Current Affairs Quiz - May, 2023

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Italian bees, also known as Apis mellifera, were first brought to India in 1962 and reared in Nagrota, Himachal Pradesh. These bees are used to pollination of Apple fruit crops in the region.
Recently, unseasonal rain and snowfall in Himachal Pradesh is said to have killed Italian honeybees thereby causing huge losses for apple growers. Most bee deaths have been reported from Shimla, Kinnaur, Lahaul Spiti and Kullu districts, which are at an elevation of 2.13 kilometres or above.

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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 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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The National Medical Devices Policy, 2023 was approved recently by the Union Cabinet. The medical devices sector in India is a sunrise sector which is growing at a fast pace.
The policy is expected to help the medical devices industry grow from the present 11 billion USD to 50 billion USD by 2030. It also aims to rise India’s share to 10-12% in the global market over the next 25 years.

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Asteroid Phaethon, which was discovered in 1983, produces the annual Geminid meteor shower.
New research has found that its close encounter with the Sun causes the vaporization of the sodium within the asteroid, resulting in comet-like activity.

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Dimasa National Liberation Army/Dimasa Peoples’ Supreme Council (DNLA/DPSC) entered into a tripartite Memorandum of Settlement with the Central Government and the Assam state Government.
This insurgent group was founded to create a sovereign Independent Dimasa Nation.

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Ladli Bahna Yojana is an initiative of the Madhya Pradesh Government aimed at providing financial aid to women in the state.
Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh recently took part in various programmes under this initiative in Bhopal.

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Pablo Ruiz Picasso was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist and theatre designer who lived most of his adult life in France.
Celebration Picasso 1973-2023 marks the fiftieth death anniversary of Pablo Picasso. As part of this initiative, the governments of Spain and France are jointly presenting exhibitions across Europe and America.

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The World Economic Forum (WEF) released the ‘Chief Economists Outlook Report 2023’. As per the report, high inflation, financial turbulence and the cost-of-living crisis are expected to continue globally in 2023.
Experts are evenly divided on the prospects for the global economy, with equal shares of 45% saying that a global recession this year is likely or unlikely.

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The two-day maiden Sinthan Festival was organized recently by the Directorate of Tourism, Jammu in collaboration with the District Administration Kishtwar, Indian Army and Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages.
This festival was held in Kishtwar District of Chenab Valley.