May 12 2023 Flashcards

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Significance of MAY 12

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  1. International Day of Plant Health (IDPH)
    Theme: Plant Health for Environmental Protection
  2. International Nurses Day
    Theme: Our Nurses. Our Future.
    History: International Nurses Day is observed on the 12th of May every year to commemorate the birth of Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing, who was born on May 12, 1820.
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Supreme Court Rules Delhi Government has Control Over IAS and All Services in Delhi except __

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Land, Police, and Law and Order

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The __ Airport here has become the first in India to have a reading lounge.

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Lal Bahadur Shastri International (LBSI) Airport, Varanasi

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  1. India recently hosted the third edition of the __ in the form of the first-ever physical event in New Delhi.
  2. The event was organized by __, the Department of Promotion for Industry and Internal Trade under the Ministry of Commerce.
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  1. Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Startup Forum
  2. Startup India
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  1. The Ministry of Ayush and the __ have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote and collaborate on integrative health research.
  2. The MoU will enable both parties to jointly establish __ Centers for Advanced Research in Integrative Health at all AIIMS with co-funding.
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  1. Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)
  2. Ayush-ICMR
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  1. The PFRDA has extended the deadline for linking Permanent Account Number (PAN) with Aadhaar to __.
  2. Expand PFRDA
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  1. 30 June 2023
  2. Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority
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  1. Anti-Dumping Duty on Optical Fiber Imports proposed by __
  2. What is anti-dumping duty?
  3. Who imposes Anti-dumping duty?
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  1. Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR)
  2. A Penalty on exporters for selling goods below their market value.
  3. Importing Countries
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__ Joins Indian Team as Ambassador for Special Olympics Journey to Berlin

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Ayushmann Khurrana

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__ appointed as first Indian Global Ambassador of Gucci

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Alia Bhatt

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  1. NIIFL has appointed __, Executive Director & Chief Operating Officer as the Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director of NIIFL on an interim basis, effective May 11, 2023.
  2. Expand NIIFL
  3. What is NIIFL?
  4. Established in
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  1. Rajiv Dhar
  2. National Investment and Infrastructure Fund Limited
  3. an Indian government-owned investment fund
  4. 2015
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Businesses with a turnover of __ crore or more will be obligated to generate e-invoicing for all business-to-business (B2B) transactions starting from August 1, according to a new mandate notified by the Ministry of Finance.

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Rs 5

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Sportswear retailer Puma has appointed __ as the new Managing Director of PUMA India.

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Karthik Balagopalan

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MyGov and __ are launching ‘YUVA PRATIBHA - Culinary Talent Hunt’ on May 12, 2023.

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IHM, Pusa

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National Pension System is a defined contribution pension system for individuals in the private sector. True/False?

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True

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  1. Current chairperson of PFRDA
  2. PFRDA has jurisdiction over all pension funds in India. True/False?
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  1. Deepak Mohanty
  2. True
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  1. Mpox is a __ disease that spreads through direct contact with body fluids.
  2. Origin country of Mpox
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  1. viral
  2. Democratic Republic of the Congo