Current Affairs Quiz - May, 2023

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The Ministry of Railways has established the Rail War Room at the third floor of the Railways Ministry, New Delhi.
The war room is equipped with latest communications facilities. The room will function round-the-clock to improve the services of the Indian railways and facilitate fast redressal of public complaints.

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Cryosat is an European Space Agency (ESA) Earth observer that carries an instrument called a radar altimeter to study the variations in height among the planet’s surface and the changes in ice fields.
It has tracked 200,000 or so glaciers and revealed that they have lost 2,720 billion tonnes of ice in a decade because of climate change.

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The capital markets regulator Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has introduced a comprehensive testing framework for IT systems of stock exchanges and other market infrastructure institutions.
It will cover stock exchanges, clearing corporations and depositories throughout their lifecycle.

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A book titled “Cyber Encounters” was released recently by Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami. It was written by DGP Uttarakhand Ashok Kumar and former DRDO scientist OP Manocha.
This book has been written after analyzing cyber-crimes and based on true incidents, it will help readers a lot to avoid cyber-crimes.

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Bangkok-based U.N. Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) recently released a report titled “Race to Net Zero”.
According to this report, most of the countries in Asia-Pacific are “insufficiently prepared” to face extreme weather events and natural disasters.

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The inaugural edition of the China-Central Asia summit will be hosted by Chinese President Xi Jinping. Leaders of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan are expected to take part in this summit. The 2022 China-Central Asia summit was held virtually.

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Kaziranga Elevated Road project includes the construction of approximately 34 kilometers of elevated roads at sites identified by the Wildlife Institute of India, where animal crossings occur.
Additionally, it involves widening the intervening at-grade road to a 4-lane highway, totaling approximately 50 kilometers in length, and building tunnels for approximately 3 kilometers.

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The latest human genome, called pangenome, has been assembled using data from 47 people from Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas.
It offers a more accurate representation of human genetic diversity than the existing reference genome. This new pangenome will help researchers refine their understanding of the link between genes and diseases, and could ultimately help address health disparities.

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‘Buddham Saranam Gacchami’ Exhibition was inaugurated recently by Union Minister of State for External Affairs and Culture Meenakashi Lekhi at the National Gallery of Modern Arts, Delhi. It showcased Buddhist art and culture from across the world. The Exhibition was attended by most of the countries which have significant Buddhist populations such as Nepal, Myanmar, Mongolia, South Korea, Thailand, Bhutan.

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Big Ben is the nickname given to the Great Bell of the Great Clock of Westminster, United Kingdom. It had failed to bong on May 10, when the dials of the clock on top of the Elizabeth Tower briefly stopped.
For hundreds of years, it was called the Clock Tower, and was renamed Elizabeth Tower in 2012 to mark the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II.