Current Affairs Quiz - June 2022

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World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought is marked every year on 17 June across the world. The day focuses on turning degraded land into healthy or fertile soil to combat desertification.
The theme for World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought is – Rising up from drought together. United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification is a Convention to combat desertification and mitigate the effects of drought.

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During the launch of the Agnipath scheme, the Centre had said those between the of 17-and-a-half and 21 years would be inducted for a four-year tenure in the tri services of Army, Navy and Air Force.
As per the latest order by the Defence Minister, the age limit for recruitment has now been raised to 23 for the 2022 batch only. There have been nation-wide protests against the new model for recruitment of soldiers.

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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.

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Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), HDFC Bank, Infosys, and Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) were included in the Global Top 100 list in the Kantar Brandz 2022 Most Valuable Global Brands report.
TCS jumped 12 positions to 46th position from 58th in 2021 and its brand value was up 61 per cent. HDFC Bank’s rank was up five positions while LIC saw its rank slip 19 positions to 92, and its brand value was down by 4 per cent compared to 2021.

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Red Bull racing driver Max Verstappen claimed his fifth win at the 2022 Canadian Grand Prix as Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton took his second podium of the season finishing the race in the third position.
Verstappen claimed his sixth victory of the season, and his 26th overall title. Spanish driver Carlos Sainz of Ferrari clinched the second position. Lewis Hamilton, the seven-time champion completed the podium, since the Bahrain season opener.

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The Bashi Channel, which connects the South China Sea with the western Pacific Ocean, is a waterway between the Philippines’ northern island of Luzon and the Taiwanese island of Orchid. It is part of the Luzon Strait, which connects the Philippine Sea to the South China Sea.

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South Africa was the last member country to join the BRICS in the year 2010. Other BRICS countries are Brazil, Russia, India and China. Together, these countries account for around 40 per cent of the global population and some 30 per cent of the global GDP.

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Pattachitra painting is the traditional painting of Odisha and West Bengal. These scroll paintings trace their origin to 12th century. They mainly depict Hindu mythology and are closely related to Jagannath and Vaishnava sect. It was recently in news as Odisha Chief Minister Naveen gave a Pattachitra to Pope Francis in Vatican City as a gift. This pattachitra was created by artist Apindra Swain and his family who belong to craft village of Raghurajpur in Puri district. Raghurajpur is world famous for Pattachitra paintings.

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Former Punjab DGP Dinkar Gupta recently became the new Director Generation of the NIA – India’s premier counter-terrorist task force. Earlier, Director-General of CRPF Kuliep Singh was given the additional charge of the NIA following the retirement of Y C Modi.

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The Didymos Reconnaissance and Asteroid Camera for Optical navigation (DRACO) is the only instrument carried by NASA’s DART mission. It was designed based on the New Horizon Mission’s imager. In recent months, this high resolution camera captured some 150,000 images of various stars.