Current Affairs Quiz - March, 2023

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The Ministry of Culture’s flagship initiative, “Dhara: An Ode to Indian Knowledge Systems,” has completed its first year.
During this year, 10 successful conferences were organized on various themes highlighting India’s civilizational achievements. The next phase of Dhara will focus on metallurgical, agricultural, and ancient economic traditions of India.

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The Ministry of Jal Shakti is commemorating International Women’s Day by honoring women who have contributed to various programs of the Ministry through the Swachh Sujal Shakti Samman 2023.
The award will recognize women for their exceptional contributions to the Swachh Bharat Mission – Grameen (SBM-G), Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM), and National Water Mission (NWM) under various categories.

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The SWAMIH Investment Fund is a social impact fund designed to provide debt financing for stalled and RERA-registered residential projects.
Managed by SBICAP Ventures Ltd, the Fund is sponsored by the Union Ministry of Finance. The Fund has provided final approval to nearly 130 projects worth around Rs 12,000 crore, and has raised Rs 15,530 crore to date.

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The BrahMos missile is a type of supersonic cruise missile that can be launched from submarines, ships, airplanes, or land.
It is currently the fastest supersonic missile in the world and was developed by a partnership between India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Russia’s NPO Mashinostroyeniya, forming BrahMos Aerospace. Recently, Indian Navy successfully test fired the ship-launched version of the BrahMos missile.

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The INS Vikrant is an aircraft carrier currently in use by the Indian Navy. It is the first carrier to be built indigenously in India, and was built by the Cochin Shipyard Limited in Kerala.
The vessel is named after India’s inaugural aircraft carrier, the INS Vikrant (1961). The inaugural edition of the Naval Commanders’ Conference-2023 is being organized aboard INS Vikrant.

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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 World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has introduced the Global Greenhouse Gas Monitoring Infrastructure.
It aims to provide standardized and real-time tracking of greenhouse gases. The new platform integrates space-based and surface-based observing systems to improve the measurement of planet-warming pollution and inform policy decisions.

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India – US Commercial Dialogue and CEO Forum was held in New Delhi. During the meeting, the Minister and the Secretary acknowledged that the bilateral goods and services trade has almost doubled since 2014.
India and US also agree to launch Strategic Trade Dialogue, which will be led by Foreign Secretary of India and Under Secretary, Bureau of Industry and Security in US Department of Commerce.

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Semi-supervised machine learning algorithm uses both labeled and unlabeled data to train a model. Semi-supervised learning is often used in cases where obtaining labeled data is expensive or time-consuming.
Using a semi-supervised machine learning algorithm, scientists have found that more than 10 million older adults aging 60 years and above in India may have dementia. The prevalence rate of dementia in older adults in India is found to be 8.44 percent.

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The ‘Australia-India education qualification recognition mechanism’ is a newly launched bilateral arrangement that allows degrees obtained in Australia to be recognised in India and vice versa.
It covers online curses as well. It was finalized recently by the education ministers of India and Australia. However, professional registrations of engineering, medicine, and law graduates will remain outside the ambit of this agreement.