Current Affairs Quiz - May, 2023

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International Museum Day (IMD) is celebrated on May 18 every year. This year, the IMD theme is ‘Museums, Sustainability, and Well Being’.
International Museum Expo 2023 will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Modi in New Delhi.  This three-day event will showcase new technology and initiatives for museums.

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The Sea Harrier Museum was inaugurated recently by Andhra CM Jagan Mohan Reddy. This facility displays the Sea Harrier (SH 606) fighter jet designed and manufactured by British Aerospace.
Visakhapatnam Metropolitan Region Development Authority (VMRDA) initiated the Sea Harrier Museum project in 2020.

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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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The Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) released the Global Report on Internal Displacement 2023 (GRID-2023).
As per the report, disasters have increased the number of displaced people by 40 percent in 2022. As many as 32.6 million people were displaced because of disasters.

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INS Garuda recently completed 70 years of serve to the Indian Navy. This premier naval station was commissioned on May 11, 1953.
It is home to the first amphibious aircraft of Indian Navy, the Sealanders. INS Garuda has grown into a full-fledged air base operating some of the finest air assets of Indian Navy. It is also known as the ‘Cradle of Naval Aviation’.

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Meteosat-12, the newly launched European weather satellite. The first images captured by this satellite was released recently.
The spacecraft, which is placed 36,000km above the equator, was launched in December. Meteosat-12 sits in a stationary position, keeping a permanent eye on Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

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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.

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Kerala Economic Revival Program (KERA) aims to ensure the revival of the Kerala’s agricultural sector through socio-economic interventions.
The World Bank has proposed a funding of 165 million USD for this project.

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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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“Meri LiFE, Mera Swachh Shehar” is a mega campaign of the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.
Its aim is to promote the reduce, reuse and recycle concept in waste management. This nationwide campaign aims to highlight cities to setup ‘Reduce, Reuse, Recycle (RRR) Centres, one stop collection centres to contribute clothes, shoes, old books, toys and used plastic to be reused or recycled.