Current Affairs Quiz - May, 2021

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In order to curb the price of pulses from further moving up, the Government of India has permitted for free import of tur, urad and moong pulses.
These pulses have been placed in the non-restricted list of imports, since their prices were on the higher side in the recent past.

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Wildlife experts have observed that common cranes have returned to Ireland for shelter and breeding, after a period of 300 years.
This is believed to be a sign that our environment is improving. The breeding location is kept confidential to protect the cranes from unlawful hands.

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US President Joe Biden’s administration approved the sale of $735 million in precision-guided weapons to Israel.
The sale of Joint Direct Attack Munitions, or JDAMs, made by Boeing Co comes at the time of the fierce violence between Israel and Palestinian militants.

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Tripura recently launched Vande Tripura, a 24×7 dedicated educational channel to offer lessons on the school syllabus.
The channel initially has started with recorded lessons. It would shift to live classes, discussions on different academic topics, various information relating to the education department from June 1.

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Bihar government launched ‘HIT Covid App’ to ensure regular monitoring of home-isolated Covid-19 patients across the state.
HIT stands for Home isolation tracking. Health workers would visit the patients at home and feed data in the app after measuring their temperature and oxygen level, which will be monitored at the district level.

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Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has proposed setting up a gold exchange. Under the proposed framework, gold would be traded in the form of electronic gold receipts and would have a domestic spot price discovery mechanism, which is transparent.
Under the proposed framework, gold would be denominated in 1 kilogram, 100 grams, 50 grams. Under special cases, they may even be denominated in 5 and 10 grams.

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Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog in partnership with Innovation Center Denmark (ICDK) concluded the AIM-ICDK Water innovation challenge.
ICDK is unit under Embassy of Denmark and Denmark Technical University (DTU). This Next Generation Water Action (NGWA) Water Innovation Challenge was organised as a part of Indo-Danish bilateral Green strategic partnership.

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As per the recent data from the European Space Agency, the Iceberg A-76 broke from the western side of the Ronne Ice Shelf in Antarctica is now floating on the Weddell Sea.
This is said to be the largest iceberg in the world as it measures around 170 kilometers long and 25 kilometers wide. The Antarctica ice sheet is warming faster than the rest of the planet, causing melting of snow, ice covers and the retreat of glaciers, around the Weddell Sea

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The Archaeological Survey of India have submitted six Indian sites to the tentative list of UNESCO’s world heritage sites, as per the recent announcement of Culture Ministry.
The six sites are namely Satpura Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh, Iconic riverfront of the historic city of Varanasi, Megalithic site of Hire Benkal in Karnataka, Maratha Military Architecture in Maharashtra, Bhedaghat-Lametaghat in Narmada Valley- Jabalpur, and temples of Kanchipuram (Tamil Nadu).

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The Indian Navy’s first destroyer – INS Rajput has been decommissioned from the service after guarding the nation for a term of 41 years.
This ship was built by the erstwhile USSR and was commissioned into the Navy on May 4 1980. The decommissioning event is to be held in Visakhapatnam Naval Dockyard.