Current Affairs Quiz - May, 2023

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The Tu-160 strategic bomber has been deployed in Ukraine by Russia. It is the world’s largest bomber, known as the Blackjack in NATO countries.
It is a supersonic, variable-sweep wing, strategic bomber developed by Russia’s Tupolev Design Bureau in the 1980s.

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INS Magar has been recently decommissioned after 36 years of service. It was built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers, Kolkata.
This amphibious assault ship is capable of carrying eleven battle tanks, thirteen BMP infantry fighting vehicles, ten trucks, eight heavy motor vehicles, and more than 200 troops in various configurations.

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The Government of India has set up a 11-member high-level committee to restructure the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR). The committee will be under the chairmanship of the Additional Secretary of the Department of Agricultural Research and Education and Secretary of ICAR.
The committee has been constituted to make recommendations for rationalising and right-sizing the 94-year-old ICAR.

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A stable auroral red (SAR) arc is a band of reddish light that appears static and monochromatic unlike auroras, where various colours appear in moving patterns.
In a rare event, it was witnessed recently in Ladakh. Indian Institute of Astrophysics tweeted a timelapse clip from Ladakh’s Hanle observatory of “aurora lights’.

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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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Union Science and Technology Minister Jitendra Singh recently reviewed the status of the creation of a Science Media Communication Cell (SMCC).
This cell will be established to showcase success stories of all departments related to science.

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Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve (BTR) is situated in Madhya Pradesh. 16 female and two male swamp deer were released recently into this tiger reserve.
The reserve is located in the eastern Satpura hills. The swamp deer were brought from the Kanha National Park, Madhya Pradesh.

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As part of the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative, the US will provide 1.2 billion USD more in long-term military aid to Ukraine.
It will help Kyiv strengthen its air defences against Russia’s attacks.

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Max Verstappen won the Miami Grand Prix from ninth on the starting grid, with the fastest lap.
Mexica’s Perez came second while Fernando Alonso came third. Verstappen was also the winner of last year’s inaugural Miami Grand Prix.

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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.