Current Affairs Quiz - May, 2023

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The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) is currently working on the first phase of its Future Circular Collider (FCC) project.
The Future Circular Collider is expected to be a potential successor of the Large Hadron Collider – the world’s largest and most powerful accelerator that was started in 2008.

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Scientists of NASA have observed seismic waves traveling through Mars’ core for the first time, using which they have predicted the composition of the planet’s core. The seismic data was collected by the NASA InSight lander.
The data reveals that, Mars core is filled with liquid iron-alloy core with high percentages of sulphur and oxygen.

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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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The report titled “Promoting Millets in Diets: Best Practices across States/UTs of India” was released recently by NITI Aayog.
It provides a set of good and innovative practices that have been adopted by state governments and organizations across the various aspects of the millet value-chain.

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The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) recently released a report titled “Contribution of terrestrial animal source food to healthy diets for improved nutrition and health outcomes”.
According to this report, animal food products like meat, eggs and milk can help achieve global nutrition targets.

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Anji Bridge is India’s first cable-stayed rail bridge. It is expected to be ready by May 2023.
The bridge is a part of a 326-km rail line connecting Udhampur to Baramulla via Srinagar, which is an important connector between Kashmir and rest of India via railways.

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The 19th edition of the Free Land Camp is an annual weeklong encampment of indigenous people in Brasilia.
During this event, Brazil President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva granted official recognition of around 800 sq miles of indigenous lands to safeguard the Amazon rainforest from unchecked exploitation.

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Ranajit Guha, an eminent Indian historian, has passed away recently. He was one of the founders of the Subaltern School, which is one of the most influential post-colonial, post-Marxist schools in history.
He authored several books, the latest one being ‘the Small Voice of History’ in 2009. He was the editor of Subaltern School group’s early anthologies and wrote both in English and in Bengali.

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The Thrissur Pooram Festival is a three-day festival that is famed for its parading of elephants, Panchavadyam.
It is held at the Vadakkunnathan Temple in Thrissur every year. It is an important temple festival in Kerala that dates back over 200 years.