Current Affairs Quiz - July, 2021

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HDFC Bank launched “Salaam-Dil-Sey” initiative. It has been launched to show gratitude to doctors for their significant service during the pandemic.
Similarly, ICICI Bank launched banking solution package called Salute Doctors, to provide customised banking and value-added services to all doctors.

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India’s first Agriculture Export Facilitation Centre has been established in Pune. It will work as a one-stop centre for the exporters in agricultural sector.
The centre was established by the Mahratta Chamber of Commerce Industries and Agriculture (MCCIA) in association with the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD).

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Union AYUSH Ministry recently launched Ayurveda dataset on The Clinical Trials Registry- India CTRI Portal.
The Ayurveda Dataset of CTRI has been jointly developed by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS) under the Ministry of AYUSH. Union AYUSH Minister also launched four more portals namely AMAR, SAHI, e-MEDHA and RMIS.

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India recently hosted the CoWIN Global Conclave. Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan inaugurated the virtual conclave.
As per the CEO of the National Health Authority (NHA), Dr RS Sharma, about 50 countries have shown interest in adopting CoWIN. India is set to provide the open source version of the platform to the interested countries. CoWIN is a digital platform, developed by India, to efficiently run its vaccination drive.

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Health Ministry has launched COVID GuruKool, an informational video series on its social media platforms.
It is aimed at providing authentic information on COVID-19 pandemic and the vaccination drive undertaken across the country. Veteran public health experts, policy makers, doctors, scientists and health professionals will participate in the series.

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Union Minister Amit Shah, has been appointed as the first Union Minister of the newly-set up Ministry of Cooperation along with his current Home Affairs portfolio.
The setting up of the Ministry of Cooperation was aimed at providing more focus to the cooperative movement in the country. “Sahkar se samriddhi” (Prosperity from cooperation) is its vision statement, according to a release from the Cabinet Secretariat. This ministry will provide a separate administrative, legal, and policy framework to strengthen the cooperative movement in the country.

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Researchers from Mizoram University spotted a snake in the dried-up area of Tuinghaleng river bed. It was a new species of the Stoliczkia genus and only the third species of Stoliczkia from India.
The team named it Stoliczkia vanhnuailianai, in honour of Vanhnuailiana, who was a famous Mizo warrior. He was one of the most powerful chiefs of the Lushai Hills, the present Mizoram, during the mid-1800s. He is said to have led many campaigns against rival chiefs in the region. The snake is non-venomous with a dark brown shade.

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Coconut Development Board is a statutory body established under the Ministry of Agriculture, for the integrated development of coconut and coconut-related products.
The Union Cabinet has approved the amendment in the Coconut Development Board Act, 1979, to make the post of chairman non-executive. Centre will nominate six members in the board from the current practice of four members from four states.

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The National Fish Farmers day is observed every year on July 10, to express solidarity with all fisher folk, fish farmers and concerned stakeholders throughout the Country
The National Fisheries Development Board leads the celebration. It is celebrated to commemorate Professor Dr. Hiralal Chaudhury and his colleague Dr. Alikunhi for their achievement of successful induced breeding of major carps on 10th July,1957 in Odisha for the first time in the country.

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Indian IT Major Tech Mahindra has proposed to roll out a blockchain-based open-source system to track vaccine supply chains worldwide, in partnership with a startup company named StaTwig.
This aims to predict and prevent failures in supply chains and addresses the problems of expired vaccines, stock out and counterfeiting.