Current Affairs Quiz - May, 2023

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Portugal’s President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa signed into law a bill decriminalising euthanasia adopted by parliament last week.
The new law allows people who are aged 18 and above and suffering from intolerable pain and terminal illness to opt for euthanasia.

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NVS-01 Satellite is set to be launched by ISRO on May 29. It is a navigation satellite that will be launched aboard the GSLV Mk-II.
It aims to augment the seven-satellite navigation constellation NavIC. The NVS-01 satellite will replace the navigational capabilities of another satellite IRNSS-1G in the constellation. It will retain its communication and messaging capabilities.

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Burachapori wildlife sanctuary is a protected area situated in Assam, on the south bank of the Brahmaputra River.
The state government recently announced the plan to open the traditional path of wild animals from the Kaziranga National Park to Orang National Park through this wildlife sanctuary.

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Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) members have unanimously adopted India’s proposal for developing Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI).
India has the record of developing Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) like the UPI and Aadhaar to ease government services.

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Poland recently received the first batch of the US-made HIMARS rocket launchers. These rockets will be deployed at the region bordering Russia.
Poland is buying billions of dollars’ worth of weapons, chiefly from the US and South Korea. This step is a part of a defence upgrade amid security concerns due to the war in neighbouring Ukraine.

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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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India launched ‘Operation Karuna’ to assist Myanmar which has been recently hit by Cyclone Mocha. Four Indian Navy ships carrying relief material reached Yangon.
The ships are carrying emergency food items, tents, essential medicines, water pumps, portable generators, clothes, sanitary and hygiene items, etc.

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Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik launched the State Dashboard, a data and analytics-powered platform which will streamline performance monitoring of government schemes, aiding data-driven decision-making.
The State Dashboard consists of three critical components – CM Dashboard, Department Dashboard and Administrative Action Monitoring Portal.

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The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has proposed changes to the definition of unpublished price sensitive information (UPSI) in order to establish clear regulations and ensure consistent compliance among listed companies.
The proposal was made in response to the inadequate categorization of announcements as UPSI and the subsequent compliance with legal requirements by listed entities.