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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‘Whitely Gold Award’ is annually awarded to people in recognition of their outstanding contribution to conservation.
Charudutt Mishra, a snow leopard conservationist, was awarded the Whitely Gold Award in 2022, for his efforts to involve local communities in conserving snow leopards. He had won the award in 2005. Mishra is also the first international Executive Director of the Snow Leopard Trust (SLT). He also helped establish the Global Snow Leopard and Ecosystem Protection Programme.

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‘Lingua Franca’ is a language that is adopted as a common language between speakers whose native languages are different.
Recently CBSE announced to Kokborok in its curriculum. A confederation of 56 tribal organisations in the state hailed CBSE’s decisions while they called for Roman Script for Kokborok Choba. This is in the backdrop of Union Home Minister’s statements that ‘Hindi would be made compulsory for all Northeast states and Devanagari script will be introduced for all languages without a script.’

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The World Bank has approved a USD 47 million project to support the Government of India’s Mission Karmayogi program.
The project will develop competency frameworks for Central Ministries, Departments and Agencies, developing an online training platform to deliver training content and evaluate the effectiveness of training. Mission Karmayogi is a national program to build civil service capacity.

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India is on its path to becoming one of the largest Electric Vehicles markets by 2030. However there are several fire incidents involving the EVs in India.
Lithium-ion Batteries are predominantly used in Electric Vehicles (EVs) and the primary causes of a fire are: Cell quality, battery design and issues with battery management system (BMS). The Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has ordered a probe into the vehicles catching fire.

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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 Bach Long Bridge, meaning ‘the white dragon’ is claimed to be the world’s longest glass-bottomed bridge. This is Vietnam’s third glass-bottomed bridge.
The Bach Long Bridge which stretches to over 600 metres surpasses the 526-metre long bridge in Guangdong, China. The white pedestrian bridge is made of three layers of thick French-produced tempered glass that can support up to 450 people at a time.

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Harshada Sharad Garud made history by becoming the first Indian to win a gold medal in Weightlifting, at the IWF Junior World Championships at Heraklion in Greece.
She lifted 153-kilogram in the 45-kilogram weight category, to finish on top of the podium. Before the 18-year old sportsperson, there are only two Indians to win a medal in IWF Junior World Championships. Mirabai Chanu had won a bronze in 2013 and Achinta Sheuli won a silver medal last year.

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The Central government recently published the Civil Registration System (CRS) report 2020 based on birth and death reports.
According to CRS, death registration has increased by 4.75 lakh in the year 2020 as compared to 2019. Bihar saw the maximum increase in the death rate with 18.3 per cent followed by Maharashtra (16.6 per cent). The country registered a 73.7 per cent birth rate.

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Bharat Gaurav Trains were introduced by Indian Railways in November 2021 as theme-based tourist circuit trains. These trains operate on various routes across India with specially designed itineraries. The service is offered through private and IRCTC partners. Packages include meals, hotels, and local sightseeing. Bharat Gaurav Trains use both AC and sleeper coaches. Bookings and operations continue into 2024 on designated tourist circuits.