Daily Current Affairs Quiz 7 June 2022

b) Rajasthan

Rajasthan launched a special Health Care scheme ‘Anchal’ in the Karauli district for pregnant women. During the campaign, over 13000 pregnant women were tested for their haemoglobin levels and are advised to take right medicines.
Under this campaign, it is also ensured that the Auxiliary Nurse Midwife and ASHA workers in the district are in constant touch with the pregnant women of their respective areas.

c) 1, 3

The Commonwealth of Nations, simply referred to as the Commonwealth, is a political association of 54 member states, almost all of which are former territories of the British Empire.

It was originally created as the British Commonwealth of Nations through the Balfour Declaration at the 1926 Imperial Conference, and formalised by the United Kingdom through the Statute of Westminster in 1931. The current Commonwealth of Nations was formally constituted by the London Declaration in 1949, which modernised the community and established the member states as “free and equal”.

The head of the Commonwealth is currently Queen Elizabeth II. Queen Elizabeth II is the longest-serving monarch in British history and the year 2022 celebrates her 70th year on the throne.

b) Only two pairs

Pairs 1 and 2 are correctly matched.

India and the USA signed the Investment Incentive Agreement (IIA) in Tokyo. The agreement was signed by India’s foreign secretary and CEO of the US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC). The investment Incentive Agreement (IIA) is a legal requirement for DFC to continue providing investment support to India.

a) 1 and 2 only

Recently, India and Oman signed a Programme of Cooperation (POC) in the fields of Science and Technology for the period 2022 – 2025.
The POC for Cooperation in the fields of Science and Technology was signed in pursuance of the Agreement for Cooperation in Science and Technology(S&T) concluded on 5th October 1996 between Oman and India. Hence statement 1 is correct.
In September 2021, India and the UAE formally launched negotiations on the India-UAE Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA). That would help in reducing trade barriers between the two countries. Hence statement 2 is correct.
Recently India signed an FTA with UAE, not with Kuwait, Hence, statement 3 is not correct.
India and Qatar signed the agreement on the startup bridge and Saudi Arabia doesn’t have any involvement in it. Hence statement 4 is not correct.

b) Kiyaverse

India’s first banking metaverse namely ‘Kiyaverse’ has been launched by Kiya.ai in Mumbai, Maharashtra which intends to merge use cases of real-world banking with metaverse banking through an avatar (virtual humanoid) based interactions.
i. Kiyaverse will allow customers to transact, access banking information, and obtain various banking products virtually from the comfort of their own homes. Kiya.ai is a digital solutions provider to financial institutions and governments.
Metaverse: It is a network of 3D virtual worlds that uses augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), and blockchain, along with concepts from social media, to create spaces for user interaction mimicking the real world.
Banking metaverse will enable banks to maximize the potential of enhanced UX (User Experience) to achieve the best results for data visualization and process and procedure gamification.