Current Affairs Quiz - March, 2023

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Asia’s largest tulip garden, the Indira Gandhi Memorial Tulip Garden, is now open for the public. The Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Manoj Sinha opened the Tulip Garden in Srinagar.
About 68 varieties of tulips will bloom in the garden this year. At present, there are 15 lakh tulips of numerous varieties and colours in the garden.

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The Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Ministry signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the World Food Programme (WFP) of the United Nations during the Global Millets Conference.
MoU between WFP and the Government of India for cooperation between 2023-2027 was signed.

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International Day of Forests is observed every year on March 21. The theme for 2023 is “forests and health”.
It highlights the ecosystem services provided by forests like purification of water and air, carbon capture to fight climate change, and supply of life-saving medicines.

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The United Nations has released its annual report ranking the happiest countries in the world.
For six consecutive years, Finland has been declared the happiest country in the world. The Nordic region dominates the top three spots in the report, with Denmark and Iceland placing second and third respectively. India’s rank has improved from 136 to 126 in this year.

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Chhattisgarh Chief Minister recently launched the Mukhyamantri Vriksh Sampada Yojana (Chief Minister Tree Wealth Scheme) on the occasion of World Forestry Day.
Under this scheme, the state government will provide full subsidy for tree plantation on up to 5 acres of land and 50 percent financial subsidy on more than 5 acres.

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Archaeologists have discovered the oldest pearl town in the Persian Gulf on the Siniyah Island of the United Arab Emirates. This island is situated in Umm al-Quwain, an emirate situated some 50 km northeast of Dubai.
The discovery finds hundreds of homes dating as far as the region’s pre-Islamic history in the late 6th century.

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Researchers have found building blocks of RNA in just 10 milligrams of materials from asteroid Ryugu.
This discovery confirms the hypothesis of life on Earth originating from outer space. Ryugu is a near-Earth object and a potentially hazardous asteroid of the Apollo group.

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Exercise Vayu Prahar is a multi-domain air-land exercise conducted by the Indian Army and the IAF close to the Line of Actual Control.
This exercise is part of the efforts taken to institutionalize the tactical-level jointness between the Indian defence forces.

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The ‘Triple Threat Report’ was released recently by the UNICEF. According to this report, the absence of monitoring of the WASH-related programmes, projects and policies are the main drivers of the water insecurities in the world’s worst-impact countries.

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Guillotine is a parliamentary procedure used to fast-track financial business by grouping together undiscussed clauses of a bill or resolution for voting.
Several MPs have raised concerns recently that the government may guillotine the demands for grants and pass the Finance Bill without any discussions in the Lok Sabha.