8 June 2022 Current Affairs General knowledge Questions on Current Affairs
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Major organizations of the world and their headquarters


1. Red Cross - Geneva

2. Interpol - Paris (Lions)

3. Asian Development Bank (ADB) - Manila

4. World Wildlife Conservation Fund (WWF) - Gland (Switzerland)

5. NATO - Brussels

6. International Court of Justice - The Hague

7. UNICEF - New York

8. SAARC - Kathmandu

9. United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) - Nairobi

10. GATT - Geneva

11. World Trade Organization (WTO) - Geneva

12. Organization of American States (OAS) - Washington DC

13. Arab League - Cairo

14. Council of Mutual Economic Assistance (COMECON) - Mass.

15. World Council of Churches (WCC) - Geneva

16. European Energy Commission (EEC) - Geneva

17. African Economic Commission (ECA) - Addis-Ababa

18. European Free Trade Association (ECTA) - Geneva

19. United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) - Geneva

20. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) - Vienna

21. Western Asia Economic Commission (ECWA) - Baghdad

22. United Nations Trade and Development Conference (UNCTAD) - Geneva

23. Amnesty International - London

24. International Olympic Committee (IOC) - Lausanne

25. European Common Market (ECM) - Geneva

26. Commonwealth Head of State Conference (CHOGM) - Stransburg

27. Organization of Petroleum Producing Countries (OPEC) - Vienna

28. Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) - Paris

29. European Atomic Energy Community (EURATON) - Brussels

30. Commonwealth (Commonwealth) - London

31. European Economic Community (EEC) - Geneva

32. European Parliament - Luxembourg

33. European Space Research Organization (ESRO) - Paris

34. International Labor Organization (ILO) - Geneva

35. Economic and Social Commission of Asia and Pacific - Bangkok

36. Organization of African Unity (OAU) - Addis-Ababa

37. UNESCO - Paris

38. World Bank - Washington DC

39. International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Washington DC

40. United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) - Rome
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Important General knowledge & awareness questions and answers in English
2022
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Odisha government distributed ₹869 crore to 41. 85 state farmers under the Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and Income Augmentation (KALIA) scheme and assured them of additional aid for crop losses due to floods in the state. ₹2000 each was directly transferred to the bank accounts of 41 lakh farmers and 85,000 landless farmers under the KALIA Scheme.

● The state government launched the KALIA Scheme in 2019, under which the farmers of the state are given 4000 in two instalments.

● The first instalment of 2000 per farmer was distributed on Akshaya Tritiya and the occasion of Nuakhai, and the second instalment was distributed among the farmers.

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The euro zone is almost certainly entering a recession, with surveys today showing a deepening cost of living crisis and a gloomy outlook that is keeping consumers wary of spending.

● While there was some easing of price pressures, according to the surveys, they remained high.

● The European Central Bank is under pressure as inflation is running at more than four times its 2% target, reaching a record 9. 1% last month.

● The ECB faces the prospect of raising interest rates aggressively just as the economy enters a downturn.

The External Debt Management Unit (EDMU) in the Department of economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, has released 28th edition of the Status Report on India’s External Debt 2021-22.

● India’s external debt, at US$ 620. 7 billion as at end-March 2022, grew by 8. 2 per cent over US$ 573. 7 billon as at end-March 2021.

● While 53. 2 per cent of it was denominated in US dollar, Indian rupee denominated debt, estimated at 31. 2 per cent, was the second largest.

● External debt as a ratio to GDP fell marginally to 19. 9 per cent as at end-March 2022 from 21. 2 per cent a year ago.

● Foreign currency reserves as a ratio to external debt stood slightly lower at 97. 8 per cent as at end-March 2022 than 100. 6 per cent a year ago.

Madhya Pradesh government has decided to exempt school children from carrying bags "once a week" and reduce pressure on them.

➤ Static GK About Madhya Pradesh: - 

• Capital: Bhopal (Executive Branch)

• Chief minister: Shivraj Singh Chouhan

• Governor: - Shri Mangu Bhai Patel

• Population: 7.33 crores (2012)

• Language - Hindi

• Tribes - Gond, Bhil, Baiga, Korku, Bhariya, Halba, Kol, Mariya and Sahariya
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Major River of Madhya Pradesh: - 

• Narmada

• Tapti

• Mahi 

• Godawari


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