Current Affairs Quiz - May, 2023

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Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal announced Panch Karma Sankalp at the ministry’s second Chintan Shivir held in Kerala.
It includes five major announcements which are – MoPSW to provide 30 per cent financial support for the promotion of Green Shipping; Deendayal Port and VO Chidambaranar Port, Tuticorin to be developed as Green Hydrogen Hub among others.

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Data Centre Q1 2023 report was released recently by the international property consultant Knight Frank.
According to this report, Mumbai, India’s commercial capital, boasts a capacity of 2,337 MW, placing it among the top three data centre markets in the region. Shanghai leads with a capacity of 2,692 MW, followed closely by Tokyo with 2,575 MW.

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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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As part of the Act East Policy, the Indian government announced a 12-point development plan for the Pacific Island nations at the Forum for India-Pacific Islands Cooperation (FIPIC) summit held at Port Moresby, the capital of Papua New Guinea.
The 12- point development agenda is part of the Act East Policy of India. This plan focuses on areas like renewable energy, healthcare and cybersecurity.

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Recently, the National Campaign for Updation and Verification of People’s Biodiversity Register (PBR) was launched in Goa. Its aim is to document and preserve India’s biological diversity.
The event was organized by the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, in association with the Goa State Biodiversity Board, the National Biodiversity Authority, and the Government of Goa.

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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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AIRAWAT is an AI supercomputer in the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), Pune. It is India’s largest and fastest AI supercomputing system, with a remarkable speed of 13,170 teraflops.
It was ranked at 75th position in the world by the 61st edition of Top 500 Global Supercomputing List. The supercomputer has been installed this year.

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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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The Union Ministry of Oil is currently taking steps to merge the Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL) into Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd (HPCL).
The MRPL and HPCL are two listed subsidiaries of the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC). It is an Indian central public sector undertaking under the ownership of Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas.

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Araku Valley Coffee from Andhra Pradesh recently received the National Programme for Organic Production (NPOP) certificate from the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA).
Coffee and pepper, being procured by the Girijan Cooperative Corporation (GCC) from the tribal coffee farmers of Chintapalli division, received the organic certificate.