Current Affairs Quiz - June 2022

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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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Ukraine’s Snake Island or Zmiinyi Island is situated in the Black Sea, close to the Danube Delta. This X-shaped island is less than 700 meters from end to end. A village named Bile was founded in 2007 to reaffirm the status of the island as being inhabited.

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Title IX, which turned 50 this year, prohibits discrimination based on sex in education. It plays a major role in gender equality in athletics and preventing sexual harassment on campuses. It was signed into law by President Nixon on June 23, 1972.

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LGBTQ Pride Month is celebrated every year in the month of June. It commemorates the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in Manhattan – which is recognized as the starting point for the Gay Liberation Movement in the United States.
Initially, the last Sunday in June was celebrated as ‘Gay Pride Day’. This soon grew to encompass month-long celebrations across the country. These events also include memorials for those who have lost their lives because of persecutions, hate crimes or HIV/AIDS.

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Every year June 26 is observed as the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture. It aims to urge all the stakeholders to unite for people who have faced and continue to face the abuse and torture.
In 1997, the United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution, declaring June 26 as the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture. It not only spread awareness on the unacceptable character of human torture but also notes that it’s a crime.

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Avinash Kulkarni has been selected as the CEO of India Debt Resolution Company (IDRCL). It was formed to resolve more than ₹83,000 crore of bad loans to be acquired by the government-backed National Asset Reconstruction Company (NARCL).
He was the Chief executive of India Resurgence Asset Reconstruction Company (IRARC) and also had served in SBI. Another SBI veteran Natarajan Sundar was selected as CEO of the NARCL in April 2022.

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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh held a video conference with Senior Defence Minister of Malaysia, to discuss various issues concerning bilateral, regional and defence industrial cooperation.
The ministers discussed the existing defence cooperation activities and framework, and ways to enhance them under the existing Malaysia India Defence Cooperation Meeting (MIDCOM) framework.

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Veteran lyricist, author and journalist, Chowalloor Krishnankutty passed away at the age of 86. He has authored over 3000 devotional songs and authored over 200 books.
He won several awards including the Kerala Sahithya Academy Award for satire, Poonthanam Jnanapana among others. Chowalloor Krishanankutty also produced documentaries on well-known Kathakali artists. He served as the Vice-Chairman of the Kerala Kalamandalam.

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The National Insurance Awareness Day is observed on 28 June annually to make people aware about the benefits of investing in an insurance plan
After a huge fire in London, Nicholas Barbon set up the first fire insurance company in 1666 AD. Since then, the insurance market has expanded to several new sectors.

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Iran’s state-run shipping company has started its first transfer of Russian goods to India, using a new trade corridor.
The route grants India easy access to a region stretching from North Europe, Caucasus to mineral rich Central Asia, bypassing Pakistan. This 7,200 km long-pending multi-modal transportation corridor via Iran is also expected to boost Russia–India bilateral trade.