Current Affairs Quiz - July, 2023

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Esther Vergeer and Rick Draney are to be inducted into Tennis Hall of Fame. 21-time Grand Slam singles champion and seven-time Paralympic gold medallist, Esther Vergeer began her career in an era when wheelchair tennis was not included in the top events.
Rick Draney, who won 12 singles titles and six in doubles before the Grand Slam era of wheelchair tennis. Draney has been credited with bringing quad tennis — a classification that accounts for impairment in the arms as well — to the Paralympics and other top tournaments.

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Asian Champions Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty defeated world no. 1 Indonesian duo Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Rian Ardianto in a 3-game men’s doubles final to clinch the Korea Open 2023 title in Yeosu, Korea.
The duo entered the summit clash after a win over the world number two Chinese pair of Liang Wei Keng and Wang Chang. Satwik and Chirag have won the Indonesia Super 1000 and Swiss Open Super 500 titles this year.

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Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) issued an advisory regarding the internet ransomware virus named ‘Akira.’
This malware targets Windows and Linux-based systems, stealing personal information and encrypting data to extort money from victims through a double extortion scheme.

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In Uttar Pradesh, water entered houses as the Hindon River swelled up and overflowed its banks. The Hindon River flows into the Yamuna River as one of its tributaries.
Heavy rain in the Yamuna river’s upper catchment areas, including Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Haryana, led to the Yamuna’s water swelling to record levels.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lead the inauguration of ‘Semicon India 2023’, exhibition highlighting India’s semiconductor capabilities and chip design innovation, taking place in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
The event will witness the participation of prominent companies such as Foxconn, Micron, AMD, IBM, Marvell, Vedanta, LAM Research, NXP Semiconductors, and STMicroelectronics, showcasing India’s significant progress in nurturing a global semiconductor manufacturing and design ecosystem.

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‘Greening the time’ means the technique to use time or temporal disparities to advance climate objectives. It is expected to help India achieve its climate goals.
The sun rises almost two hours earlier on the eastern side of the country. As per researchers, it is important to consider multiple time zones for India. This could save massive units of electricity.

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Mount Kun is situated in Ladakh in the western Himalayan Range. It is the second highest summit of the massif with elevation of 23,219 feet.
To commemorate Kargil Vijay Diwas, a group of mountaineers from the Indian Army’s Dagger Division achieved an extraordinary accomplishment by successfully climbing Mount Kun, reaching its 7,077-meter summit in record time, and performing Yoga to pay tribute.

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As part of the ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ celebration, the Union government has initiated the ‘Meri Maati Mera Desh’ campaign, aimed at creating a garden along the Kartavya Path in Delhi.
Soil collected from various regions of India in August will be used for this purpose. The campaign includes events at different levels, starting with panchayat-level programs scheduled between August 9 and 15, followed by village, block, urban local body, state, and national-level programs.

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Verstappen delivered his Red Bull team a record-breaking 12th consecutive Formula One win as he wins Hungarian Grand Prix.
Verstappen’s seventh straight win stretched his lead over Perez to 110 points in the championship.

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Recently, Google Doodle honoured the 122nd birthday of Dr. Mod Helmy, an Egyptian-German medical professional born in 1901 in Khartoum, Sudan.
Despite the risks during the Holocaust, Dr. Helmy saved several Jews from Nazi persecution in Berlin.