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May 16 2023 Flashcards

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Significance of May 16

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  1. The International Day of Living Together in Peace
    History: In the aftermath of World War II, the United Nations recognized the importance of preventing future wars and addressing global inequality. To promote peace and equality, the UN initiated efforts like the International Year for the Culture of Peace in 2000 and the International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for Children of the World from 2001 to 2010. In 2017, the UN General Assembly reaffirmed its commitment by designating May 16 as the International Day of Living Together in Peace.
  2. International Day of Light 2023
    History: The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) officially established the International Day of Light on December 20, 2017. This significant day was created to mark the anniversary of a groundbreaking scientific achievement—the successful operation of the laser by physicist and engineer Theodore Maiman on May 16, 1960.
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The US Senate has approved __ , an Indian American, as the Ambassador at Large for Global Women’s Issues in the State Department.

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Geeta Rao Gupta

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  1. Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated a training program on __ in New Delhi.
  2. The training program organized by the __ in collaboration with the __ will help in the capacity building of officers.
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  1. legislative drafting
  2. Institute of Constitutional and Parliamentary Studies (ICPS), Parliamentary Research and Training Institute for Democracies (PRIDE)
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__ takes over as Deputy Chief of Air Staff

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Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit

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  1. Laos is gearing up to host the annual __ in January 2024, which will take place in the country’s capital city.
  2. The theme for the forum is “__” which reflects the focus on sustainable and responsible tourism practices.
  3. Laos Capital
  4. President
  5. Currency
  6. Language
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  1. ASEAN Tourism Forum
  2. Quality and Responsible Tourism – Sustaining ASEAN Future
  3. Vientiane
  4. Thongloun Sisoulith (as of 2021)
  5. Lao kip (LAK)
  6. Lao
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  1. European Union regulators gave the green light for __’s $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard, one of the world’s largest gaming firms.
  2. What is cloud gaming?
  3. How many member states are currently part of the European Union(as of May 2023)?
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  1. Microsoft
  2. A type of gaming that allows users to stream games from servers and play them on existing devices like TVs, smartphones, and laptops.
  3. There are 27 member states in the European Union. However, please note that this number may change over time as new countries may join or current members may leave the EU.
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  1. Educationist __ will take oath as the chairman of UPSC.
  2. Expand UPSC
  3. What is UPSC?
  4. Established on
  5. Established by
  6. Established under which act
  7. Headquarters
  8. Regional Offices
  9. The UPSC is headed by a Chairman who is appointed by the (9). The Chairman is assisted by a number of members who are also appointed by (9).
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  1. Manoj Soni
  2. Union Public Service Commission
  3. India’s premier central recruitment agency for recruitment of all the Group ‘A’ officers under Government of India.
  4. 1 October 1926
  5. Government of India
  6. Government of India Act, 1919
  7. New Delhi
  8. Allahabad, Bhopal, Chandigarh, Chennai, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, and Patna.
  9. President of India
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  1. Chief Minister recently inaugurated the __ at Doon University, Dehradun.
  2. __, a city in Uttarakhand, is renowned as a major center for yoga studies.
  3. The __, situated in Uttarakhand, is famous for its rich biodiversity.
  4. Capitals
  5. CM
  6. Governor of Uttarakhand
  7. The official animal of Uttarakhand
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  1. National Homoeopathic Convention ‘Homeocon 2023’
  2. Rishikesh
  3. Jim Corbett National Park
  4. Dehradun (Winter), Bhararisain (Summer)
  5. Pushkar Singh Dhami
  6. Gurmeet Singh
  7. Alpine Musk Deer
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  1. Pune, India - In a groundbreaking development, MIT-WPU has unveiled Asia’s first-ever subsea research lab, the __.
  2. Expand MIT-WPU
  3. The state-of-the-art facility, created in collaboration with __ , aims to revolutionize training and education for the global oil and gas industry by providing real-world experience and fostering multi-disciplinary talent.
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  1. Centre for Subsea Engineering Research (CSER).
  2. Maharashtra Institute of Technology World Peace University
  3. Aker Solutions
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Duroflex appoints __ as Brand Ambassador

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Virat Kohli

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  1. The University Grants Commission (UGC) has launched a new website, the __ to promote quality education in India.
  2. What is the purpose of those portals?
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  1. UTSAH (Undertaking Transformative Strategies and Actions in Higher Education) Portal, and the Professor of Practice (PoP) Portal
  2. The UTSAH Portal is a comprehensive platform that provides detailed information about UGC’s initiatives for qualitative reforms in higher education. The portal covers a wide range of topics, including curriculum development, faculty development, research, and student support.
    The PoP Portal is a new initiative that aims to facilitate the appointment of experienced professional experts as faculty members in higher education institutions. The portal will provide a platform for institutions to connect with experienced professionals and invite them to apply for faculty positions.
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UGC
1. Expand UGC
2. Founded in
3. Headquarters
4. Set up by which department
5. Set up by which act
6. Purpose
7. Is it a statutory body under Government of India?

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  1. University Grant Commission
  2. 1956
  3. New Delhi
  4. Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education
  5. UGC Act 1956
  6. for the coordination, determination, and maintenance of standards of university education in India.
  7. Yes
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__ has become the champions of Spain, La Liga Title, for the 27th time in the club’s 123-year history, securing their first title since 2019.

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Football Club Barcelona (FC Barcelona)

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A compendium of three volumes with Judgments spanning from the year (1) covering (2), the book titled ‘(3)’ by (4) and fore worded by (5) was released on 13.05.2023 being the founders day of Hammurabi & Solomon Partners.

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  1. 1988 till 2022
  2. Arbitration Act 1940 and Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996
  3. Supreme Court on Commercial Arbitration
  4. Dr.Manoj Kumar
  5. Shri.R.Venkataramani
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The traditional game of (1) is set to receive a major boost on a national level as it has been officially included in the (2) , which are scheduled to take place in Goa in October of this year.
3. Origin state of (1)
4. Expand NGAI
5. President of the NGAI
6. IOA Full form
7. IOA President
8. GTCC Full form
9. Chairman of GTCC

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  1. Gatka Martial Art
  2. 37th National Games-2023
  3. Punjab
  4. National Gatka Association of India
  5. Harjeet Singh Grewal
  6. Indian Olympic Association
  7. PT Usha
  8. Gatka Technical Conduct Committee
  9. Amitabh Sharma
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ESI Scheme
1. Expand ESI Scheme
2. Established under which Act?
3. Objective
4. According to the provisional payroll data of ESIC, March 2023 witnessed the addition of __ new employees.
5. Expand ESIC
6. What is ESIC?
7. The ESI Scheme is applicable to various types of establishments, including factories, road transport, hotels, restaurants, cinemas, newspapers, shops, and educational/medical institutions, where a minimum of __ or more persons are employed.
8. However, in some states, the threshold limit for coverage of establishments is still __ employees.
9. The ESI Corporation has decided to raise the wage ceiling for coverage of employees under the ESI Act from Rs. 15,000/- to __/-.
10. From 1st August 2015, the benefits of the ESI Scheme have been extended to workers employed on __ sites in areas where the ESI Scheme is implemented.
11. The implementation of the ESI Scheme is carried out on a __-wise basis.
12. Currently, the ESI Scheme is notified in __.
13. The funding for the ESI Scheme is sourced through contributions from both __.
14. Employers contribute __% of the wages payable to their employees, while employees contribute __% of their wages.
15. Employees who earn less than __/- per day as daily wages are exempted from paying their share of contribution towards the ESI Scheme.

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  1. Employees’ State Insurance Scheme
  2. Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948
  3. to safeguard employees against the consequences of sickness, maternity, disablement, and death resulting from employment-related injuries.
  4. 17.31 lakh
  5. Employees’ State Insurance Corporation
  6. a comprehensive social system that offers socio-economic protection to workers and their immediate dependents covered under the ESI scheme.
  7. 10
  8. 20
  9. Rs. 21,000
  10. construction
  11. District
  12. 526 districts
  13. employers and employees
  14. 4.75%, 1.75%
  15. Rs. 137
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  1. The __ app, launched by Union Minister for Environment, Forest, and Climate Change, Shri Bhupender Yadav, is set to revolutionize the way individuals and communities track their progress in the global mass movement called Mission LiFE.
  2. Mission LiFE, launched by the Prime Minister on __, seeks to bring about behavior changes in individuals through simple, actionable steps.
  3. The Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change has developed two dedicated portals for Mission LiFE __.
  4. What these portals do?
  5. What is the objective of Mission LiFE?
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  1. Meri LiFE
  2. October 20, 2022, in Kevadia, Gujarat
  3. the Mission LiFE Portal (missionlife-moefcc.nic.in) and the Meri LiFE Portal (merilife.org).
  4. While the Mission LiFE Portal offers open access to download a variety of creative materials and knowledge resources developed by the ministry, the Meri LiFE Portal enables ministries, institutions, and organizations to upload event reports and capture the progress of the ongoing mass mobilization drive.
  5. Encouraging sustainable lifestyle choices
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The documentary “ (1) “, directed by (2) , has received the “Best Long Documentary Award” at the (3).
4. The film is about journalist and activist __, who was assassinated in 2017, and the current political crisis in India.

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  1. Gauri
  2. Kavitha Lankesh
  3. South Asian Film Festival of Montreal 2023
  4. Gauri Lankesh
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SWAMIH Investment Fund
1. Expand SWAMIH Investment Fund
2. Launched in
3. Established as a
4. Registered with
5. Managed by
6. To qualify for SWAMIH funding, the real estate projects must have stalled due to a lack of adequate funds and be registered under the __.
7. These projects must be in their final stages of completion and fall under the ‘ __ ‘ category, which includes any housing project where the housing units do not exceed __ sq.m.
8. SWAMIH funding is also available for net-worth positive projects. What are net-worth positive projects?
9. Objective of SWAMIH

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  1. Special Window for Affordable and Mid-Income Housing Investment Fund
  2. 2019
  3. Category-II AIF (Alternate Investment Fund) debt fund
  4. SEBI (Securities and Exchange Board of India)
  5. SBICAP Ventures Ltd., a company within the State Bank Group
  6. Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act (RERA).
  7. Affordable and Middle-Income Project, 200 sq.m.
  8. Net-worth positive projects are those where the total value of the receivables (debts owed to them by buyers) and the unsold inventories is greater than their completion costs and outstanding liabilities.
  9. to provide financial support to facilitate the completion of housing projects that have been stalled, thereby ensuring the timely delivery of apartments to homebuyers.
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data centre building of the Groundwater and Water Census Department building opens in __.

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Chittoor

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Which ministry is responsible for the development, promotion, and regulation of traditional systems of medicine in India?

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Ministry of AYUSH

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  1. The National Institute of Epidemiology, a premier institute of the ICMR, will train __ in the fundamentals of basic research, under the Union government’s integrative healthcare initiative.
  2. Expand ICMR
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  1. Ayush researchers
  2. Indian Council for Medical Research
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__ , the flagship initiative of the Ministry of Defence (MoD), has reached a milestone with the signing of the 250th contract, the first one under the Mission DefSpace, and the 100th SPRINT (Navy) contract, on Monday.

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Innovations for Defence Excellence (iDEX)

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The __ on Monday launched rupee-denominated futures contracts on underlying NYMEX WTI crude oil and natural gas in its commodity derivatives segment.

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National Stock Exchange

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  1. __ formation day is celebrated on May 16. It is the first state in India to go for organic cultivation.
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  1. Sikkim

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