Current Affairs Quiz - May 2022

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The Central Government has rolled out the NEFT, RTGS facility for Post Office Savings Bank Account (POSB) Account holders.
This step will make investment in POSB schemes easier. At present, NEFT is allowed only to Post Office Savings Accounts and this facility will be extended to PPF and SSA accounts soon. IPPB has entered into an arrangement with the Department of Post to allow NEFT/RTGS transactions to their customers in eligible accounts.

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The National Green Tribunal (NGT) directed the Himachal Pradesh Town and Country Planning Department to put on hold the Draft Development Plan, Shimla Planning Area 2041.
The Development Plan was prepared under the AMRUT sub-scheme and it proposes to permit construction of more floors, new constructions in core area as well as constructions in green area. An environmental activist had filed the application in the NGT against the draft development plan.

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Union Minister of State Ministry of Science and Technology Dr Jitendra Singh addressed the Platinum Jubilee celebrations of CSIR-Central Leather Research Institute in Chennai.
He announced that the leather industry in India will aim at net-zero carbon footprint. In 2021, export realization from the leather sector is valued at Rs 40,000 crores. The Minister also announced about the efforts to prepare customised footwear for Indians by using 3D technology.

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According to a statement issued by the commerce and industry ministry, India has recorded highest ever annual FDI inflow of USD 83.57 billion in the Financial Year 2021-22.
FDI equity inflow in manufacturing sectors has increased by 76 per cent in 2021-22. Singapore was the topmost investor in India last fiscal year, accounting for 27% of the FDI, followed by the US at 18% and Mauritius at 16%. In 2020-21, the inflows were USD 81.97 billion.

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25 year old boxer from Telangana Nikhat Zareen won the gold medal in the women’s World Boxing Championships in the flyweight (52 kg) category.
She also became only the fifth Indian woman to win the championship. Nikhat started her boxing journey in 2009, won the youth world championship in 2011 and reached till quarter finals of senior world championship in 2016.

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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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In the recently held Australian Presidential Elections, Labor Party won at least 72 seats, compared with 52 of Scott Morrison’s Liberal-National Coalition.
Anthony Albanese-led Labor Party is set to come into power for the first time since 2013. Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s conservative government conceded defeat. Climate change was likely a key concern for voters, after three years of bushfires and flood events.

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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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Greenko Group has commenced the construction of its 5,230 MW integrated renewable energy storage project in the Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh.
It is said to be the world’s largest integrated renewable energy storage project. The project is also set to help avoid 15 million tonnes of CO2 emissions. Greenko is backed by the Government Investment Corporation (GIC) of Singapore and Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) of Abu Dhabi along with Orix Corporation, Japan.

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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.