Current Affairs Quiz - May, 2023

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Dangote Refinery was commissioned recently by Nigeria. It is expected to transform the country into a net exporter of petroleum products.
Nigeria spent USD 23.3 billion last year on petroleum product imports and consumes around 33 million litres of petrol a day.

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Green Tug Transition Programme was launched by the Indian Government to make the country a ‘Global Hub for Green Ship’ building by 2030.
India’s first National Centre of Excellence in Green Port & Shipping (NCoEGPS) in Gurugram, Haryana. As part of this initiative, Jawaharlal Nehru Port, VO Chidambaranar Port, Paradip Port, and Deendayal Port, Kandla, will procure two tugs each.

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The orbitofrontal cortex is an area in brain where information about reward value of odours and identity are represented.
In a new study, researchers were able to train an algorithm to predict a person experiencing pain based on the signals in the orbitofrontal cortex region of the brain.

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Dancing Girl of Mohenjodaro, which belongs to the Indus Valley Civilization, was discovered in 1926 by British archaeologist Ernest McKay.
On the occasion of International Museum Day, Prime Minister Modi unveiled the International Museum Expo’s mascot, which is a contemporised version of the famous Dancing Girl of Mohenjodaro.

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The National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) is organising the first Urban Climate Film Festival through the CITIIS program under U20 engagement events.
The festival is being organised with support from the Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs, Government of India, the French Development Agency (AFD), and the European Union.

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Arunachal Pradesh govt to set up Institute for Transforming Arunachal with NITI Aayog. Chief Minister Pema Khandu announced that the Institute will help build an ecosystem for knowledge platform for further learning.
The Institute will help build an ecosystem for knowledge platform for further learnings.

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Volt Typhoon is a China-backed hacking group. It was recently revealed that this hacking group is developing capabilities that could potentially disrupt critical communication infrastructure between the US and Asia during future crises.
Volt Typhoon has been active since mid-2021 and has targeted critical infrastructure organizations in Guam and elsewhere in the United States.

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Japan approved additional sanctions against Russia over its war on Ukraine, including freezing the assets of dozens of individuals and groups and banning exports to Russian military-related organisations.
The Cabinet approval shows Japan is in step with the rest of the Group of Seven countries that agreed during their summit in Hiroshima last week to maintain and strengthen sanctions against Russia. Japan also criticised its deal to deploy nuclear weapons in Belarus.

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State-owned Bank of Maharashtra (BoM) has emerged as the top performer among public sector lenders in terms of loan and deposit growth in percentage terms during 2022-23.
The bank also recorded highest growth in profitability with bottom-line growing almost 126 per cent to ₹2,602 crore during the year.

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South Korea recently launched its home-grown space rocket, Nuri. It successfully delivered a commercial-grade satellite into orbit.
The three-stage, 155-foot-tall rocket successfully deployed all of its payloads into their designated orbits, as per the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI), South Korea’s space agency.