Current Affairs Quiz - June 2022

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The US Department of State has launched the Gandhi-King Scholarly Exchange initiative which explores the legacies of Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr.
The initiative brings together 20 young civic leaders from India and the United States to advance civil rights and social justice on the local, national and international levels. It includes a programme hosted at Alabama A&M University, Historically Black College and University and the University of Alabama.

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National Statistical Office released a report titled “Migration in India, 2020-21” on the basis of information collected in the PLFS survey conducted during July 2020-June 2021.
As per the report, the coronavirus pandemic may have forced 51.6 per cent of men in urban India to migrate to their rural homes. This could be the country’s worst reverse migration, as per the experts. The rural-to-rural male migration is also high at 44.6 per cent and the rural-to-rural female migration 88.8 per cent, as women in India migrate to their husbands’ homes. Overall migration rate is at 28.9 per cent while the number of total migrants is at 32 crore.

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LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional network, is set to invest USD 5,00,000  in partnership with UN Women to advance women’s economic empowerment.
The project will launch a pilot in Maharashtra to cultivate the digital and employability skills of 2,000 women. It will also present them with a range of career-building opportunities through job fairs, and mentoring sessions. The three-year regional collaboration will digitally upskill women, providing them greater access to jobs.

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The Himachal Pradesh government has approved Himachal Pradesh Drone Policy, 2022 which seeks to create a holistic drone ecosystem built upon the foundation of Governance And Reforms Using Drones (GARUD).
The drone policy aims to ensure future readiness of students and to empower them to access job opportunities in the drone sector. It also aims to harness digital sky opportunities through institutional linkages with the NEP 2020, NSQF and other state government policies

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Union Steel Minister Ram Chandra Prasad Singh inaugurated a six-lane highway in Surat made of steel slag, a first-of-its kind.
The road constructed using 100 per cent slag, which is a by-product of steel manufacturing. The road has been jointly made with the Central Road Research Institute (CRRI), which is a laboratory of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and Arcelor Mittal Nippon Steel (AMNS).

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The first-ever girl Panchayat of India named ‘Balika Panchayat’ was organised in several villages of Gujarat’s Kutch district.
This is an initiative of the Women and Child Development Welfare department of the Gujarat Government under the ‘Beti Bachao Beti Padhao’ campaign. Balika Panchayat is managed by people in the 11-21 age group and aims to promote the social and political development of girl children.

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Minister for Power, New and Renewable Energy R K Singh addressed the ‘India Energy Transition Summit’ in New Delhi.
The Minister said that India is leading in energy transition and it is fastest growing Renewable Energy capacity in the world. He also affirmed that India can achieve 700 GW of Renewable energy by 2030 if we manage to achieve the vision of green hydrogen, green ammonia and Electric Vehicles EV.

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European Space Agency’s Gaia mission has released a set of new data, which has revealed the phenomena of ‘starquakes’.
Starquakes are massive movements on the surface of stars similar to earthquake. The star-mapping Gaia probe has covered almost 1.8 billion stars in the Milky Way galaxy. The data has also revealed the largest chemical map of the entire Milky Way, showing the DNA of millions of stars.

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Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan announced that the data bank of Expatriate Malayalees will be expanded by conducting the Kerala Migration Survey.
A ‘Pravasi data portal’ will be prepared for the survey while the state will conduct an extensive global registration campaign. The Chief Minister addressed online the valedictory meeting of the third edition of the Loka Kerala Sabha.

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Former rebel fighter Gustavo Petro secured majority of votes in the Colombia’s presidential election and is set to become the first leftist President of the country.
A shift of South American politics to the left has been observed with the victories in Peru last year, and in Chile and Honduras this year. During the pandemic, Colombia saw anti-establishment protests against corruption, stagnancy, increased taxation and a new health care reform.