Current Affairs Quiz - May 2022

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INS Gharial, as part of Mission SAGAR IX, delivered over 760 kgs of 107 types of critical lifesaving medicines to Sri Lanka.
The recent mission aims to provide medical aid to Sri Lanka during its ongoing economic crisis. The Indian Navy undertakes several humanitarian operations titled Mission SAGAR to assist friendly countries, in line with the Government’s vision of SAGAR – Security and Growth for All in the Region.

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The World Bank has approved a USD 47 million project to support the Government of India’s Mission Karmayogi program.
The project will develop competency frameworks for Central Ministries, Departments and Agencies, developing an online training platform to deliver training content and evaluate the effectiveness of training. Mission Karmayogi is a national program to build civil service capacity.

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Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Anurag Singh Thakur inaugurated 2nd Khelo Masters Games Delhi-2022 in New Delhi.
In this game, over 3000 master players of the age group over 30 to 95 years, from 23 State and Union Territories are participating in eight category of games. It concludes on May 3.

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India and Germany recently inked a joint declaration of intent on Indo-German Green Hydrogen Task Force
India and Germany also agreed to work together with focus on Artificial Intelligence (AI) startups as well as AI research and its application in sustainability and health care. India’s Science and Technology and Earth Sciences Minister Jitendra Singh visited Germany as part of his official tour.

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World Tuna Day on May 2 was established in December 2016 by the United Nations General Assembly, with an aim to preserve endangered species and to highlight the importance of sustainable fishing practices
On May 2- 2017, the first World Tuna Day was observed. As per the UN, around 7 million metric tons of tuna and tuna-like species are harvested every year. This year it is being celebrated under the theme “Our Tuna, Our Heritage”.

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The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has six members, out of which three are external, and the other three members are RBI governor who is the Chairperson of MPC, the Deputy Governor in charge of monetary policy, and one officer of RBI nominated by the central board.
Recently, the Reserve Bank of India’s central board approved the nomination of Rajiv Ranjan as an ex-officio member of the Monetary Policy Committee. He replaces Mridul Saggar, who retired last month.

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Harshada Sharad Garud made history by becoming the first Indian to win a gold medal in Weightlifting, at the IWF Junior World Championships at Heraklion in Greece.
She lifted 153-kilogram in the 45-kilogram weight category, to finish on top of the podium. Before the 18-year old sportsperson, there are only two Indians to win a medal in IWF Junior World Championships. Mirabai Chanu had won a bronze in 2013 and Achinta Sheuli won a silver medal last year.

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Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) hosted the International Conference on Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (ICDRI), in New Delhi, in both offline and online modes.
It is being hosted in collaboration with the United States government. The conference was attended by the Prime Ministers of India, Australia and Japan, as well as Presidents of Ghana and Madagascar. India launched the initiative on ‘Infrastructure for Resilient Island States’ at COP26 2021

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The Delimitation Commission, which redrew the electoral map of Jammu and Kashmir, was headed by Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai, a retired judge of the Supreme Court. Chief Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra and state election commissioner K K Sharma are its ex-officio members.
The Delimitation Commission released its final report, with 47 seats assigned for Kashmir and 43 for Jammu. There will be five parliamentary constituencies, each with an equal number of 18 Assembly seats while 9 seats were reserved for the Scheduled Tribes (ST).  Additional seats in the assembly for Kashmiri migrants and displaced persons from Pakistan occupied Kashmir were recommended.

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Under the Haryana Government, around five lakh school students of classes 10th and 12^th will receive tablets.
These devices come with pre-loaded content along with personalised and adaptive learning software, and 2GB of free data. Haryana government has also announced to form two task forces for the education sector, to work on the infrastructure and sanitation of schools.