Current Affairs Quiz - May, 2023

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CrabSar is a satellite mission that is set to be launched by Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) and Oxford Space Systems (OSS) in partnership.
The satellite will consist of a Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) that enables high-resolution imaging from small satellite earth observation missions, irrespective of weather conditions or daylight.

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The Indian Government recently announced that the public broadcaster, All India Radio, will be exclusively referred to as the Akashvani.
Previously, these two names were used interchangeably. With a network of over 262 radio stations, All India Radio is available to 92 per cent of India’s area and nearly all its population.

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The trailer for the feature film ‘Love in 90s’ was released recently by Union Minister Kiren Rijiju. It is the first movie based on the Tagin community of Arunachal Pradesh.
As per the Union Minister, ‘Love in 90s” shall be tax-free and that he will ask State Government to promote it through other means.

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Centre for Innovation Incubation Research and Entrepreneurship (C-i2 RE) has been recently inaugurated in Telangana.
The main objective of the Innovation Centre is to face the latest Engineering, technological and entrepreneurship challenges in the 21st Century and to adopt advanced technologies.

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Tungnath temple, an ancient temple situated in Uttarakhand, is set to be declared a national monument. It is the third of the five Panchkedars of Uttarakhand.
The Tungnath mountains form the Mandakini and Alaknanda river valleys.

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NASA is set to launch a mission containing a constellation of CubeSats called Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation structure and storm Intensity with a Constellation of Smallsats (TROPICS). The primary mission objective of TROPICS is to relate temperature, humidity, and precipitation structure to the evolution of tropical cyclone intensity.

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ECHO (Economy with safe climate and health leads to greater opportunities) exhibition was organized by the Ministry of Women and Child Development in collaboration with the Ministry of External Affairs.
It was organized at the sidelines of the 3rd Development Working Group (DWG) meeting of G-20.

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Siddheswara Temple is a 7th century temple at Hemavati (Henjeru) in Andhra Pradesh. It was built by Nolamba rulers under the lordship of Pallavas between the 7th and 10th centuries for the propagation of Shaivism.
Inscriptions on the pillars of this temple revealed interesting facts about the education system supported by Nolamba Pallavas and their predecessors.

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The report titled “Improving maternal and newborn health and survival and reducing stillbirth” was released recently by the United Nations. It is edited by WHO, UNICEF and UNFPA.
According to this report, progress in reducing maternal and newborn deaths has remained stagnant since 2015.

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The OFDA 4000 is a cutting-edge equipment capable of testing the authenticity of Pashmina. It was procured recently by Handicrafts and Handloom Department Kashmir.
The equipment is capable of testing more than 40000 fibres in less than a minute and can determine such characteristics of the fibre.