Current Affairs Quiz - May 2022

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The third advance estimates of production of major agricultural crops for 2021-22 have been released by the Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
As per the estimate, the production of Food-grains in the country is estimated at record 314.51 million tonnes which is higher by 3.77 million tonnes than the production of food-grain during 2020-21. The production during 2021-22 is higher by 23.80 million tonnes than the previous five years’ average production of food-grains.

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NASA had launched InSight (Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport) Mars lander in 2018.
The lander is progressively losing power and is likely end science operations by the end of this year. The mission has so far detected more than 1,300 marsquakes and located several quake-prone regions of the Mars. InSight has also recorded crucial weather data and studied its magnetic field.

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As per a new study, Lower respiratory infection caused by Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) was responsible for more than 1,00,000 deaths in children under five in 2019 across the world.
RSV is the most common cause of acute lower respiratory infection in young children. The study was done based on age brackets. It highlighted that there were over 45,000 deaths in infants under six months old in 2019. The incidence rate of RSV in India is 53 per 1,000 children per year.

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Anti-Terrorism Day is observed on May 21 in India every year. It was on this day in the year 1991 that former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated.
The objective of this day is to sensitise the youth about terrorism and violence by highlighting the suffering of common people. This year commemorates Rajiv Gandhi’s 30th death anniversary as India observes Anti-Terrorism Day. This year, the Ministry of Home Affairs proposed ‘Anti-Terrorism Pledge”.

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Hyderabad-based space technology start-up Skyroot Aerospace successfully conducted a static fire test of its Kalam-100 rocket that will power the Vikran-1 launch vehicle.
The third stage, named Kalam-100 after former President APJ Abdul Kalam. The Vikram-1 vehicle has been designed to deliver 480 kilograms to 500 kilometers of cargo in the Low Inclination Orbit.

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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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The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Government of Delhi inducted two robots into Delhi’s firefighting fleet, as a first-of-its kind initiative.
The robots will be able to extinguish fires in narrow streets, warehouses, basements, stairs, and forests and enter places like oil and chemical tankers and factories. Recently a fire incident in a factory in Mundka town killed 27 people.

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UNICEF recently released a report titled “Child Alert”. It highlighted that 600,000 more children may miss out on essential treatment. An increasing number of children may die from severe wasting as the price of food and life-saving treatment rises.
The effects of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and the impact of the coronavirus pandemic and ongoing damage due to climate change, are causing a spiraling global food crisis.

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International Labour Organization (ILO) released the 9th edition of the ILO Monitor on the World of Work.
As per the report, multiple global crises are causing deterioration in the global labour market recovery, with increasing inequalities within and between countries. The number of hours worked globally dropped in the first quarter of 2022, to 3.8 per cent below the pre-crisis benchmark. This is equivalent to a deficit of 112 million full-time jobs.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi proposed celebrating Japan’s contribution to the country’s development journey in the form of a ‘Japan Week’.
PM Modi chaired a roundtable with Japanese business leaders and sought greater investments in India. He is in Japan on a two-day visit to attend a summit of the Quad leaders at the invitation of his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida.