Current Affairs Quiz - July, 2021

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As per a paediatric sero-survey conducted in Mumbai, 51.18% of those below the age of 18 in Mumbai have antibodies against Covid-19.
The survey was conducted by a hospital run by BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) between April 1 to June 15. This was the third sero survey conducted since the beginning of the pandemic.

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The Union Minister for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Prakash Javdekar has recently inaugurated Asia’s longest high-speed test track at Pithampur of Indore in Madhya Pradesh.
Called as NATRAX (National Automotive Test Tracks), it is 11.3 km in length and will be put to use for testing by automotive companies and component testing companies.

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A research initiative named ‘Fund for Industrial Research Engagement (FIRE)’ has been initiated by the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) in association with DST and Intel. This is aimed to increase research opportunities in fields like Artificial Intelligence (AI)/Machine Learning (ML), Internet of Things (IoT) etc.
SERB is a statutory body established by the SERB Act 2008, under the Dept. of Science and Technology.

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Poland’s lower house of parliament passed a draft ‘Holocaust property bill’, which introduced several limitations on claims for the recovery of property lost in World War 2.
The legislation could affect up to 90 percent of property compensation requests from Holocaust survivors and their descendants. Israel has summoned Poland’s ambassador to express its disappointment over the bill.

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US-based (Educational Testing Service), the world’s largest private educational assessment organization, conducts several tests including TOEFL and GRE.
It was recently announced that Aadhaar Card will be accepted as an identification for taking the TOEFL and GRE tests. Students have to, however submit the original version of their Aadhaar Card as received in the mail.

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The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has joined hands with the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) have launched a financial literacy curriculum for students of Class VI.
The Financial Literacy Textbook (FLT) has been launched as part of a new elective ‘financial literacy’ subject. This will enable students to have an understanding of basic financial concepts at an earlier stage of their education.

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July 1st 2021 marks the 4th anniversary of the Goods and Services Tax (GST), which was implemented on the same date in 2017. This date has been designated by the Central Government as GST DAY.
This year, the Union Finance Ministry has proposed to issue certificates of appreciation to 54,000 GST payers for timely filing of returns to mark the GST Day.

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Maana Patel made history on July 2, 2021 as she became the first Indian female swimmer to qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics through the ‘Universality quota’. The Universality quota allows one male and one female competitor from a country to participate in the Olympics, provided no other swimmer from the same gender qualifies for the Games or receives a FINA invite based on his or her Olympic Selection time (B time). Maana Patel, 21, will join Sajan Prakash and Srihari Natarajan in India’s swimming squad for this month’s Summer Olympics.

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Air Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari took over as Vice Chief of the Air Staff on July 1, 2021. He was commissioned into the fighter stream of the Air Force on December 29, 1982, and has a flying experience of more than 3800 hrs on a wide variety of fighter and trainer aircrafts.

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Israel-based Polaris Solutions in collaboration with the Israeli Ministry of Defense recently unveiled “The Kit 300”. It consists of a sheet made from thermal visual concealment material that makes soldiers nearly undetectable.