Current Affairs Quiz - March, 2023

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The 5th ASEAN-India Business Summit was held at the Berjaya Times Square Hotel in Kuala Lumpur this year.
The summit is part of the ASEAN-India Year of Friendship. It was organized with assistance from the Indian Government, through the External Affairs Ministry’s Economic Diplomacy Division and Malaysian Government’s International Trade and Industry Ministry.

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The Keeladi museum was inaugurated by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin in Sivaganga district. This museum showcases the life of ancient Tamils during the Sangam Age.
It is built on a 2-acre land in Keeladi at a cost of ₹18.43 crore. The museum features a variety of antiques, virtual reality experiences of the excavations, and models of the ships of the Sangam Age. The museum houses over 15,000 unique artefacts, which reveal the existence of an urban civilization in Tamil Nadu during the Sangam Age, contemporary to the urban life recorded in Gangetic plains.

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The Indian Navy conducted a successful test-firing of a Medium Range Surface-to-Air Missile (MRSAM) from INS Visakhapatnam frontline warship.
The MRSAM has been jointly developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and the Institute of Actuaries of India (IAI) and produced at Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL).

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The UK’s Illegal Migration Bill, introduced by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, aims to tackle the issue of illegal immigration by preventing thousands of migrants from crossing the English Channel on small boats.
The bill empowers the UK government to detain and deport anyone who arrives in the country illegally, with few exceptions. It allows the British Parliament to set a quota on the number of immigrants allowed in the country.

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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese arrived on a two-day visit to Gujarat. Mr. Antony Albanese visited Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad and paid tribute to father of the nation Mahatma Gandhi.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Mr. Albanese watched the first day of the fourth test match of Border Gavaskar trophy between the two countries at Narendra Modi stadium in Ahmedabad.

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Assam created a Guinness World Record for the highest number of essays written about a single person.
Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma received a Guinness certificate for almost 43 lakh essays on Ahom general Lachit Borphukan on his 400th birth anniversary.

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The National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), set up in 1994, is responsible for evaluating the quality of higher education institutions in India.
While undergoing NAAC’s assessment is not mandatory, the National Education Policy aims to get all higher educational institutes to obtain the highest level of accreditation within the next 15 years. As of January 31, 2023, only a small fraction of universities and colleges have been NAAC-accredited.

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Chabahar Port is a seaport located in southeastern Iran on the Gulf of Oman. It is the only oceanic port in Iran.
India has announced that it would deliver 20,000 metric tonnes of wheat to Afghanistan via the Chabahar Port in Iran. The shipment will be sent in partnership with the UN World Food Programme.

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India hosted the third session of the National Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (NPDRR) at New Delhi.
Over 1200 subject experts, practitioners, academicians and delegates deliberated upon various cross cutting issues on disaster risk reduction based on the 10-point agenda on Disaster Risk Reduction given by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Sendai Framework.

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V883 Orionis is a protostar that is in the Orion constellation and is associated with IC 430, a unique Hαobject, which is believed to be part of the Orion Nebula cluster.
Gaseous water has been detected in the planet-forming disc around the V883 Orionis using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA). This discovery backs the hypothesis that water on Earth is older than the Sun.