Current Affairs Quiz - April, 2023

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Al-Aqsa Mosque is a congregational mosque situated close to various historical and holy sites of Christianity and Judaism in the Old City of Jerusalem.
Clashes were reported in this site recently. At least 12 people were injured during clashes in and around the mosque.

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The ‘Infertility Prevalence Estimates, 1990–2021’ report was released recently by the World Health Organization (WHO).
It provides the estimates of global and regional prevalence of infertility. According to this report, around 1 in 6 people experience infertility across the world.

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Himachal Pradesh Sukh Ashraya (Care, Protection and Self Reliance of Children) Bill, 2023 is set to be tabled at the state assembly.
It aims to ensure protection, development and self-reliance of orphans, semi-orphans and specially-abled children. Under this legislation, the state government will provide clothing and festival allowance for children living in child care or after care institutions.

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The Supreme Court set aside the orders passed by the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (MIB) on January 31, 2022, and the Kerala High Court on March 2, 2022, refusing to renew Malayalam news channel Media One’s broadcast license.
The apex court recently quashed the ‘sealed cover’ ban on Media One after the channel argued that it went against the principles of natural justice.

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Rabbit Haemorrhagic Disease Virus is a contagious and deadly viral hepatitis that affects adult domesticated and wild rabbits.
The rabbits are threatening the bio-diversity and agriculture of the southern region of Central Otago. New Zealand is currently considering the use of the virus that causes this disease to cull the rabbits, which are turning into a plague.

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INS Tarmugli is being transferred to Maldives in line with India’s SAGAR Mission The vessel was commissioned on May 23, 2016 and was based at Visakhapatnam under the Eastern Naval Command.
It is an indigenously built highly manoeuvrable water jet fast attack craft. Built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd of Kolkata, INS Tarmugli is the first follow-on water jet fast attack craft (WJFAC).

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Rayyanah Barnawi is set to become the first woman astronaut from Saudi Arabia. Barnawi and Ali Al-Qarni will take off from Florida on a private mission to the International Space Station.
There are two other astronauts who will join Barnawi and Ali Al-Qarni in their voyage. They are Peggy Whitson, a former NASA astronaut and John Shoffner, a businessman from Tennessee who will serve as pilot.

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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman arrived in Washington DC to attend the 2023 Spring Meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), along with G20 meetings, Investor/ Bilateral meetings, and other associated meetings.
Finance Minister Sitharaman and RBI Shaktikanta Das will jointly chair the 2nd G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting.

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National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical System (NM-ICPS) was approved by the Union Cabinet in 2018 at the total outlay of Rs.3660 crores for a period of five years.
The National Workshop on Technology Innovation in Cyber-Physical Systems (TIPS) was organized to deliberate on ways to strengthen NM-ICPS.

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The World Homeopathy Day is celebrated each year on April 10 to pay tribute to homoeopathy and its contribution to the world of medicine.
The day is observed on the birth anniversary of German physician Dr Christian Friedrich Samuel Hahnemann, the founder of homoeopathy. Homeopathy is one of the popular alternative medical systems in India.