Current Affairs Quiz - May, 2023

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Dangerously hot areas are regions that fall outside the human niche, having a mean annual temperature of more than 29°C.
A new study revealed that a third of the global population will be living in dangerously hot conditions by 2080 if the world continues the current trajectory.

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The Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition (LIMA) 2023 will be organized in Malaysia. The 16th edition of the event was held from May 22 to 25.
LIMA is one of the largest maritime and aerospace exhibitions in the Asia-Pacific. This year’s edition involves over 600 exhibitors from more than 30 countries, including India.

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A report titled “Repeat offenders: coal power plants top the EU emitters list” was released recently. According to this report, the top ten largest emitters in the European Union Emissions Trading System in 2022 are all coal plants.
The top 10 emitters are responsible for almost a quarter of all power sector emissions in the region. Poland and Germany pumped out 13 per cent of the EU’s total emissions together.

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Sturisoma reisi is a newly discovered species of catfish. It was found in Madeira River basin in Bolivia and Brazil.
First described in 1838 with Loricaria rostrata as the type species, the genus includes 10 recognized species at present.

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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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Clarion-Clipperton Zone of the Pacific Ocean is known for hosting critical minerals needed to build batteries.
Researchers have discovered more than 5,000 species, with over 88 to 92 per cent of them spotted for the first time.

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A new observation by NASA’s spacecraft Juno revealed that lightning in Jupiter is very similar to that of Earth.
Both the brownish ammonia clouds that cover the giant planet and the clouds that blanket Earth are made of water.

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Popocatepetl, commonly known as El Popo volcano, has recently started spewing plumes. It is situated in Mexico.
Popocatepetl means “smoking mountain” in the Nahuatl language. After lying dormant for more than 70 years, it has been spewing toxic fumes, ash, and lumps of incandescent rock.

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The overdose of Fentanyl has resulted in deaths of one in five youngsters aged between 15 to 24 in California.
It is a highly potent drug mainly used as an analgesic. The US sanctioned more than a dozen people and entities in China and Mexico that are linked to the production and distribution of counterfeit and fentanyl-laced pills.

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Plastic fall is a weather phenomenon that involves the downpour of microplastics from the sky. The first-ever plastics pollution weather forecast predicted a plastic fall in Paris.
According to the report, the city will experience about 40-48 kilograms of free-floating plastic bits daily.