Current Affairs Quiz - May 2022

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Ajay Piramal, Chairman of the Piramal Group, has received an honorary Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE).
He received the award for services to the UK-India trade relationship as the India Co-Chair of the UK-India CEO Forum. Piramal Pharma Solution’s antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) manufacturing facility is near Edinburgh.

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The ‘India International Centre for Buddhist Culture & Heritage’ is set to be built at Lumbini, Nepal, by the International Buddhist Confederation (IBC), India with the financial support of the Ministry of Culture (India).
International Buddhist Confederation, is a grantee body under the Ministry of Culture. The Buddhist Centre will be the first ‘Net Zero Emission’ building in Nepal.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the country’s first 5G testbed during the silver jubilee celebrations of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI).
The 220-Crore 5G testbed has been developed as a multi-institute collaborative project by eight institutes led by IIT Madras. The Test Bed enables startups and industries to test their products locally instead of using foreign facilities. The facility will be available at 5 different locations.

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Bangalore International Airport Ltd (BIAL) has partnered with Kotak Mahindra Bank and digital payment firm Phi Commerce to facilitate a one-stop payment solution at Kempegowda International Airport.
The solution has been designed specifically for the airport and will enable a secure and unified payment experience. All enterprises would run their businesses with point of sale (PoS) terminals and payment gateways for quick processing of payments.

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Senior IAS officer Nidhi Chibber has been appointed as the chairperson of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE).
Nidhi Chibber, a 1994 batch Indian Administrative Service officer of Chhattisgarh cadre, is currently Additional Secretary, Ministry of Heavy Industries. She succeeds the incumbent chairperson Dr Vineet Joshi IAS, as per the order issued by the Personnel Ministry.

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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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The Indian Navy successfully carried out the maiden test firing of the first indigenously developed naval anti-ship missile from Sea king 42B helicopter. The test firing was done in association with the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).
The test was conducted at the Integrated Test Range (ITR) in Odisha’s Balasore. The anti-ship version of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile was successfully test-fired jointly by the Indian Navy and the Andaman and Nicobar Command.

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The Delhi High Court recently declared the AAP government’s doorstep ration delivery scheme– Mukhymantri Ghar Ghar Ration Yojna not valid.
The High Court Bench said that the Delhi government can bring another doorstep delivery scheme but it cannot use grains provided by the Centre for this doorstep scheme.

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Union Science and Technology Minister of State Dr Jitendra Singh launches the Scientific Social Responsibility (SSR) and Scientific Research Infrastructure Sharing Maintenance and Networks (SRIMAN) Guidelines on the occasion of Technology Day.
Dr Jitendra Singh also presented awards to 7 most successful Start-ups for their pioneering work in areas like Quantum data security, covid testing kits, A-I powered Robot for electronic assembly, Cryogenic technologies and Cyber security systems

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National Endangered Species Day is celebrated every year on the third Friday of May and this year it is celebrated on 20 May.
The day aims to create awareness among people about endangered species and the different steps we can take to protect them. The Endangered Species Act of 1973 came into existence on 28 December. The act aims to raise the need for wildlife conservation and rehabilitation of endangered species.