Current Affairs Quiz - May, 2023

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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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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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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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Delhi Chief Minister recently announced a ‘Summer action plan’ to combat air pollution during summer months. It involves the participation of 30 government departments.
The primary focus of the action plan is on dust pollution, which has been a major contributor to the city’s worsening air quality.

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Liberica excelsa is a species of coffee that is found to be capable of withstanding heat, drought and disease exacerbated by global warming.
It is being promoted by large coffee exporting countries in Africa as an alternative to Arabica and robusta, which are at risk to climate change.

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France India Foundation is a private not for profit organisation in India launched as part of the France Asia Foundation with the support of the Ministry of External Affairs and the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Its objective is to promote meaningful dialogue between youth leaders.

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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and his Maldives counterpart recently laid foundation stone for the Coast Guard ‘Ekatha Harbour’.
It is one of the biggest Indian grant-in-aid projects in Maldives. The project was announced during External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar’s visit in February 2021.

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The Himachal Pradesh Government has decided to provide Rs.1,500 each month to all women aged 18 to 60 years in Spiti valley as Indira Gandhi Mahila Samman Nidhi.
The eligible women include Chhomos/nuns. The cabinet also gave its nod to introduce e-stamping in the State for the collection of stamp duty to promote ease of doing business.

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The MV-ITT LION (V-273) was flagged off recently from Kolkata. It is the inaugural cargo ship to the Sittwe Port of Myanmar.
The port was built with India’s assistance under the Kaladan Multimodal Transit Transport Project (KMTTP).

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Recently, the tenth land-port between India and Bangladesh was inaugurated at Meghalaya’s Dawki. It is expected to boost trade and ease travel between the two neighbouring countries.
The Dawki landport is situated about 84 kilometres away from the Meghalaya capital Shillong. The landport will boost trade and facilitate easier travel between the two countries.