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Option: B
Explanation :18-06-2019, the company said that its in-development global cryptocurrency, called Libra, will launch next year alongside the underlying blockchain-based network that will support it.
The currency is designed not to be a speculative asset, like Bitcoin, but a form of digital money backed by a reserve of assets. You will one day be able to use Libra as payment for online and offline services, Facebook executives say. At the beginning, the company imagines Libra will be used mainly to transfer money between individuals in developing countries who lack access to traditional banks. Eventually, the goal is to create the first truly mainstream cryptocurrency: a decentralized global form of payment that is as stable as the dollar, can be used to buy almost anything, and can support an entire range of financial products — from banking to loans to credit.

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Option: D
Explanation : During a visit to North Macedonia, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has said that the Western military alliance is “ready to welcome” the Balkan country as its 30th member.
NATO membership will bring “greater security and prosperity for all the people of North Macedonia,” Stoltenberg said after meeting with Prime Minister Zoran Zaev in Skopje on June 3, the last day of his two-day visit to the capital.
In February, Skopje signed a protocol that could see the former Yugoslav republic become the alliance’s next member if the move is ratified by all 29 NATO allies.
Fourteen NATO members have ratified the Accession Protocol. North Macedonia can join once the remaining 15 members also do so.

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Option: D
Explanation :First session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD I) was held on 23-March To 16-June-1964 Geneva (Switzerland).

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Option: B
Explanation :The fourteenth session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD 14) on 17-22-July-2016 Nairobi (Kenya), will bring together Heads of State and Government, ministers and other prominent players from the business world, civil society and academia to tackle global trade and economic development issues.
The quadrennial Conference will also be a unique opportunity to consider the most appropriate means of delivering on the post-2015 development agenda. It will also decide on UNCTAD’s programme of work.

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Option: D
Explanation :Mukhisa Kituyi became UNCTAD’s 7th Secretary-General on 1 September 2013, he belongs to Kenya. After serving an initial four-year term, he was reappointed by the General Assembly in July 2017 for an additional term that began on 1 September that year.
Dr. Kituyi has an extensive background as an elected official, an academic, and a holder of high government office. He also has wide-ranging experience in trade negotiations, and in African and broader international economics and diplomacy.

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Option: A
Explanation :The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) was established in 1964 as a permanent intergovernmental body.
UNCTAD is the part of the United Nations Secretariat dealing with trade, investment, and development issues. The organization’s goals are to: “maximize the trade, investment and development opportunities of developing countries and assist them in their efforts to integrate into the world economy on an equitable basis”. UNCTAD was established by the United Nations General Assembly in 1964 and it reports to the UN General Assembly and United Nations Economic and Social Council.

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Option: C
Explanation :Femina Miss India 2019 was the 56th edition of the Femina Miss India beauty pageant. It was held at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Indoor Stadium, Mumbai on June-15-2019, and was be hosted by Karan Johar and Manish Paul and Manushi Chhillar. At the end of the event, Anukreethy Vas of Tamil Nadu crowned Suman Rao of Rajasthan as her successor. She will represent India at Miss World 2019 in Thailand.
Meenakshi Chaudhary of Haryana crowned Shivani Jadhav of Chhattisgarh as Miss Grand India 2019. Gayatri Bhardwaj of New Delhi crowned Shreya Shanker of Bihar as Miss United Continents India 2019. Shreya Rao Kamavarapu of Andhra Pradesh crowned Sanjana Vij of Telangana as Runner-Up at the end of the event.

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Option: B
Explanation :Walmart, Target, and more than 600 other companies urged U.S. President Donald Trump in a letter on Thursday-13-06-2019 to resolve the trade dispute with China, saying tariffs hurt American businesses and consumers.
This letter is the latest of many sent to the Trump administration by Tariffs Hurt the Heartland, the national campaign against tariffs supported by more than 150 trade groups representing agriculture, manufacturing, retail and tech industries.

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Option: C
Explanation :Washington, D.C., and Geneva (June-13-2019) From April to June 2019, scientists Baker Perry and Tom Matthews, along with a team of Sherpas, led by the National Geographic Society and Tribhuvan University and supported in partnership with Rolex, conducted a scientific expedition to Mount Everest, believed to be the most comprehensive single scientific expedition to the mountain in history. The multidisciplinary team installed the world’s two highest operating automated weather stations (8,430 meters(27,658 feet above sea level) and 7,945 meters), as well as three other weather stations on Mount Everest.

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Option: B
Explanation :Egypt’s former President Mohamed Morsi died on Monday-17-06-2019 after appearing in court, according to state media.
Morsi was democratically elected in 2012 after the 2011 Arab Spring saw the end of President Hosni Mubarak’s 30-year rule. He was then deposed following mass protests and a military coup in July 2013.

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