Current Affairs Quiz - June 2022

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Assam government is to set up Joint Venture Company (JVC) with Neyveli Lignite Corporation (NLC India Ltd) to produce one GW plus solar power with an investment of Rs 5000 Crore.
Assam chief minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma announced that MoU will be signed to produce 1GW plus solar power on Government land. This will be the first such initiative among PSUs in energy sector.

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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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As per recent reports, Russia overtook Saudi Arabia to become India’s second-largest supplier of crude oil last month.
The average daily rate of Russian oil exports to India stood at 819,000 barrels, as compared to 277,000 barrels exported in April. Indian buyers account for 18 percent of Russian crude oil exports. Russian crude has been trading at a discount reaching USD 30 to Brent since the start of the war in Ukraine.

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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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India and Japan held their first ever Finance Dialogue in New Delhi to exchange their views on the macro-economic situation, financial system, financial digitalization and investment environment.
Secretary of Department of Economic Affairs (Ministry of Finance) Ajay Seth led Indian side in this first India-Japan Finance Dialogue. India and Japan hold Presidency of G-20 and G-7 next year respectively.

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The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) was set up in the year 2016. IBBI has notified the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (Insolvency Resolution Process for Corporate Persons) (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2016.
Under the amendment, the operational creditors have to furnish extracts of Form GSTR-1, Form GSTR-3B and e-way bills. It also places a duty on the corporate debtor, its promoters or any other associated person to provide the information as sought by resolution professional.

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During the launch of the Agnipath scheme, the Centre had said those between the of 17-and-a-half and 21 years would be inducted for a four-year tenure in the tri services of Army, Navy and Air Force.
As per the latest order by the Defence Minister, the age limit for recruitment has now been raised to 23 for the 2022 batch only. There have been nation-wide protests against the new model for recruitment of soldiers.

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Indian Navy’s stealth Frigate, INS Talwar is deployed for Operation Sankalp commemorating the 3rd continuous year of Indian Navy’s presence in the Gulf for protection of India’s Maritime Interests.
After attacks on merchant ships in the Gulf of Oman in June 2019, and the deteriorating security situation in the Gulf region, Indian Navy had commenced Maritime Security Operations, code named ‘Op SANKALP’, in the Gulf Region to ensure safe passage of Indian Flag Vessels transiting through the Strait of Hormuz.

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Vaikom Muhammed Basheer was a famous writer of Malayalam literature. He was a recipient of the Sahitya Academy Fellowship and Padma Shri award.
The 28th death anniversary of writer Vaikom Muhammed Basheer is set to be marked at his residence at Beypore with a range of programmes named ‘Basheer Fest’. The event will be organised in association with Chalachitra Academy, Folklore Academy and Sahitya Akademi and others.

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Former world billiards champion Sourav Kothari of India won the Lance Pannell Pacific International Snooker title in Melbourne and Pacific International Billiards Championship.
The 37 year old became only the second cueist ever to achieve a double title in the Pacific International after Matthew Bolton of Australia.