Current Affairs Quiz - May, 2023

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The School Health Program was launched recently by the Urban Development Department and Lucknow Smart City.
This initiative makes Uttar Pradesh the first state in the country to provide digital health cards for children.

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A new study by NASA scientists revealed the possibility of there being deep oceans beneath the ice capped surfaces of four large moons of Uranus.
These moons are Ariel, Umbriel, Titania, and Oberon. This is the first study is the first to delve into the evolution of these moons’ interior structures and compositions.

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International Monetary Fund released the Regional Economic Outlook report, which predicted that economies in the Middle East and Central Asia will likely slow down this year because of high inflation and increasing interest rates.
Increase in energy prices and food prices is cited as the reason for this slowdown.

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Tibet Matters March is a month-long march that is being organized by the Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC) since April 29.] Its purpose is to mark the forced signing of the “Seventeen-Point Agreement” by Tibetan delegates and Chinese representatives in 1951.

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The recently released Global Oil Infrastructure Tracker revealed that India is among the top five developers of oil pipelines that are under construction or proposed.
Other top developers are the US, Iraq, Iran and Tanzania. The country is constructing 1,630 km long oil transmission pipelines, ranking second globally in the pipelines under construction category.

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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced the launch of the ‘100 Days 100 Pays’ campaign by banks recently.
It aims to trace and settle top 100 unclaimed deposits of every bank in every district of the country within 100 days. An unclaimed deposit is one which does not see any activity like the infusion of funds, withdrawal from the depositor for 10 years or more.

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Burachapori wildlife sanctuary is a protected area situated in Assam, on the south bank of the Brahmaputra River.
The state government recently announced the plan to open the traditional path of wild animals from the Kaziranga National Park to Orang National Park through this wildlife sanctuary.

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The inaugural ministerial meeting of the India- EU Trade and Technology Council will be held on May 16 in Brussels.
The formation of the Trade and Technology Council was announced in April 2022. It is the second bilateral forum for the EU and the first one established with any partner for India.

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Amy Pope of the United States was recently elected as the direct general of the International Organization for Migration.
She is the first woman to take up this position in the organisation in its more than 70-year-old history. USA is the largest bilateral donor of the International Organization for Migration.

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During the Kharif 2022-23 season, the Odisha state government has procured some 600,000 quintals of ragi or finger millet under Odisha Millet Mission.
The crop was procured at an MSP of Rs 3,578 per quintal. The Mission is an initiative of state’s department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare to revive millets in collaboration with WSHGs, FPOs, NCDS, WASSAN and local NGOs.