Current Affairs Quiz - May 2022

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Kanheri Caves are located inside the Sanjay Gandhi National Park, Mumbai. A set of tourist amenities was inaugurated by Union Minister for Tourism and Culture G Kishan Reddy at Kanheri Caves recently.
Kanheri, which has around 100 caves, comes under the purview Archaeological Survey of India (ASI). The cave complex demonstrates Buddhist style of art and architecture with Buddhist sculptures and relief carvings, paintings and inscriptions dating from 1st century CE up to 10th century CE.

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The Union Government has announced the formation of the Cotton Council of India under the Chairmanship of Suresh Bhai Kotak.
The veteran businessperson is also called as the ‘Cotton Man of India’. The council will have representation from Textiles, Agriculture, Commerce, and Finance Ministries along with Cotton Corporation of India and Cotton Research Institute.

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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken chaired the high-level Ministerial meeting on ‘Global Food Security-Call to Action’ in New York.
India’s Union Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan expressed concern over global food insecurity in the meeting. He said that India welcomes the UN Secretary General’s initiative of establishing a Global Crisis Response Group on Food, Energy and Finance (GCRG) and exemption of food purchases by WFP for humanitarian assistance from food export restrictions.

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Britain-based NGO 5Rights developed and released the ‘Child online safety toolkit’ to make the online experience safe for children.
The tool kit highlights that children’s rights and needs are prioritised in the digital world. Any government can use the toolkit as a building block to personalise it according to its own culture, for their own set of guidelines for online safety.

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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will transfer Rs 30,307 crore as surplus to the government for 2021-22.
The decision was taken by the RBI board to maintain the contingency risk buffer at 5.50 per cent of its balance sheet. This year’s transfer is lower than the surplus transferred in the previous financial year Rs 99,126 crore for a nine-month period ended March 2021.

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19th century social and religious reformer Raja Ram Mohan Roy founded Brahmo Samaj a reformist movement of Hindu religion.
It aimed to fight the social evils that were prevalent in the society, such as superstitious practices, customs such as Sati, child marriage, caste inequalities. He was born on May 22, 1772 in the then Bengal Presidency. Ministry of Culture held the inaugural ceremony to commemorate the yearlong celebrations of Raja Ram Mohan Roy’s 250th birth anniversary in Kolkata.

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International Day for Biological Diversity is observed on May 22 every year. The theme for this year is “Building a shared future for all life”.
The United Nations proclaimed the day, which aims to spread awareness about issues of biodiversity in the world. Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate change Bhupender Yadav inaugurated Biological Diversity Exhibition at Chennai.

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Uttarakhand Government recently signed a MoU with Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) for development of new and renewable energy projects in the state.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said that the pact would lead to progress in the field of renewable energy, especially solar energy in the state.

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India and the United States recently signed the Investment Incentive Agreement (IIA) in Tokyo. It is a legal requirement for US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) to continue providing investment support in India.
The IIA was signed in Tokyo by India’s Foreign secretary Vinay Kwatra and Scott Nathan, CEO of DFC. This agreement will lead to enhanced investment support from the development finance institution in several sectors.

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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has set up a committee to evaluate the efficacy, adequacy and quality of customer service in banks, NBFCs, and other entities regulated by it
The six-member committee is headed by former RBI deputy governor B P Kanungo. The committee has been asked to submit a report within three months from the date of its first meeting.