Current Affairs Quiz - May, 2023

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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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Washington Declaration is a bilateral agreement that was recently signed between the US and South Korea.
According to this agreement, while South Korea will not develop its own nuclear weapons, the US will aid in the use of the nuclear weapons in case of potential conflict with North Korea.

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Princess of Asturias award is one of the 8 prizes conferred by the foundation named for Spanish Crown Princess Leonor to recognize achievements the arts, science and other areas.
The award was bestowed recently to American actress, Meryl Streep for her performances in a career spanning over 50 years.

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The City Beauty Competition portal was launched by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs to encourage and recognize the efforts taken by cities and wards to create beautiful and inclusive public spaces.
The wards and public spaces in cities would be adjudged in the competition based on the five broad pillars – accessibility, amenities, activities, aesthetics and ecology.

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The World Health Organization (WHO) launched the Preparedness and Resilience for Emerging Threats (PRET) Initiative.
This initiative will ensure better preparedness against future outbreaks like the COVID-19 pandemic. The initiative was announced at the Global Meeting for Future Respiratory Pathogen Pandemics held in Geneva.

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Farm Machinery Technology Summit was inaugurated recently by the Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar.
It is organized by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and Tractor and Mechanization Association (TMA). There are about 85 percent small farmers in the country.

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Anji Bridge is India’s first cable-stayed rail bridge. It is expected to be ready by May 2023.
The bridge is a part of a 326-km rail line connecting Udhampur to Baramulla via Srinagar, which is an important connector between Kashmir and rest of India via railways.

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The 19th edition of the Free Land Camp is an annual weeklong encampment of indigenous people in Brasilia.
During this event, Brazil President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva granted official recognition of around 800 sq miles of indigenous lands to safeguard the Amazon rainforest from unchecked exploitation.

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Sultan Al-Neyadi, a UAE astronaut, recently became the first Arab to undertake a spacewalk by venturing out of the ISS. The spacewalk lasted for around seven hours in the vacuum of space.
The 41-year-old was one of the first two astronauts from the United Arab Emirates, along with Hazza Al Mansouri.

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Ladli Bahna Yojana is an initiative of the Madhya Pradesh Government aimed at providing financial aid to women in the state.
Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh recently took part in various programmes under this initiative in Bhopal.