Current Affairs Quiz - June 2022

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For the first time, Scientists used satellite data to detect a major offshore leak of methane, from an oil and gas production platform in the Gulf of Mexico that spewed 40,000 tonnes over a 17-day period.
According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), fossil fuel operations emitted about 120 million tonnes of the planet-warming gas in 2020, nearly one-third of all methane emissions from human activity.

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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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Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari announced that construction of a cable-stayed bridge across Chambal river on the Kota bypass of East-West corridor in Rajasthan has been completed.
The 1.4-km-long cable stayed bridge across Chambal is built with a total CAPEX of Rs 214 crore. The bridge was part of the Kota bypass and East-West corridor from Porbandar (Gujarat) to Silchar (Assam). The cables of the bridge are aerodynamic in nature and have the ability to be neutral during storms.

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Indian men’s football team captain Sunil Chhetri became the joint fifth highest goalscorer in international football history.
He is also third on the list of active international goal-scorers, just behind Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo and Argentina’s Lionel Messi. Chhetri achieved this feat during India’s AFC Asian Cup Qualifier match against Hong Kong, which was won by India.

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The annual World Competitiveness Index compiled by the Institute for Management Development was recently released.
India has registered the sharpest rise among the Asian economies, with a six-place jump from 43rd to 37th rank on the index due to gains in economic performance. Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and China were the top-performing Asian economies. Denmark was placed on top, while Switzerland slipped from the top to the second position.

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The British Government has announced to deport asylum-seekers of various nationalities to Rwanda.
In April, British Prime Minister Johnson announced the Deportation Policy, which aims to deter people illegally entering the country. United Nations’ top refugee officials and Migrant advocacy groups have termed the policy as inhumane and illegal.

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Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari inaugurated the ‘Industrial Decarbonization Summit 2022’ in New Delhi.
The focus is on the Road Map for Carbon Neutrality by 2070. The Minister emphasized on maintaining equilibrium between ecology, environment and development. He also spoke about the government’s priority on green hydrogen, Bio-ethanol, Bio-LNG and Bio-CNG.

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Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) organized an eight-day long mango festival in Bahrain to boost the export of Mangoes.
Commerce and Industry Ministry said, 34 varieties of mangoes from states of West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh and Odisha are being displayed at eight different locations of Bahrain’s Al Jazira group supermarket.

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Union External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar addressed the Ministerial Session of the 12^th edition of Delhi Dialogue in New Delhi, attended by other ASEAN Foreign Ministers. The theme this year of DD-XII is ‘Building Bridges in the Indo-Pacific’.
The dialogue followed the Special ASEAN-India Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (SAIFMM), hosted by India in New Delhi. The 24th ASEAN-India Senior Officials meeting also took place in New Delhi.

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The Government has cleared the appointment of new chief justices in five high courts, as per the Law and Justice Ministry.
Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan will be appointed as the Chief Justice of the Uttarakhand High Court and Telangana High Court. Justice Amjad Ahtesham Sayed and Justice Shinde Sambhaji Shiwaji will take over as the Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court and Rajasthan High Court. Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Rashmin M Chhaya were appointed as the Chief Justice of the Delhi and Guwahati High Courts respectively.