Current Affairs Quiz - June 2022

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India launched one of its longest running coastal clean-up campaigns recently, in which 75 beaches of the country to be cleaned up to commemorate ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’.
The coastal clean-up drive will be carried out in the country for 75 days from 3rd of July to 17th of September 2022, which is also the International Coastal Clean-up Day. The drive is aims to remove one thousand 500 tonnes of garbage from the sea coasts.

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England hit a world record one-day international score of 498 against Netherlands and won the match by 232 runs in Amstelveen.
The England team beat their previous mark of 481-6 set against Australia at Trent Bridge in 2018. In the recent match, three England players scored centuries with Liam Livingstone making the fastest half-century in England’s ODI history off just 17 balls. Player of the match Jos Buttler finished on 162 not out, with century off 47 balls.

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The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) notified the production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme for telecom in 2021, aimed towards incentivising design-led manufacturing in the sector.
Recently the DoT has extended the PLI scheme by one year, and has amended the scheme to raise the incentive rate by an additional 1 per cent. The Centre will provide additional incentives of over Rs 4,000 crore.

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The Indian Coast Guard’s Eastern Region inducted the Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) Mark III, the first aircraft of the newly created “840 Squadron”.
It was indigenously designed and developed Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) Mark III by the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL). HAL has delivered 13 out of 16 such aircraft to the Indian Coast Guard till date.

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The year 2022 has been designated as the ASEAN-India Friendship year. This year marks the 30th anniversary of dialogue relations between India and ASEAN countries. The diplomatic ties between the two sides commenced in the early 1990s.

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Two countries – Ukraine and Republic of Moldova – were granted the status of candidate country by the European Council. This paves the way towards them becoming the members of the European Bloc.

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The Siruvani River is situated close to Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu. It is the tributary of Bhavani river. Part of the Siruvani river is in Kerala’s Palakkad district. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister has asked this Kerala counterpart to maintain full reservoir level at the Siruvani Dam across the Siruvani River.

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The 1973 Roe v Wade ruling of the US Supreme Court held that laws that severely restrict or deny a woman’s access to abortion violates the Constitution’s right to privacy. The US Supreme Court had recently reversed this landmark ruling, allowing individual states to permit or restrict the procedure themselves.

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Scientists have discovered the world’s largest recorded bacterium Thiomargarita magnifica in a Caribbean mangrove. It was measured to be more than a centimetre long. It can reach a maximum length of 2 cm.

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Title IX, which turned 50 this year, prohibits discrimination based on sex in education. It plays a major role in gender equality in athletics and preventing sexual harassment on campuses. It was signed into law by President Nixon on June 23, 1972.