Current Affairs Quiz - June 2022

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PNS Taimur is the second Type 054A/P frigate received by Pakistan from China. The vessel was commissioned at the Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard in Shanghai. In January this year, PNS Tughril became the first Type 054A/P frigate to be part of the Pakistan Navy Fleet.

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A joint India-UK Commonwealth Diplomatic Academy programme was recently announced by the foreign ministers of the UK and India.
It aims to equip diplomats from all Commonwealth member states with expertise and skills required for addressing emerging challenges that have global-level impact. This academy programme will be hosted in New Delhi. This was announced during the 26th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), which was held in Rwanda, East Africa from June 24 to 25.

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Kempe Gowda was a chieftain under the Vijayanagar Empire, who was known for the fortification of Karnataka’s capital, Bengaluru in 1537.
His birth anniversary is observed every year across Karnataka on June 27 since 2017. In his honour, Kempe Gowda International Award was instituted earlier this year, to recognize the contributions towards development of Bengaluru. The recipients of the inaugural edition of this award are former Karnataka Chief Minister SM Krishna, Infosys founder NR Narayan Murthy and veteran badminton player Prakash Padukone.

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Iran has launched a solid-fueled rocket into space named ‘Zuljanah’. It is a a 25.5 meter-long rocket, capable of carrying a satellite of 220 kilograms.
The satellites will gather data in low-earth orbit. Zuljanah is named after the horse of Imam Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad.

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The French-speaking West African countries Gabon and Togo joined the Commonwealth, becoming the latest nations with no historic ties to Britain to enter the Commonwealth of Nations.
The 54-nation group of mostly former British colonies accepted Togo and Gabon’s application for membership on the final day of its leadership summit held in Rwanda. They are the first new members to join the Commonwealth since Rwanda in 2009.

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The DRDO and the Indian Navy have successfully tested the indigenous ship-borne weapon system Vertical Launch Short Range Surface to Air Missile (VL-SRSAM).
The VL-SRSAM was designed based on Astra missile. It was developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation, as the first air-to-air missile. Astra is also an all weather beyond-visual-range missile.

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State Bank of India’s latest Ecowrap recent report stated that ‘Income inequality in India has been on a decline since FY17’.
The report noted that India also fared well during coronavirus pandemic in terms of navigating income shocks across population.  Sikkim and Goa led the states with a ratio of per capita income exceeding 3.

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Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema said budgetary provisions have been made for giving 300 units of free electricity to the state’s households from July 1.
The state announced that its primary aim is to restore deteriorating fiscal health, ensure effective use of public funds and concentrate on health and education. This is the first budget of the recently-elected Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in the state.

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Arm Ltd, the British chip technology firm owned by SoftBank Group, has recently launched a set of new chip technologies aimed at making video games on smart-phones look better while preserving battery life. The latest products are designs for graphics processing units, or GPUs, which are often used for video processing in gaming. Arm upgraded plans for its central processing units (CPUs).

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Social media giant Meta and Ministry of Tribal Affairs announced to extend their collaboration to launch the second phase of Going Online As Leaders (GOAL) programme.
The first phase of GOAL involved digital mentorship programme to tribal youth. In the second phase 10 lakh women and youth entrepreneurs will be mentored. The programme will create a platform for more than 50,000 self-help groups and 10 lakh families associated with TRIFED to market their products globally.