Current Affairs Quiz - June, 2023

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Global Container Port Performance Index (CPPI) 2022 was released by the World Bank and S&P Global Market Intelligence.
It acts as the benchmark for assessing container port performance and efficiency worldwide. Pipavav Port on the Gujarat coast has emerged as the most efficient port in India in Global Container Port Performance Index (CPPI) 2022. Globally, Pipavav Port has secured the 30th position.

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The 22nd Summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) will be held in a virtual mode on 4 July, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) announced.
India is set to host the 22nd SCO summit for the first time under its chairmanship. Invitations were sent to heads of state of all SCO member countries — China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.

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Brazil’s lower house of Congress approved Bill 490- a new land bill that restricts the new recognition of ancestral land of indigenous people in Brazil.
The bill would strip the environment and Indigenous people ministries of some powers, weakening their oversight of environmental protections and the demarcation of Indigenous lands.

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The WHO member countries have recently accepted a draft resolution on the impact of chemicals, waste and pollution on human health during the 76th WHA.
It urged the healthcare sector to develop a regulatory framework, national human bio-monitoring and surveillance programmes to track chemicals that impact human health.

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The US Food and Drug Administration approved Pfizer’s RSV vaccine for older adults, the second such shot approved for the common virus.
Earlier in May, the agency approved the world’s first RSV vaccine for older adults, made by GSK. The vaccines could be available for seniors by fall, pending recommendations from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and its vaccine advisers.

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Capital Market Regulator- SEBI recently proposed mandatory additional disclosure norms from high-risk foreign portfolio investors (FPIs).
This will help increase protection for investors and create trust and transparency in securities market.

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The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), the regulatory body for medicines, has given its endorsement for rimegepant as the first oral medication recommended for migraine.
The new medication by Pfizer, to be available on the NHS, will help thousands of migraine sufferers in England.

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The Japanese Parliament Diet’s upper chamber recently approved a legislation to tackle loneliness and social isolation. It will come to effect on April 1 next year.
In a survey conducted by the government in 2022 for people age 16 or over nationwide, 40.3% of all respondents said that they had felt lonely.

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Dubai Successfully Trials Medication Delivery via Drones with collision avoidance technology and real-time monitoring.
The trial, conducted at Dubai Silicon Oasis (DSO) in partnership with Fakeeh University Hospital. ‘Dubai Programme to Enable Drone Transportation,’ was initiated by Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai.

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Rajasthan chief minister (CM) Ashok Gehlot declared that families will get free electricity for up to 100 units, while a fixed rate for the next 100 units will be provided.
The scheme, which will cover all sections of the people, will come into effect from June 1. Last year, the prices of cooking gas were slashed by more than half to provide 12 cylinders a year at Rs 500 each.