Current Affairs Quiz - May, 2023

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The Buland Bharat exercise is an integrated surveillance and firepower training exercise conducted by the Indian Armed Forces. The exercise was held in Mandala High Altitude Firing Ranges in Arunachal Pradesh.
The exercise witnessed synergised surveillance and firepower capabilities of the Artillery and the Infantry in close coordination with Special Forces, Aviation and Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF).

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Arab League member states have agreed to reinstate Syria’s membership after its suspension more than 10 years ago.
The country was suspended from the intergovernmental grouping in 2011 due to Damascus’ actions against peaceful protects that started earlier that year.

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The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI), the regulator of insurance companies, is planning to tighten regulations on insurance advertisements.
These new rules will assign higher responsibilities on senior management of insurers in designing and approving media campaigns that promote insurance products.

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The Mikoyan-Gurevich ‘MiG-21’ is a supersonic jet fighter and interceptor aircraft, designed by the Mikoyan-Gurevich Design Bureau in the Soviet Union.
The aircraft that was inducted in India in early 1960s. The Indian Air Force is currently planning to phase out the remaining 3 squadrons of these fighter jets after numerous crashes and accidents.

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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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IIT Roorkee has unveiled new labs to drive India’s clean energy transition.
Two new labs namely Renewable Grid Integration Laboratory and Green Hydrogen Laboratory were inaugurated at the IIT Roorkee’s Department of Hydro and Renewable Energy (HRED).

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The RAMP programme aims at improving access to market and credit of MSMEs, improving Centre-State linkages and addressing issues of delayed payments of MSMEs.
The first meeting of the National MSME Council was organized by the MSME ministry. It was set up to function as an administrative body that oversee coordination between central ministries/departments, and monitor progress on reforms including the RAMP programme.

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DEF CON Hacker Convention will be organized to gather hackers from across the world to test the limits of AI technology.
This is an annual convention that is held in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is the first to tackle the large language models that have attracted a surge of public interest and commercial investment.

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MPox, also known as monkey pox, is a viral disease that spreads the direct contact with bloody fluids.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) recently announced the end of the 10-month long global health emergency for this disease.

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The Australian government has recently approved the Queensland’s Isaac River coal mine project. The coal mine will be built near Moranbah.
Bowen Coking Coal has been authorised yextract metallurgical coal for making steel. This is the first new coal mine to be given the go-ahead by the government.