Current Affairs Quiz - May, 2023

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Blue holes are large undersea vertical caves or sink holes found in the coastal regions. Recently, the second deepest blue hole was discovered off the coast of the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico.
The new blue hole has about 900 feet deep, and it is behind only one other in depth—the Dragon Hole in the South China Sea.

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The Cyber National Mission Force (CNMF) comes under the aegis of the US Department of Defense. It is responsible for combating foreign malicious cyber actors and aiding foreign governments fight hackers.
The United States is sending more of its cyber forces abroad to help foreign governments fight hackers. In the last three years, CNMF has conducted 47 such defensive operations across 20 countries.

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Ukraine is launching the process of supplying the Mi-17 helicopter engines and auxiliary spare parts to Pakistan military. Mi-17 is a Soviet-designed military helicopter used for carrying personnel, cargo and equipment.
Pakistan will export three consignments of 155 mm artillery ammunition rounds over the next three months to Ukraine.

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The City Beauty Competition portal was launched by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs to encourage and recognize the efforts taken by cities and wards to create beautiful and inclusive public spaces.
The wards and public spaces in cities would be adjudged in the competition based on the five broad pillars – accessibility, amenities, activities, aesthetics and ecology.

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The Indian Army is set to operationalize the Command Cyber Operations and Support Wings (CCOSW) as part of its steps to modernize its online network.
The decision to set up the CCOSW was made during the Army Commanders Conference, the biannual event that took place in hybrid format.

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Farm Machinery Technology Summit was inaugurated recently by the Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar.
It is organized by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and Tractor and Mechanization Association (TMA). There are about 85 percent small farmers in the country.

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Ocean Census project is an ambitious global initiative aimed at identifying and recording 100,000 unknown marine species in the next 10 years.
This will help with the improved understanding of deep-sea ecosystem.

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The Central Government has extended the deadline for the Smart Cities Mission from June 2023 to June 2024, to allow all 100 cities to complete their projects and share their experiences.
The Smart Cities Mission began in 2015, and 100 cities were chosen through a competitive process from January 2016 to June 2018, with five years given to complete their projects.

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The BAFTA Fellowship is the most prestigious accolade given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) to an individual in acknowledgment of their exceptional and extraordinary contribution to film and/or television.
It was received recently by UK-based Indian-origin actor-writer Meera Syal.

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Denisova Cave is a prehistoric cave situated in the range of Altai mountains, Siberia, Russia.
A new method of non-destructive DNA extraction was used to analyse a Paleolithic deer tooth pendant, resulting the recovery of ancient human and deer genomes.