Current Affairs Quiz - May 2022

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Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) signed a MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), to up-skill the technical staff.
More than 4000 ISRO technical employees will be trained in the programme over the course of the next 5 years. It aims to create a formal framework for short-term courses for capacity- building of the technical staff of ISRO as per the industry requirements.

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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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As per the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), a higher ‘Species threat abatement and restoration (STAR)’ score indicates greater presence of threatened species.
India’s total national STAR score was 41,817, of which 11,585 was for mammals, 10,843 for birds and 19,389 for amphibians. Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka host 51 per cent of the country’s STAR score. India’s national STAR score represented 3.4 per cent of the global STAR.

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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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India and Germany recently inked a joint declaration of intent on Indo-German Green Hydrogen Task Force
India and Germany also agreed to work together with focus on Artificial Intelligence (AI) startups as well as AI research and its application in sustainability and health care. India’s Science and Technology and Earth Sciences Minister Jitendra Singh visited Germany as part of his official tour.

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Due to food poisoning, a 16-year-old died and 40 others were hospitalised in Kerala. As per the district medical officer, the severe food poisoning was caused by a bacterium called ‘Shigella’.
This pathogen can cause intestinal infection which is contagious and can spread through contaminated food or water. The primary symptoms for the infection is diarrhoea and can be accompanied by stomach pain, fever, vomiting.

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Union Minister for Chemicals & Fertilizers and Health & Family Welfare, Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya launched Plastindia 2023-11th International Plastic Exhibition & Conference.
Plastindia Foundation will organise the 11th International Plastics Exhibition, Conference and Convention from 1st-5th February, 2023 at ITPO Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. Exports of Indian Chemicals registered growth of 106% in 2021-22 over 2013-14.

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The Government has reviewed the existing draft of National Youth Policy 2014 and prepared a new draft of National Youth Policy (NYP).
The draft policy seeks to fast-track action on youth development across five priority areas namely education; employment and entrepreneurship; youth leadership and development; health, fitness & sports; and social justice.

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The Health department in Kerala has developed a mobile application named Shylee for population-based screening for lifestyle diseases.
It is one of the components of the ‘Nava Kerala Karma Padhati’. The app has been developed to enable ASHAs to collect information on diabetes, blood pressure, heart diseases, respiratory diseases, cancer and other lifestyle diseases and its risk factors among all those above 30 years.

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Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting Anurag Thakur said that a budget of Rs 363 crore has been allotted to take up the world’s largest film restoration project.
The project is undertaken under National Film Heritage Mission of the Information and Broadcasting Ministry. About 2200 Indian films would undergo restoration at the National Film Archive of India (NFAI).