2022

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European Parliament lawmakers recently voted to support an EU ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2035.
EU lawmakers also endorsed a 55 percent reduction in CO2 from automobiles in 2030 compared with 2021. The EU assembly voted in Strasbourg, France to mandate automakers to cut carbon-dioxide emissions by 100 percent by the middle of the next decade.

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India’s Krishna Srinivasan has been appointed as the director of the Asia and Pacific Department of the International Monetary Fund.
With over 27 years of working at IMF, he oversees the department’s surveillance work on smaller Pacific states such as Fiji and Vanuatu, and systemically important nations such as China and Korea.

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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin unveiled the mascot and the logo named ‘Thambi’ for 44th FIDE Chess Olympiad.
‘Thambi’ in Tamil means younger brother. The international event will be held at Mamallapuram near Chennai and over two thousand players from 186 countries will take part in the event.

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China has announced that it is planning to launch a solar power plant in space for producing inexhaustible power in 2028, as part of the updated plan.
Earlier, China aimed to establish a 1 megawatt solar power station in space by 2030. China will launch a satellite in 2028 to test wireless power transmission technology from space to the ground from an altitude of 400km. It would convert solar energy to microwaves or lasers.

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Ambassador Rabab Fatima, Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations has been appointed as the Under Secretary General of the United Nations.
She will also be High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries, and Small Island Developing States (UN-OHRLLS). The Ambassador is the first woman diplomat from Bangladesh to be appointed to this post. Indian diplomat Amandeep Singh Gill was appointed by UN chief Antonio Guterres as his Envoy on Technology.

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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 fourth edition of Khelo India Youth Games 2021 concluded in  Panchkula and the hosts Haryana grabbed  the top position in the medal tally with 52 gold, 39 silver and 46 bronze medals.
Maharashtra and Karnataka were at the second and third places respectively. The fourth edition of the Khelo India Youth Games saw participation of athletes from over 36 states and Union Territories competing in 25 different sports.

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The Ministry of Defence launched ‘Agnipath’ a major defence policy reform for recruitment of soldiers, sailors and airmen into the Indian Army, Indian Navy and Indian Air Force.
The personnel recruited under the scheme on short-term contractual basis will be called Agniveers. . Of the 50,000 recruited annually, 25 per cent will be allowed to continue for 15 years under permanent commission, to reduce the defence pension bill. 30 percent of monthly salary of Agniveers will be set aside, along with equal government contribution under Seva Nidhi programme.

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China emerged as the top buyer of Indian rice during the pandemic, importing 16.34 lakh metric tonnes (LMT) or 7.7 per cent of India’s total rice export in financial year 2021-22.
In 2021-22, India’s total rice export (both basmati and non-basmati) was 212.10 LMT. Out of China’s total rice import from India, nearly 97 percent was broken rice, which has seen a rise in demand from that country. India used to export broken rice mostly to African countries, earlier.

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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.