Current Affairs Quiz - May, 2023

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U.S.-India initiative on Critical and Emerging Technology (iCET) was launched in May 2022. The first-ever meeting of the Strategic Trade Dialogue to implement the outcomes of the US-India initiative on Critical and Emerging Technology is set to be held shortly.
This meeting is expected to help streamline export controls, improve high-tech commerce and facilitate tech transfer between countries.

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Indian government has mandated all registered doctors to get a Unique Identification Number (UID) from the National Medical Commission (NMC) and the latest data will be updated in the National Medical Register.
With this, people would be able to know details like registration number, date of birth, date of registration, etc of the doctor.

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Auschwitz museum has initiated a project to preserve shoes of 8,000 children who were killed by Nazis. Its aim is to showcase the reality within the concentration camp during the Second World War.
The exercise is expected to be a two-year effort which seeks to showcase the reality of the camp, where Adolf Hitler and his Nazi troops killed millions, including children from 1940 to 1945.

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Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs and Culture Arjun Ram Meghwal has been assigned the independent charge as Minister of State in the Ministry of Law and Justice in addition to his existing portfolios.
Mr Meghwal will replace Union Minister Kiren Rijiju, who will now hold the portfolio of Ministry of Earth Sciences. Prof. S.P. Singh Baghel has been assigned as Minister of State in the Health and Family Welfare Ministry.

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Kishtwar High Altitude National Park is situated in Jammu and Kashmir. A camera trap recently recorded the presence of snow leopard in this national park.
This sanctuary has an altitude range of 1700 to 4800 Metres, providing a natural habitat to various species of mammals and of birds.

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Linda Yaccarino was recently named the CEO of Twitter. She is a well-known advertising executive from NBCUniversal.
Elon Musk will transition to the role of Executive Chair and Chief Technology Officer. Linda Yaccarino was the former head of advertising at NBCUniversal.

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The Central Government recently approved the Nutrient Based Subsidy (NBS) rates for Nitrogen (N), Phosphorous (P), Potash (K) and Sulphur (S) for the 2023 kharif season.
Rice, maize, and cotton are some of the major Kharif crops in India and require good rainfall. It had also approved NBS rates for Rabi season this year (January to March).

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The Central Government has recently revamped the rules governing the approval for mergers and acquisitions (M&As) of startups and MSMEs.
The aim of the new rules is to simplify the M&A process to enable the securing of approval within 15 to 60 days, as per a  Corporate affairs ministry (MCA) notification.

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The 49th G7 summit was recently held from 19 to 21 May 2023 in Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.
The grouping issued a special “Hiroshima Vision Statement on Nuclear Disarmament”. The G-7 members issued a separate statement on Ukraine, hitting Russia with more sanctions.

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City Of Dead is a 7 km-long UNESCO World Heritage Site situated in Egypt. It is a series of vast Islamic-era necropolises and cemeteries in Cairo.
As part of a government initiative, authorities are digging their way through this site for a highway project. Several historians and volunteers have come together to stop the historic site’s demolition.