Current Affairs Quiz - May 2022

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The United States, all European Union member states, and 32 non-EU countries recently announced a “Declaration for the Future of the Internet”.
The Document is an agreement to prevent digital authoritarianism. It highlights goals like affordability, net neutrality, and removing illegal content without curtailing free expression. India, Russia and China are big countries which are not part of the declaration.

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Former Honorary Consul of Peru in Mumbai Ardeshir B.K. Dubash, received the Order of “Merit in the Diplomatic Service of Peru José Gregorio Paz Soldán”.
It is the highest distinction conferred by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Peru. He was designated as Honorary Consul of Peru in the year 1973 and his career as Honorary Consul spanned for almost half a century.

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India ranks third worldwide for production in terms of volume of Pharma exports and 14th by value. The current market size of the domestic pharmaceutical industry is around USD 50 billion. The share of pharmaceuticals and drugs of India in the global exports is 5.92 percent.
As per the Commerce Ministry, Pharma exports have touched Rs 1,83,422 crore in 2021-22. The exports had positive growth despite global trade disruptions and drop in demand for COVID related medicines. 60 percent of the world’s vaccines and 20 percent of generic medicines came from India.

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The Central Board of Direct Taxes is headed by a Chairman and can have six members who are in the rank of Special Secretary. It is the administrative body for the Income Tax department. There are five members in the board at present.
Recently, IRS officer Sangeeta Singh has been given the additional charge of CBDT chairperson after incumbent JB Mohapatra retired as the head of CBDT.

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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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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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The Indian Coast Guard commissioned its second Air Squadron ‘845 Squadron (CG)’ at the Coast Guard Air Enclave at Nedumbassery in Kochi.
The new Air Squadron is equipped with the indigenously developed Advanced Mark III (ALH Mark III) helicopters. As of now, four helicopters have been positioned in Kochi to cover the coast of Karnataka, Kerala and Lakshadweep.

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Union Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution announced that the second phase of the mandatory hallmarking of gold jewellery and gold artefacts will come into force from June 1, 2022.
The second phase will cover additional three caratages of gold jewellery namely 20, 23 and 24 carats. 32 new districts under the mandatory hallmarking regime where an Assaying and Hallmarking Centre (AHC) has been set up post implementation of the first phase. A consumer can get the purity of their unhallmarked gold jewellery tested in AHCs.

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Union Minister of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) launched Three One District One Product (ODOP) brands under the Pradhan Mantri Formalisation of Micro food processing Enterprises (PMFME) Scheme in New Delhi.
The Ministry of Food Processing Industries has signed an agreement with National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India (NAFED) for developing 10 brands of selected 20 ODOPs under the ‘branding and marketing component’ of the PMFME scheme.

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The 24th Summer Deaflympics is being held in Caxias do Sul, Brazil from 1st May 2022. A strong Indian contingent of 65 athletes is participating in the Games.
Dhanush Srikanth clinched gold in the men’s 10m air rifle competition while Shourya Saini won bronze. India’s badminton team also won gold beating Japan 3-1 in the final.