Current Affairs Quiz - June 2022

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A draft notification was approved by the Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways recently for the introduction of Bharat New Car Assessment Program (Bharat-NCAP). Under this initiative, cars will be given star ratings based on their performance in crash tests.

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The new species of sea anemone called Stylobates calcifer lives in a symbiotic relationship with a hermit crab species called Pagurodofleinia doederleini. It was discovered at the depth of 100 to 400 meters in Pacific Ocean off the coast of Japan.

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The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) launched its annual ranking of the world’s most liveable cities- Global Liveability Index for 2022.
173 cities were ranked based on a range of criteria, including infrastructure, availability to green space, political stability, crime rates, and health care. Vienna (Austria), Copenhagen (Denmark) and Zurich (Switzerland) were the top three cities in the index.

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The 14th BRICS Summit, which was convened under Chairship of Chinese President Xi Jinping in a virtual format, concluded with the Beijing Declaration.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi led India’s participation at the Summit. The declaration supported talks between Russia and Ukraine. They expressed support for United Nations agencies and Red Cross to provide humanitarian assistance. The summit called for finalisation and adoption of the Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism within the UN framework.

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NITI Aayog released a report titled ‘India’s Booming Gig and Platform Economy’ recently. The Indian gig workforce is expected to expand to 23.5 million workers by 2029-30, a 200 per cent jump from 7.7 million now.
The report estimates that gig workers will form 4.1 per cent of the total workforce in India by 2029-2030, from 1.5 per cent now. The report stated 47 per cent of the jobs are medium-skilled, about 22 per cent are high-skilled, and about 31 per cent are low-skilled.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday urged the Group of Seven (G7) countries to consider investing in India’s emerging market for clean energy technologies.
He represented India as a partner country in the G7 Summit in Germany  after being invited by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. Indonesia, Argentina, Senegal and South Africa also attended the summit as partner countries. G7 is an informal grouping of industrialised economies- the US, the UK, Canada, France, Germany, Italy and Japan.

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International Day of the Tropics is observed annually on June 29, to highlight the importance of the tropics and the environmental and socio-economic challenges faced in these regions.
The Tropics are the regions around the equator that lie between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. This region hosts about 40 per cent of the Earth’s population and 80 per cent of its biodiversity.

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The ‘Dak Karmayogi’ e-learning portal of the Department of Posts was launched by Ashwini Vaishnaw, Minister of Communications.
This portal has been developed in-house under vision of ‘Mission Karmayogi’, conceptualized by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to promote efficiency of Government employees. The portal will enhance the competencies of about 4 lakh Gramin Dak Sevaks and employees by providing uniform standardized training content online or in blended campus mode.

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National Statistics Day is observed in India on June 29 each year, on the birth day of Professor Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis.
The aim is to raise public awareness of the role statistics play in formulating and affecting public policy. The veteran statistician, PC Mahalanobis, is recognised for his contributions to economic planning and statistics. He is the founder of Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) and member of India’s first Planning Commission.

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The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has decided to operationalise standards for fortified rice kernels (FRKs) to strengthen the national-level fortification programme in the country.
FRKs are rice-shaped kernels containing vitamins and minerals produced through the extrusion technique. The regulations specify standards for rice flour, vitamin and mineral premix (VMP) to be used in preparation for FRKs