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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Greece and Turkey have made long-standing rival claims over the islands in the Aegean Sea, even finding them on the edge of war in the past.
Recently the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan 9 told the country to demilitarise islands in the Aegean Sea. As per Turkey, building military presence and arming violates certain conditions in the treaties.

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The Government has appointed industrialists Anand Mahindra, Pankaj R Patel and Venu Srinivasan, and former IIM (Ahmedabad) Professor Ravindra H Dholakia as non-official directors on the central board of the Reserve Bank of India.
The nominations have been made for four years by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC). The central board of directors is chaired by RBI Governor. The members are appointed by the government of India as per the Reserve Bank of India Act.

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The Ministry of Education (MoE) announced the launch of a special three-year skill based bachelor degree programme for ‘Agniveers’.
The degree programme offered by the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) will be recognised both in India and abroad for employment and education. Agniveers are the defence personnel to be recruited under the newly launched ‘Agnipath’ scheme.

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World Blood Donor Day is observed every year on 14 June. The theme of this year is ‘Blood donation: An act of solidarity’.
The Day was created to raise global awareness of the need for safe blood for transfusion, highlight the critical contribution of voluntary, blood donors, support national blood transfusion services, blood donor organizations and other related NGOs.

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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin launched ‘Ennum Ezhuthum’ scheme to bridge learning gaps in primary education.
The scheme will ensure that all students under eight years of age in the state are able to read with comprehension and have basic arithmetic skills by 2025. A committee was formed to design the syllabus for the scheme, to help each student develop their own skill set. The scheme will be implemented in government and government-aided schools for 3 years.

 

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To strengthen air connectivity to the state and boost tourism, Jharkhand government slashed VAT (value added tax) on Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF) to 4 per cent from 20 per cent.
Recently, the price of ATF was reduced by 1.3percent which was the first reduction after it was hiked for 10 rounds of hike in ATF prices. ATF constitutes about 40 per cent of the operating cost of an airline.

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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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Former Supreme Court Judge Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai has been nominated as Chairperson of the Press Council of India.
She replaced the retired Justice CK Prasad who vacated office in November 2021. Justice Desai has also served as the chairman of the Delimitation Commission on Jammu and Kashmir, Public prosecutor for the state of Maharashtra and as a Judge on the Bombay High Court.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi participated in the eighth International Day of Yoga (IDY) celebrations in Karnataka’s Mysuru. The theme of this year’s Yoga Day celebrations is ‘Yoga for Humanity’.
Over 25 crore people across the world took part in various events and doing yoga in unison. A programme in coordination with the Ministry of External Affairs has also been organised for a mass Yoga Protocol around the world on the day following the movement of the sun.