Current Affairs Quiz - May, 2023

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For people living between +23.5 and -23.5 degrees latitude, the Sun’s declination will be equal to their latitude twice – once during Uttarayan and once during Dakshinayan. On such occasions, Sun will be exactly overhead at noon and will not cast a shadow of an object on the ground.
Uttarayan (movement of the Sun from south to north from winter solstice to summer solstice) and Dakshinayan (back from north to south) happen because Earth’s rotation axis is tilted at an angle of roughly 23.5° to the axis of revolution around the Sun.

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The Air Pollution Tolerance Index is a tool used to assess the tolerance capacity of a crop or tree species against air pollution. A new study has found that certain trees and crops endemic to India have high APTI.
Trees such as pipal, neem, mango and crops like maize, pigeon pea and safflower, which are endemic to India can help lower the impact of air pollution by absorbing and filtering pollutants.

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Pashudhan Jagruti Abhiyaan is an awareness programme launched by the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying.
It is organized as part of the Aazadi Ka Amrit Mahostav to increase farmers’ understanding of the latest practices and techniques in animal husbandry and dairy farming.

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Sudan’s military and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group are engaged in armed conflict in the capital, Khartoum, and in other places, raising fears of a civil war.
The RSF is commanded by General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, commonly known as Hemedti or Little Mohamad. He currently holds the position of deputy head of Sudan’s ruling Sovereign Council.

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European Union’s ‘Fit for 55 Package’ is a set of proposals to revise and update the European Union Legislation and launch new initiatives to achieve the reduction of carbon emissions by 55 percent by 2030 compared to a 1990 benchmark.
As part of this package, changes were made to the EU’s Emissions Trading System to bring down emissions in the industrial sector.

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IFFCO’s liquid nano Di-Ammonia Phosphate (DAP) was launched recently by Union Cooperation Minister Amit Shah.
500 ml of nano liquid DAP (Di-ammonium phosphate) is equivalent to one bag (50kg) of conventional granular DAP. The commercial sale was launched at Rs 600 per 500 ml bottle while the bag is currently being sold at Rs 1,350. It is expected to increase foodgrain production and curb exports.

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Pygmy hog, endemic to India, is the smallest species of pig in the world. African swine fever is threatening pygmy hog and other Asian wild pig species.
Over the past 16 months, camera traps have recorded zero hits of the animals.

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Jana Shakti Exhibition was organized to commemorate the 100th episode of the popular radio program “Mann ki Baat”.
‘Jana Shakti: A Collective Power’ was inaugurated by renowned artist Anjolie Ela Menon which celebrates the artistic diversity of India.

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The Thrissur Pooram Festival is a three-day festival that is famed for its parading of elephants, Panchavadyam.
It is held at the Vadakkunnathan Temple in Thrissur every year. It is an important temple festival in Kerala that dates back over 200 years.

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The narrow-band signals known as geomagnetic Pc1 pearl oscillations are structured and have their amplitudes modulated. These signals are indications of low-frequency EMIC waves that result from wave-particle interactions in the Earth’s magnetosphere.
Researchers have observed significant increase in geomagnetic Pc1 pearl oscillations on the Earth’s surface in the recovery phase of the geomagnetic storms.