Current Affairs Quiz - June 2022

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India hosted the Special ASEAN-India Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (SAIFMM) to commemorate 30 years of ASEAN-India Dialogue Relations.
ASEAN Foreign Ministers and Secretary General participated in the meeting. The Meeting was co-chaired by External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Singapore Dr. Vivian Balakrishnan.

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Europe’s biggest start-up conference – Vivatech 2020 has recognized India as the ‘Country of the year”
Union Minister of Electronics and IT Ashwini Vaishnaw inaugurated the India pavilion at the Vivatech technology exhibition. Around 65 start-ups from India are participating in the conference with government support. India has created 100 unicorns in few years while Europe has created 26 unicorns.

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A high-level committee (HLC) under the chairmanship of Union Home Minister Amit Shah approved an additional central assistance of over Rs 1,000 crore under the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) to Rajasthan and Nagaland.
The two states were affected by drought during 2021-22. The assistance of Rs 1,003.95 crore to Rajasthan and Rs 39.28 crore to Nagaland is over and above the funds released by the Centre to the states from the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF).

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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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18 June is marked as the International Day for Countering Hate Speech. In July 2021, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution “promoting inter-religious and intercultural dialogue and tolerance in countering hate speech”.
Hate speech goes against the core principles of the UN Charter such as equality, peace, and respect for human dignity leading to social disharmony.

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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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Theri Desert in located in Tamil Nadu. It derives its name from Tamil term “theri”, which means red dunes. Red sand dunes in this desert have sediments dating back to the Quaternary period that commenced some 2.6 million years ago.

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Myelodysplastic syndrome is a rare type of blood cancer that affects the body’s ability to make healthy blood cells in the bone marrow. It obstructs the body’s ability to produce blood cells. Its treatments range from blood transfusion to chemotherapy or stem cell transplantation.

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According to the latest data of the Union Ministry of Commerce and Industry, the United States is India’s largest trading partner. The bilateral trade is worth 119.42 billion USD. India’s second largest trading partner is China.

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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.