Current Affairs Quiz - May, 2023

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The Big Catch-up is launched by the World Health Organisation, as a part of World Immunisation Week. Under this, WHO along with other public health organizations is working to restore progress made in the immunization coverage that was lost due to the pandemic.
It will pay special attention on 10 countries, including Pakistan and Afghanistan to restore essential immunization coverage to at least 2019 levels.

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IFFCO’s liquid nano Di-Ammonia Phosphate (DAP) was launched recently by Union Cooperation Minister Amit Shah.
500 ml of nano liquid DAP (Di-ammonium phosphate) is equivalent to one bag (50kg) of conventional granular DAP. The commercial sale was launched at Rs 600 per 500 ml bottle while the bag is currently being sold at Rs 1,350. It is expected to increase foodgrain production and curb exports.

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The twenty-second session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) will take place at United Nations Headquarters, New York.
United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues is the largest annual gathering of indigenous people. The priority theme of the session is: “Indigenous Peoples, human health, planetary and territorial health and climate change: a rights-based approach”.

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T-14 Armata battle tank, developed by Russia, has been recently deployed to fire on Ukrainian positions.
The T-14 was first unveiled in 2015. It has unmanned turret and its crews can remotely control the armaments. The tanks have a maximum speed on the highway of 80 kilometres per hour.

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Protect Hornbills Project is a community-driven project aimed at conserving hornbills. Nyishi Tribe is playing a major role in this initiative.
Hornbill Nest Adoption Program (HNAP), a community-based hornbill conservation programme, was started in 2012. HNAP operates in the forests outside Arunachal Pradesh’s Pakke Tiger Reserve.

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Hydrophone is a low-cost microphone designed to be used for recording or listening to underwater sound.
Researchers have used this instrument to record the sounds of marine organisms in coral reefs off the coast of south Goa to understand their behaviour.

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Buddha Purnima is celebrated to mark the birth anniversary of Lord Gautam Buddha. This year marks the 2585th birth anniversary of Gautam Buddha.
In South and Southeast Asia, the Buddha’s birth is celebrated as part of Vesak, a festival that also celebrates the Buddha’s enlightenment (on the day of the full moon) and death.

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Labour Day is observed across the world on May 1. It celebrates the contribution of labourers and the working class.
May 1 is marked as May Day, also referred to as International Workers’ Day and Labour Day in different countries across the world. Although the US and Canada observed the first Monday of September as Labor Day.

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Recently, a five-judge bench of the Supreme Court ruled that it can use its powers under Article 142 of the Constitution to grant a divorce decree directly to consenting parties in cases where there is an irretrievable breakdown of marriage.
This would eliminate the need for the parties to be referred to a family court, where they would have to wait for 6 to 18 months for a decree of divorce by mutual consent.

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Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carrier is an organic compound that is capable of absorbing and releasing hydrogen through chemical reactions.
Researchers in IIT Guwahati have developed a catalyst that can release hydrogen gas from wood alcohol without the side production of carbon dioxide. This method makes methanol a promising LOHC.