Current Affairs Quiz - June 2022

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India’s top javelin thrower and 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games gold medallist Neeraj Chopra has clinched the men’s javelin throw gold at the 2022 Kuortane Games.
He registered an impressive throw of 86.69 meters in the event. Recently, Neeraj Chopra won silver and set a national record at the Paavo Nurmi athletics meet.

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‘National Conference on Cyber Safety and National Security’ was held at New Delhi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah was its chief guest.
The Conference is being organised by the Home Ministry to create mass awareness for the prevention of cyber crimes in the country. The Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) in coordination with the Culture Ministry organised functions at 75 places in different states and UTs on cyber hygiene, prevention of cyber crimes, cyber safety and national security

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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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Article 263 of the Indian Constitution allows the President to establish the Inter-State Council, which brings together government entities on a common platform for discussing various governance issues. The Inter-State Council was established in 1990. Its chairman is the Prime Minister and its members include chief ministers and administrators of states and union territories.

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The first case of monkeypox was recorded in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in the year 1970. It is a rare zoonotic disease caused by the monkeypox virus, which belongs to the Poxviridae family. Its symptoms are similar to smallpox but milder.

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Khumbu Glacier is situated at Nepal’s Khumbu region between Mount Everest and the Lhotse-Nuptse ridge. Like many other glaciers in the Himalayas, Khumbu Glacier is melting at a rapid pace. This is making it highly hazardous for Nepal’s Everest base camp.

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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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The Economic Recovery Act of 1948 or the Marshall Plan was signed by President Truman to enable the United States to provide economic aid required for the infrastructure restoration in postwar Europe.

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Manipur’s Keibul Lamjao National Park is the world’s only floating national park. It is located on the Loktak Lake in the northeastern state of Manipur. It is the last natural habitat of the Sangai – the state animal of Manipur.

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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.