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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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 World Intellectual Property Day is observed every year on April 26. It raises global awareness about intellectual properties and their protection.
The WIPO convention came into effect in 1970 and, in the year 2000, WIPO’s member states declared April 26 as World Intellectual Property.

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The India-UK ‘NET Zero’ Innovation Virtual Centre will be jointly created by the United Kingdom and India.
It will help promote collaborations between stakeholders from India and the UK to work on focus areas like decarbonisation of manufacturing processes and transportation systems, green hydrogen adoption and more.

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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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During the meeting of the 12-member Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) of the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, proposal to construct Muthamizh Arignar Dr. Kalaignar pen monument in the Bay of Bengal was cleared.
The monument is expected to be 30 meter high and spread over nearly 8,551 square metres. The offshore memorial is planned to be built on the memory of the late DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi.

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Spain has recently banned dwarf bullfighting. It is an event that features dwarves dressed in costumes participating in bullfighting.
Spain’s parliament outlawed ‘comic’ bullfighting events, including those involving people with dwarfism. This decision has been applauded by disability rights organisations.

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As part of the Adarsha Colony initiative, the Odisha government has sanctioned ₹22.5 crore for setting up India’s first resettlement colony for people affected by coastal erosion and climate change.
The colony will be set up for the people of Satbhaya in Kendrapada district. The fund will be utilities for the construction of houses, drinking water, electricity, roads and other facilities for the displaced people.

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Infrastructure and Project Monitoring Division is a government agency responsible for monitoring central sector infrastructure projects worth Rs.150 crore and above based on the information provided on the Online Computerised Monitoring System (OCMS).
The latest report by the IPMD revealed that the road transport and highways sector has the maximum number of delayed projects, followed by the railways and the petroleum industry.

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The World Bank recently announced the Business Ready(B-READY) project as a replacement for the Doing Business rankings, which was cancelled two years ago.
The pilot edition of the series will be published in the spring of 2024, covering 54 economies. Business Ready focuses on 10 topics covering the lifecycle of a firm.