Current Affairs Quiz - July, 2021

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Assam government has recently launched a scheme to incentivise the production of orthodox and specialty tea in the state.
Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma launched Assam Tea Industries Special Incentive Scheme (ATISIS). It aims to boost the production of orthodox or specialty tea in the state by extending incentives to the tea gardens. Government will provide interest subvention of 3% on the working capital loan per annum.

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Taal Volcano is part of a chain of volcanoes located along the western edge of the island of Luzon, in the Philippines.
Recently, the Authorities in the Philippines have warned that the Taal volcano, could erupt anytime soon after recording the highest levels of sulphur dioxide gas emission. The average of 22,628 tonnes a day was the highest ever recorded in Taal volcano.

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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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The Delhi Metro launched FASTag/UPI based cashless parking facility at the Kashmere Gate Metro Station, Delhi.
This facility has been launched for the first time in the country, as part of the Multi-Model Integration (MMI) initiative. Dedicated Intermediate Public Transport (IPT) lanes for auto, taxi and e-rickshaws were also inaugurated at station.

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Union Consumer affairs ministry has framed the Consumer Protection (Direct Selling) Rules, 2021, and sought public comments by July 21. As per the draft rules, Direct selling companies like Amway and Tupperware will not be allowed to offer the pyramid and money circulation scheme. Those companies have to register with the DPIIT for allotment of registration number. They should have minimum one physical location as registered office in India.

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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal launched ‘Mukhyamantri COVID-19 Pariwar Aarthik Sahayata Yojana’, a social security scheme to provide financial assistance to families who lost their kins to COVID-19.
Under the scheme, Rs 50,000 ex gratia will be given to every family that lost a member to COVID-19 and an additional Rs 2,500 per month will be given if the deceased was the sole breadwinner. The Chief Minister also launched a portal for the scheme.

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Dashli ada or Dashly Island is one of the islands of Baku Archipelago, located in the Caspian Sea. The volcanic island is also called as the Ignatiy Stone Island.
Recently, an explosion occurred near an oil field in the Caspian Sea off Azerbaijan. As per media reports, a mud volcano is the cause of the explosion. Mud volcanoes are driven by hot water and natural gas. They tend to occur where layers of water-saturated clay rocks, in Earth’s interior, are under pressure from the layers above.

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The UK’s most powerful supercomputer, named Cambridge-1 is operational now. It is expected to make the process of preventing, diagnosing and treating disease faster and cheaper.
It is a $100m investment by US-based computing company Nvidia. Cambridge-1 can integrate different datasets, and build large models to determine the best course of treatment for patients. It collaborates with various pharma companies and start-ups for data.

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In the seaside town of Blokhus – Denmark, the world’s tallest sandcastle has been built. The castle is more than 20 metres in height and has been built using nearly 5,000 tonnes of sand.
This is 3 metres taller than one built in Germany in 2019, which was previously the tallest sand castle to be built on earth.

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India’s leading golfer Udayan Mane has qualified for the Tokyo Olympics 2021. He is the second Indian golfer to participate in the Tokyo Olympics, after Anirban Lahiri.
The announcement was made by the International Golf Federation (IGF) and he was placed at Rank 60 on the Olympic Golf Rankings list.