Current Affairs Quiz - June 2022

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The Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) for 2020-21 was recently released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.
As per the survey, unemployment rate was 4.2% in 2020-21, compared with 4.8% recorded in the previous year. Rural areas recorded an unemployment rate of 3.3% and urban areas recorded an unemployment rate of 6.7%.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi released a special postal stamp commemorating the 200th anniversary of Mumbai Samachar, Asia’s oldest running newspaper.
The Prime Minister participated in ‘Dwishatabdi Mahotsav’ of Mumbai Samachar. The Gujarati newspaper was first published in 1822 as a weekly by Parsi scholar Fardunjee Marzban.

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The World Elder Abuse Awareness Day was officially recognized by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in the year 2011 on 15 June.
‘Digital Equity for All Ages’ is the theme of World Elder Abuse Awareness Day 2022. The Global Wind Day is also celebrated on June 15 to acknowledge the prospects of wind power. This year, it is celebrated with the tagline of ‘We are #InWithWind, are you?’.

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The BRICS Partnership on New Industrial Revolution (PartNIR) Innovation Center signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the BRICS New Development Bank (NDB).
The MoU aims to facilitate bilateral cooperation in such fields as artificial intelligence, industrial internet, energy conservation and environmental protection. The BRICS PartNIR Innovation Center was launched in Xiamen in December 2020.

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Microsoft has shut down its iconic Internet Explorer (IE) browser after 27 years. It was one of the oldest browsers launched in the year 1995.
Microsoft has asked its users to switch to its modern Edge browser, while the virtual version of the older browser will be available to users. In 2022, Chrome is the most popular and widely used browser in the world with over 70 % market share.

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U.S. President Joe Biden signed an executive order aimed at protecting L.G.B.T.Q. people from laws of conservative states that increasingly targets the rights of gays, lesbians, transgender youth and others.
The order seeks to use the force of the federal government to prevent inhumane practices of conversion therapy. It will also seek to expand access to suicide prevention and mental health resources for L.G.B.T.Q. people.

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India and other member countries of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) supported an initiative of China to organise a joint border operation ‘Solidarity-2023’ for the border agencies of the member countries next year.
India’s Border Security Force (BSF) Director announced this at the conclusion of the eighth meeting of the heads of border authorities of the competent bodies of SCO member states, which was held in Delhi, under the chairmanship of India.

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China recently launched its third aircraft carrier named ‘Fujian’. It is also the country’s most advanced and the first fully domestically built naval vessel.
Fujian is the name of China’s eastern coastal province of Fujian. Liaoning and Shandong are names of the two previous aircraft carriers of China. China plans to have around five aircraft carriers while the next carrier is expected to be nuclear-powered.

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According to the quarterly report published by Microfinance Institutions Network (MFIN), Tamil Nadu has displaced West Bengal to emerge as the largest State in terms of the outstanding portfolio of microfinance loans.
The gross loan portfolio (GLP) of Tamil Nadu as of March 31, 2022 stood at ₹36,806 crore while the overall microfinance industry has a total GLP of ₹2,85,441 crore as of March 31, 2022. Banks held the largest share of the portfolio in micro-credit followed by NBFC-MFIs.

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‘CERT-In’, the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team is an office within the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology. It is the nodal agency to deal with cyber security threats.
‘CERT-In’ recently issued threat alerts for multiple software including Adobe and Microsoft products on their website, shared multiple vulnerabilities affecting products from Citrix, Adobe, Microsoft, and Zimbra webmail.