Current Affairs Quiz - June, 2021

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A team of Australian scientists has discovered a new species of a tree frog from the rainforests of New Guinea.
Also called as the “chocolate frog” due to its chocolate colour, it belongs to the Australasian tree frog genus Litoria. Hence the new species was named as ‘Litoria mira’. The closest known relative of this new species is the Australian green tree frog.

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India’s premier research institution – the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has announced that it has developed near-isothermal forging technology, for production of high-pressure compressor (HPC) discs, used in jet engines.
These discs are made of titanium alloy, using a unique 2000 MT (metric tonne) isothermal forge press, which even technology rich countries like China are struggling to achieve.

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Foreign direct investment (FDI) in computer software and hardware rose over threefold to 26.14 billion during 2020-21. It accounted for about 43 per cent in the total 59.63 billion foreign inflows that India attracted in 2020-21.
As per the data from the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, the sector received 7.67 billion FDI in 2019-20 and 6.41 billion in 2018-19.

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Mahesh Jethmalani, who is a noted advocate has been recently nominated by the Union Government to the Rajya Sabha. Additionally, former journalist Swapan Dasgupta has also been nominated to the upper house.
Mahesh Jethmalani has been nominated to Rajya Sabha to fill the vacancy of seat due to the demise of Raghunath Mohapatra.

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India has launched the Mission Innovation Clean-Tech Exchange at the Net Zero Summit hosted by Chile.
It is a global initiative, that will create a network of incubators across member countries to fast-track clean energy innovation. Mission Innovation 2.0 is the second phase of the global Mission Innovation initiative, launched during the Paris Agreement at the 2015 UN climate conference.

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Kerala retained the top spot in the Niti Aayog’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Index released in the year 2021. India’s overall score across SDGs improved by six points, from 60 in 2019 to 66 in 2021
The annual index evaluates the progress of states and UTs on social, economic and environmental criteria. Himachal Pradesh and Tamil Nadu grabbed the second and third spots respectively while Bihar is placed at the last place in the index.

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INS Sandhayak, the Indian Navy’s oldest Hydrographic Survey Vessel, was decommissioned from the Navy at Visakhapatnam on July 4, 2021.
The vessel is 40 years old and has conducted more than 200 major hydrographic surveys. It has also been a part of important operations like ‘Operation Pawan’ in Sri Lanka (1987), Operation ‘Rainbow for Humanitarian Assistance’ (2004) etc.

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The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has collaborated with tech major Microsoft to launch coding as a subject for students of Class 6-8 and data science subject for Class 8-12. This move is in line with the New Education Policy 2020.
These new subjects would come in force from the 2021-2022 academic session. According to CBSE, these subjects are expected to develop analytical thinking and problem-solving skills of students.

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Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has announced that ‘Oxi-van’ will be created in Karnal district of the state, on the occasion of World Environment Day.
It would be a complex spanning 80 acres, which includes 10 types of forests inside it. The construction work will begin soon and will be made open to the public in a few years, as per the announcement.

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Square Inc, which belongs to the Twitter owner Jack Dorsey, has announced that it would invest 5 million to build an open-source, solar-powered bitcoin mining facility.
In this regard, Square Inc has announced a partnership with Blockchain technology company Blockstream Mining and the proposed facility would be constructed at one of Blockstream’s sites in the USA.