Current Affairs Quiz - July 2022

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ALH MK III helicopters have been indigenously manufactured by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL).
An advanced light helicopter (ALH) MK III squadron was commissioned in Gujarat’s Porbandar by the Director General of the Indian Coast Guard at the ICG Air Enclave. It includes advanced RADAR, electro-optical sensors, Shakti engines, advanced communication systems among others.

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The Union Cabinet approved the categorization of Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) as an ‘International Organization’.
The cabinet also approved signing of the Headquarters Agreement (HQA) with CDRI, for grant of exemptions and privileges under Section-3 of the United Nations (Privileges & Immunities) Act, 1947.

 

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The Union government extended the tenure of Attorney General KK Venugopal by three months, as per the notification issued by the Union Law Ministry.
Venugopal, 91, was initially appointed as Attorney General on July 1, 2017, as the 15th person to serve as Attorney General for India. Mukul Rohatgi was the Attorney General from June 2014 to June 2017.

 

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Reserve Bank of India (RBI) recently released its financial stability report for June 2022. It is a half-yearly publication.
As per the recent report, Gross non-performing asset (NPA) ratio of banks fell to six-year low of 5.9% in March 2022 while the net non-performing assets (NNPA) ratio fell to 1.7% in March 2022. Capital to Risk Weighted Assets Ratio (CRAR) and Common Equity Tier 1 (CET-1) Ratio of SCBs were 16.7% and 13.6%, respectively, in March 2022.

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NITI Aayog and World Food Programme (WFP) have launched a report titled ‘Take Home Ration-Good Practices across the State/Union Territories’.
The report presents a set of good and innovative practices adopted in the implementation of the Take Home Ration (THR) value chain by the States and UTs. Take Home Ration has been provided in Indian under the Supplementary Nutrition component of the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS).

 

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The Delhi government introduced new assessment guidelines for school students. Under the new criteria, students will now be assessed for the impact of mindset curricula in their behaviour, along with other scholastic subjects.
It includes Happiness and Deshbhakti curricula for classes 3-8, while students of Class 9 and Class 11 will be assessed for Deshbhakti and Entrepreneurship Mindset Curricula.

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Weaver ants, whose scientific name is Oecophylla smaragdina, are present in Mayurbhanj district, Odisha.
The people of the district especially the tribals, make a food item with the ants called the Kai Chutney. Scientists from Odisha are in the process of presentation for the geographical indications (GI) registry of Kai Chutney.

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The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay has planned to introduce a mandatory course on caste awareness.
As per the surveys conducted by the SC/ST Cell of the institution, it was proposed to provide more sensitisation events and a mandatory academic course on caste and racial discrimination. Earlier, a mandatory gender sensitisation course was launched last year.

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Rahul Narwekar, a first-time MLA, was elected as the Speaker of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly defeating Shiv Sena candidate Rajan Salvi.
The 45-year old leader is the youngest speaker of India, as of now. Earlier Eknath Shinde took over as the new Chief Minister while Devendra Fadnavis took oath as the deputy chief minister of Maharashtra.

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Students in East Sikkim have reported skin infections after coming in contact with Nairobi flies, also called Kenyan flies or dragon bugs.
It is a species of insect native to East Africa. They are small, beetle-like insects that belong to two species, Paederus eximius and Paederus sabaeus. They are orange and black in colour and when disturbed they release a potent acidic substance called ‘pederin’ that causes burns.