Current Affairs Quiz - May 2022

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Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan released the ‘Mandate document’ for National Curriculum Framework (NCF).
The National Education Policy 2020 recommended the development of NCF in four areas — school education, early childhood care and education, teacher education and adult education. The development of the NCF is guided by the National Steering Committee (NSC), chaired by Dr K Kasturirangan, and supported by the Mandate Group, along with NCERT.

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The Central Board of Direct Taxes is headed by a Chairman and can have six members who are in the rank of Special Secretary. It is the administrative body for the Income Tax department. There are five members in the board at present.
Recently, IRS officer Sangeeta Singh has been given the additional charge of CBDT chairperson after incumbent JB Mohapatra retired as the head of CBDT.

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Sai Divya, research scholar in Satellite Communications from Andhra Pradesh has developed CubeSat LakshyaSAT, a research nano-satellite.
After she sent the prototype of the Cubesat to the UK, B2Space Company launched the satellite. The CubeSat model, placed inside a space box platform, was sent to the stratosphere to collect various parameters of the stratosphere using a high altitude balloon.

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The Indian Coast Guard commissioned its second Air Squadron ‘845 Squadron (CG)’ at the Coast Guard Air Enclave at Nedumbassery in Kochi.
The new Air Squadron is equipped with the indigenously developed Advanced Mark III (ALH Mark III) helicopters. As of now, four helicopters have been positioned in Kochi to cover the coast of Karnataka, Kerala and Lakshadweep.

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Rajasthan became the first state in India to surpass 10 GW of cumulative large-scale solar installations. The state houses 10,506 MW out of the country’s 49,346 MW-solar energy capacity.
Out of the state’s total capacity, 9,542 MW is ground–mounted, 668 MW is rooftop and 296 MW has been developed in off–grid sector. It is also emerging as a hub in roof-top solar capacity. The state has signed several MoUs in energy sector during the “Invest Rajasthan” campaign.

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Germany has filed a case against Italy at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) because Italy continues to allow victims of Nazi war crimes to claim compensation from the German state even after the ruling that such claims violated international law.
As per Germany’s letter requesting the case’s withdrawal, Italian law requires Italian courts to lift measures of enforcement previously taken, and that no measures of constraint will be taken by Italian courts against German property used for government non-commercial purposes.

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The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) recently gave security clearance to the new promoters of Jet Airways to resume commercial operations in the country.
The Jalan-Kalrock consortium is currently the promoter of Jet Airways, which was owned and run by Naresh Goyal for over 20 years before it became bankrupt.

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The winners of Pulitzer Prize 2022 in journalism, books, drama and music were announced recently and India has received four awards.
Ace photographer Danish Siddiqui was posthumously awarded a Pulitzer in the category of Feature Photography. Other Indian winners are Adnan Abidi, Sanna Irshad Mattoo, and Amit Dave. All the four are awarded the prestigious prize for their images of the impact of Covid on India.

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The Department of Consumer Affairs has directed all ride-hailing companies to become convergence partner in the National Consumer Helpline.
1915 short code has been allocated to National Consumer Helpline, to enable better grievance redressal for consumers. The ride –hailing companies including Ola, Uber and Rapido were also asked to comply with Consumer Protection Act, 2019 and E-commerce Rules, 2020.

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Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare launched Atal Innovation Mission- PRIME (Program for Researchers for Innovation, Market Readiness and Enterpreneurship) Playbook and Start-up showcase in New Delhi.
The program has been launched to create strong indigenous manufacturing capabilities in all critical sectors in the country.