Current Affairs Quiz - May 2022

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The Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated Semicon India Conference-2022 in Bengaluru.  The consumption of semiconductors is expected to cross USD 110 billion by 2030 and India has the world’s fastest growing start-up ecosystem.
The Government of India recently launched ‘Production Linked Incentives’ (PLI) schemes that offer incentives of over 26 Billion Dollars in 14 key sectors.

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The United States, all European Union member states, and 32 non-EU countries recently announced a “Declaration for the Future of the Internet”.
The Document is an agreement to prevent digital authoritarianism. It highlights goals like affordability, net neutrality, and removing illegal content without curtailing free expression. India, Russia and China are big countries which are not part of the declaration.

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Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Anurag Singh Thakur inaugurated 2nd Khelo Masters Games Delhi-2022 in New Delhi.
In this game, over 3000 master players of the age group over 30 to 95 years, from 23 State and Union Territories are participating in eight category of games. It concludes on May 3.

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Despite being the second largest coal producer in the world, India in 2021-22 -till January- imported around 173.32 million tonnes of coal.
Several states across the country are undergoing long power cuts, as hotter temperatures pushed the electricity demand, triggering a major power crisis. According to a report, electricity supply fell short of demand by 1.88 billion units, or 1.6%, during April.

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Sports journalism will step into its 100th year of existence in Assam. On July 1, 1923, the first ever sports news on football match from Sivasagar was published in the weekly magazine named ‘Asomiya’, published by Chandra Kumar Agarwalla.
The Assam Sports Journalists Association (ASJA) has decided to celebrate the occasion with a year-long programme.

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Ayushman Bharat Yojana, the government’s flagship healthcare scheme was started by PM Narendra Modi on 30 April 2018. Since then, 30 April is celebrated as Ayushman Bharat Diwas across the country.
It aims to spread awareness among the people in rural areas about the healthcare scheme. The scheme was started along the lines of universal health coverage, with the aim of meeting the UN SDG)3- ‘health and well-being for all’. India has operationalised 75,532 AB-Health and Wellness Centres (HCW) and is on track to functionalise 1.5 lakh HWCs by December 2022.

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The Maharashtra Department of Prisons has launched first kind of credit scheme for prisoners in jails across the state.
The loan scheme titled Jivhala is offered by the Maharashtra State Cooperative Bank for inmates who are undergoing a prison sentence of more than three years. The pilot was introduced at Yerawada Central Jail in Pune, and will be extended to nearly 60 prisons. Inmates can use the loans for education of their children, medical treatment of family members, legal fees, or other expenses.

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The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT Bombay) has partnered with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) of the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) to develop climate solutions at village, city and district level.
The collaboration will help IIT-B to develop sensors and drone-based smart monitoring systems, climate-smart agriculture technology, intelligent early warning systems, wind energy and heat wave forecasts among others.

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Bengaluru-based Jain (Deemed-to-be University), the host for the Khelo India University Games (KIUG) 2021, has bagged the top position in ‘Khelo India University Games (KIUG) 2021’.
The team won 20 gold, seven silver and five bronze medals. Lovely Professional University (LPU) and Punjab University bagged the first runner-up and the second runner-up positions respectively. In this edition, 2 national records and 76 previous Khelo India University games records were broken.

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English snooker player Ronnie O’Sullivan, the current world number one, claimed his seventh World Championship title with a win over Judd Trump to equal Stephen Hendry’s record.
The 46-year old snooker player becomes the oldest world champion in Crucible history. He won his first professional ranking event at 17 years. He is also the youngest player to win the Masters at 19. O’Sullivan has been awarded an Order of the British Empire in 2016, for services to snooker.