Current Affairs Quiz - May, 2023

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A dotted land is a disputed land that does not have a clear ownership documents. The Andhra Pradesh government has recently commenced the removal of dotted lands in the state from prohibited list.
Over 2 lakh acres of the British-era dotted lands have been identified for permanent denotification.

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The Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has recently proposed a regulatory framework to respond to unexplained suspicious trading pattern around the presence of material non-public information.
The framework would deal with malpractices by market participants, who use new-age technologies by way of encrypted or vanishing messages, and modus operandi to evade the law.

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The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has proposed changes to the definition of unpublished price sensitive information (UPSI) in order to establish clear regulations and ensure consistent compliance among listed companies.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.

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Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA), Airport Authority of India (AAI) and Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) is organising Asia’s largest event on Civil Aviation, Wings India 2024.
The event is scheduled to be held in January 2024 at Begumpet Airport, Hyderabad, India. The theme of the event is “Connecting the World: Setting the stage for India @ 2047” (100 Years of India’s Independence).

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The arrival of Africa plume heatwave in the UK is expected to cause extreme heatwave conditions in the country.
African plume heatwave is the meteorological phenomena that is marked the mass of hot air coming from the Sahara Desert towards Europe.

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Dal Lake is the second largest lake in Jammu and Kashmir. CRPF recently conducted a special drill in this lake as part of security preparedness ahead of the G20 summit in Kashmir.
Marine Commandos (MORCOS) have also done similar security drills in Dal Lake. The G20 international summit in Kashmir was held from May 22 to May 24 at Sher-e-Kashmir International Conference Centre (SKICC) on the banks of Dal Lake.

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A report titled “Thriving: Making Cities Green, Resilient, and Inclusive in a Changing Climate” was released recently by the World Bank.
The report highlights the critical role of cities in tackling the global climate challenge. It also warned that cities account for about 70% of global greenhouse gas emissions. The report provided a compass for policymakers to make cities greener, inclusive and more resilient.

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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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The UDAN 5.1 was launched recently by the Ministry of Civil Aviation. It will specifically focus on helicopter routes.
It aims to further enhance the connectivity to remote areas of the country and achieve last-mile connectivity through helicopters.

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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.