Current Affairs Quiz - August, 2023

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Google Doodle celebrated Indonesia’s 78th Independence Day also called as ‘Tujuhbelasan’, with a special illustration created by artist Diela Maharanie.
Indonesia officially declared independence from Dutch rule on 17 August 1945. Indonesia was ruled by the Japanese for four years between 1942 and 1945, and the country’s leaders Sukarno and Mohammad Hatta declared independence on 17 August, shortly after the end of the Second World War.

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The archipelago of Cape Verde consists of 10 islands and several islets is located in the central Atlantic Ocean.
It is located in the west of Cap-Vert, the westernmost point of continental Africa. More than 60 people are feared dead after a migrant boat was discovered off the coast of Cape Verde, the United Nations’ migration agency said.

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StartupTN, the State nodal agency for Startup and Innovation, which is taking strides to make Tamil Nadu a Global Startup ecosystem leader, is organising ‘TamilNadu Startup Thiruvizha 2023’.
This first two-day annual mega event is to celebrate Tamil Nadu’s spirit of entrepreneurship and to highlight the efforts taken by the Government of Tamil Nadu to support Startups, aspirants, and other stakeholders at various stages of growth.

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The Sulina Channel is situated in the eastern part of Romania, near the town of Sulina. It connects the Danube River to the Black Sea, providing a direct passage for ships traveling to and from the river and the sea.
It has provided Ukraine with an alternative passage for its grain after Russia withdrew from the Black Sea grain deal last month. Ukraine, often called the “breadbasket of Europe”, is among the world’s biggest grain exporters, with its economy heavily dependent on agricultural exports.

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Mohit Kumar became the first Indian wrestler to become a junior world champion since 2019 after edging Russia’s Eldar Akhmadudinov in the 61kg final, in the World under-20 championships.
Priya (women’s 76kg) earned another gold medal for the country and became the country’s only second woman grappler to grab the title.

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Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw inaugurated India’s first 3D-printed post office in Bengaluru’s Cambridge Layout.
Its construction was completed in just 43 days, two days ahead of the deadline. Multinational company Larsen & Toubro Limited built the post office with technological support from IIT Madras-Building Technology and Construction Management Division, Department of Civil Engineering.

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36% Indians between the ages of 15 and 34 believe unemployment is the biggest problem before the country, as per the report released by Lokniti-CSDS.
About one in six (16%) think it is poverty, and 13% think it is inflation. About 6% of respondents identified corruption as the most significant challenge; 4% each identified problems in education and high population.

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Camp David is a 125-acre country retreat for the President of the United States. US, South Korea, and Japan agreed to deepen military and economic ties. In a landmark summit held at Camp David, leaders of the three nations also made their strongest collective condemnation yet of China’s “dangerous and aggressive behaviour” in the South China Sea.
The meeting was attended by American President Joe Biden, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.

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Russia’s first lunar mission in nearly five decades, Luna-25, crashed into Moon a day after it had spun into uncontrolled orbit.
The lunar mission was Russia’s first since 1976, when it was part of the Soviet Union. Only three governments have managed successful moon landings: the Soviet Union, the United States and China.

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Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu declared the state as a ‘Natural Calamity Affected Area’.
Torrential rains, floods and landslides have killed around 330 people, with over 12,000 houses damaged. The State has suffered a loss of over ₹10,000 crore.