Current Affairs Quiz - July, 2021

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As per the RBI data, India’s foreign exchange reserves rose by USD 835 million to touch a record high of USD 612.73 billion in the week ended July 16, 2021.
The foreign currency assets (FCA) is the major component of the overall reserves. It rose by USD 463 million to USD 568.748 billion in the week. Gold reserves were up by USD 377 million and the special drawing rights (SDRs) with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) were up by USD 1 million. With this, India became the fourth largest Forex holder.

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NASA has selected Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX), to provide launch services for Europa Clipper Mission. It is the Earth’s first mission to conduct detailed investigations of Jupiter’s moon Europa.
The mission will launch in October 2024 on a Falcon Heavy rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory leads the development of the Europa Clipper mission in partnership with the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory.

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As per a recent data produced in the Lok Sabha on fish consumption in India, people from Lakshadweep ate 105.6 kg fish per person in 2019-20. They eat 300 gm of fish every day, while the people of Haryana need a year to consume as much.
The national average was at around 6.46 kg a year. Andaman and Nicobar Islands came second with an annual per capita fish consumption of 59 kg. Tripura was at third position with 25.45 kg. During 2019-20, the quantity of fish caught in the country was 141.64 lakh tonne, 30% of which is produced from Andhra Pradesh.

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Skateboarding player, 13-year-old Momiji Nishiya became the youngest gold medallist from Japan as she won the women’s street skateboarding event of the 2020 Olympics.
Another Japanese player Yuto Horigome had won the first ever men’s gold in the sport recently. Nishiya dominated Aori Nishimura, the reigning world champion, in the final. 13-year-old Brazilian Rayssa Leal was second and Japan’s Funa Nakayama bagged the bronze.

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The UN General Assembly approved its first-ever resolution on vision. The “Vision for Everyone” resolution was sponsored by Bangladesh, Antigua, and Ireland, and co-sponsored by over 100 countries.
UNGA called on its 193 member nations to ensure access to eye care for everyone in their countries to help at least 1.1 billion people with vision impairment who currently lack eye services, by 2030. According to the resolution, at least 2 billion people are living with vision impairment or blindness.

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The Indian Science Technology and Engineering facilities Map (I-STEM) is the national web portal for sharing Research & Development facilities.
It was formally launched in January 2020, as an initiative of Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Govt. of India (PSA, GOI) under the aegis of Prime Minister Science, Technology and Innovation Advisory Council (PM-STIAC) mission. The I-STEM project has been recently given extension for five years, until 2026. It has also added new features in its second phase.

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Operation Vijay or more commonly called as the Kargil war, was a defence operation against Pakistan, conducted in the year 1999.
July 26th of every year is celebrated as the Vijay Diwas, which marks India’s victory against Pakistan in the war, which lasted for more than 3 months in Jammu and Kashmir and along the Line of Control.

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Indian Naval Ship Tabar arrived at St Petersburg to participate in the 325th Navy Day celebrations of the Russian Navy.
INS Tabar is a Talwar-class stealth frigate and is a part of the Indian Navy’s Western Fleet, based at Mumbai under the Western Naval Command. During the stay at St Petersburg, the crew of Tabar will participate in various bilateral interactions with the Russian Navy.

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Airport Economic Regulatory Authority (AERA) Amendment Bill was introduced on July 29, 2021 in the Lok Sabha by Jyotiraditya Scindia, Minister of Civil Aviation. The Bill proposes to modify the definition of major airport under the AERA Act 2008. It paves the way for privatisation of a small loss-making airport by clubbing it with a larger airport. It will also help in accelerating the UDAN regional connectivity by expanding the air connectivity to relatively remote areas. The main objective is to pair the smaller non-profitable airports and profitable airports so that bidders will consider  it as a viable combination for investment under PPP (Public-Private-Partnership) mode.

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Hughes Communications India Pvt. Ltd. (HCIPL) is a satellite broadband services firm which has collaborated with Bank of India to connect 1800 branches of Bank of India using satellite-based connectivity solution.
HCIPL has connected over 30,000 branches and 40,000 ATMs of 30 nationalised and private banks.
HCIPL will provide network connectivity through the Hughes Jupiter System.
It includes routers, gateways and network management system. The Headquarter of HCIPL is in Gurugram, Haryana and Partho Banerjee is the President and Managing director of the company.
Bank of India was established in 1906 and it is headquartered in Mumbai. Atanu Kumar Das is the present MD & CEO of Bank of India.