Current Affairs Quiz - July 2022

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Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has unveiled regulations by defining what constitutes vegan foods.
‘Food Safety and Standards (Vegan Foods) Regulations, 2022’ listed out various specifications to be followed for manufacture, sale and import of such food items. The new regulations were released after considering objections and suggestions from the public

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GST Day is celebrated on July 1 to mark completion of five years of Goods & Services Tax. It was introduced in 2017, with the idea of “One Nation- One Market- One Tax”.
GST is a multi-stage, indirect consumption-based tax system that subsumed a set of domestic indirect taxes such as service tax, value-added tax, purchase tax, excise duty among others.

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Shiv Sena rebel leader Eknath Shinde sworn in as Maharashtra CM while BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis sworn in as the Deputy Chief Minister.
Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari administered the oath of office and secrecy to the leaders. This was preceded by the resignation of the former CM Uddhav Thakarey amidst an internal party rebellion.

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As per the World Drug Report 2022, India has the most number of opiate users in the world. The trend is expected to rise with an increase in trafficking.
As per the report, the number of drug users increased 26 per cent globally over the last decade to 284 million people. An estimated 11.2 million injected drugs, half of whom lived with hepatitis C, 1.4 million with HIV and 1.2 million with both.

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Indian Government’s think tank NITI Aayog released compendium of Ayush practices to manage COVID-19.
The compendium provides information focused on practices adopted by various states and UTs of India for strengthening the country’s fight against COVID-19.

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The privatisation of Neelachal Ispat Nigam Ltd (NINL) was completed as it has been handed over to Tata Steel Long Products (TSLP).
NINL is the second successful privatisation by the government, after Air India which was also bought by Tata Group. NINL, which is a joint venture of 4 CPSEs named MMTC, NMDC, BHEL, MECON and 2 Odisha government PSUs- OMC and IPICOL.

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Indian Bank has signed a pact with the Government of Haryana towards distribution of mobile phones to consumers through e-Unified Payment Interface (UPI) system.
Under the agreement, the bank would provide e-upi coupons to beneficiaries. The coupons can be redeemed without any credit or debit card and the customers can avail a mobile phone from a designated vendor.

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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.

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The Assam Cabinet approved the identification of five Assamese Muslim sub-groups namely Goriyas, Moriyas, Julhas, Deshis, and Syeds as indigenous Assamese Muslim communities.
Seven committees constituted by the state government suggested that these groups should be accorded ‘indigenous community’ status. It suggested that the Assam government could undertake a census to identify the Assamese Muslims.

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Uttar Pradesh has become the first state in the country to connect One District (ODOP) mart with the Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) platform.
The initiative aims to promote open networks for all aspects of exchange of goods and services over digital or electronic networks. After the on-boarding of odopmart.com, the ODOP products will be displayed on all e-commerce portals and apps that are associated with ONDC.