Current Affairs Quiz - May 2022

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Activist Cécile Ndjebet of Cameroon won the 2022 Wangari Maathai Forest Champions Award in recognition of her contribution to preserving forests and improving the lives of people depending on forests.
The award is presented by the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF), which is chaired by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The award was conferred at a ceremony during the XV World Forestry Congress in Seoul, Republic of Korea.

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The Election Commission of India announced that it will lead ‘Democracy Cohort on Election Integrity’ in partnership with 100 democratic countries. The cohort aims to share experience and expertise with poll management bodies of various nations.
‘Summit for Democracy’ started as a two-day virtual event hosted by the United States in December 2021. The United States proposed a “Year of Action” and to host a ‘Leaders’ Summit for Democracy’ at the end of 2022. In the India-led Cohort, New Zealand, Finland and the EU have expressed interest to partner.

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HANSA-NG, the new generation two-seater flying trainer aircraft designed and developed by Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)-National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL), successfully completed in-flight engine relight test.
The test was carried out at the aeronautical test range (ATR) facility of Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO), Karnataka.

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UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs released its World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP) report.
India is projected to grow by 6.4 per cent in 2022, slower than the last year’s 8.8 per cent but still remains the fastest-growing major economy. For the fiscal year 2023, India’s growth is projected to be 6 per cent. The war in Ukraine slowed global economic growth to 3.1 per cent from 4 per cent.

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The Yagachi reservoir located in the Hassan district of Karnataka was full for the first time in May. Due to the heavy rains in the catchment area, the water level reached 3164.06 ft against the maximum of 3164.90 ft.
Yagachi River arises in the Western Ghats near Chickmagaluru, flows through Belur, Hassan District, where it becomes a tributary of the Hemavati River.

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The Army Training Command signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Rashtriya Raksha University (RRU), Gandhinagar to develop a ‘War-game Research and Development Centre’ in New Delhi.
The project named ‘WARDEC’, will be a first-of-its-kind simulation-based training centre in India that will use artificial intelligence (AI) to design virtual reality war-games.

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Union Minister of Finance & Corporate Affairs and India’s Governor for the New Development Bank (NDB),  Nirmala Sitharaman chaired the 7th Annual Meeting of Board of Governors of NDB through video-conference in New Delhi.
The meeting was also attended by Governors of Brazil, China, Russia, South Africa, and the newly joined members Bangladesh and United Arab Emirates (UAE). This year’s theme for the Annual Meeting was “NDB: Optimising Development Impact”

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Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot launched the ‘Indira Gandhi Shehri Rozgar Guarantee Yojana’ in the 2022-23 State Budget. Employment will be provided for up to 100 days in a year, and the state will bear an expense of Rs 800 crore. All those aged between 18 and 60 years and residing within urban body limits are eligible for the scheme.
Recently the job description of the scheme was launched, which includes tree plantation, cleaning ponds and lakes, collecting garbage from door to door and segregating it, catching stray animals among others.

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Belgium has introduced a mandatory 21-day quarantine for monkey-pox patients amidst the raising cases globally.
The WHO has so far confirmed 92 cases of the disease in 12 countries, with 28 more suspected cases under review. Monkeypox is a disease caused by the monke-pox virus, a part of the smallpox family. It has symptoms including rashes, fever, headaches, muscle ache, swelling and back-pain.

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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.