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May 2023 6 Flashcards

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  1. India is expected to witness a massive __% rise in its ‘ultra-high-net-worth individual’(UHNWI) population by __, surpassing the growth rate of the previous five years says Knight Frank in its Wealth Report 2023.
  2. The projected number of Indian UNWI in __ is __.
  3. Knight Frank defines the UNWI as someone whose wealth exceeds __.
  4. India is also likely to have __ (High Networth Individuals) HNIs and __
    billionaires by __.
  5. Currently India has __ billionaires.
  6. The report sheds light on a considerable decrease of __ % in the overall wealth of UHNWIs globally in 2022.
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  1. 58.4%, 2027
  2. 2027, 19,119
  3. US$ 30 million
  4. 1.6 million, 195, 2027
  5. 161
  6. 10%
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  1. The __ list of the world’s most miserable countries is out.
  2. As per the index, __ has topped the list of world’s most miserable country.
  3. The index was formed after analyzing __ countries and the misery index is the sum of the year-end unemployment, inflation, and bank-lending rates, minus the annual percentage change in real GDP per capita.
  4. Apart from __, other countries like __ took the top 5 spots in the list of World’s most miserable countries in 2022.
  5. Apart from __, the major contributing factor to misery of the top 5 countries is __ while __ was impacted by __.
  6. As per the list, India ranked at number __ with unemployment as the major contributing factor.
  7. Other countries which are the least miserable are __.
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  1. Hake’s Annual Misery Index (HAMI) 2022
  2. Zimbabwe
  3. 157
  4. Zimbabwe, Venezuela, Syria, Lebanon, Sudan
  5. Syria, inflation , Syria, unemployment
  6. 103
  7. Kuwait (156), Ireland (155),
    Japan (154), Malaysia (153)
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  1. The Union Cabinet approved the signing of memorandum of understanding between Competition Commission of India (CCI) and __.
  2. __ permits CCI to enter into any memorandum or arrangement with any agency of any foreign country for the purpose of discharging its duties or performing its functions under the Act.
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  1. Egyptian Competition Authority (ECA)
  2. Section 18 of the Competition Act, 2002
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  1. India Post signed an MoU with the __ for logistic service.
  2. The MoU facilitates the operationalization of a portal called ‘__’, which will provide the facility of pick-up of consignments from the premises of traders and will ensure delivery at the doorsteps of the consignees across the country.
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  1. Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) and Tripta Technologies
  2. Bharat EMart
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  1. World Athletics Day
  2. Theme 2023 - __
  3. World Athletics Day was introduced by the __ in 1996 with the aim of promoting awareness of the physical and mental benefits of sports.
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  1. 7th May
  2. Athletics for All - A New Beginning
  3. International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF)
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  1. Balances in savings / current accounts which are not operated for 10 years, or term deposits not claimed within 10 vears from date of maturity are classified as “__”.
  2. Reserve Bank launches ‘__’ Campaign for Return of __ to trace and settle the top __ unclaimed deposits of every bank in every district of the country within __ days.
  3. These amounts are transferred by banks to __ Fund maintained by the Reserve Bank of India.
  4. The banks will commence the campaign from __.
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  1. Unclaimed Deposits
  2. 100 Days 100 Pays, Unclaimed
    Deposits, 100, 100
  3. “Depositor Education and Awareness” (DEA)
  4. June 01, 2023
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  1. The __ is a joint initiative of the Department of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation under the Ministry __, with a vision to connect river cities and focus on sustainable river centric development.
  2. Beginning with __ member cities in November __, the Alliance has expanded to __ river cities across India and one international member city from __.
  3. National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) in association with the National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) organized the ‘River-Cities Alliance (RCA) Global Seminar:’__’ in New Delhi.
  4. The purpose of the RCA Global Seminar was to provide a platform for officials of member cities and international stakeholders to discuss and learn __.
  5. Presided By: __, Director General (NMCG).
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  1. River Cities Alliance (RCA), of Jal Shakti (MoJS) & the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA)
  2. 30, 2021, 109, one, Denmark(Aarhus city)
  3. Partnership for Building International River-Sensitive Cities
  4. good practices for managing urban rivers
  5. G. Asok Kumar
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  1. World Thalassemia Day
  2. The theme for this year’s International Thalassemia Day is “__”
  3. In 1994, World Thalassaemia Day was established and organized by the Thalassemia International Federation (TIF) its headquaters is in __.
  4. It is an inherited __ that causes a body to have less hemoglobin than normal. It is a preventable disease if screened and treated early.
  5. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has launched __ for treatment of the underprivileged Thalassemic patients.
  6. The main objective of this yojana to provide __ to underprivileged Thalassemia patients having matched sibling donor but do not have financial resources to cover the cost of the procedure.
  7. Launch Year:
  8. It is being implemented under the __.
  9. It is being funded by __ as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility initiative-Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant (HSCT) program.
  10. Financial assistance - __ per HSCT
  11. 1st phase: 2017 to 2020
    2nd phase: October 2020 to March 2023.
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  1. May 8
  2. Strengthening Education to Bridge the Thalassaemia Care Gap.
  3. Nicosia, Cyprus
  4. blood disorder
  5. third phase of Thalassemia Bal Sewa Yojana
  6. a one-time cure opportunity
  7. 2017
  8. National Health Mission
  9. Coal India Limited
  10. Rs.10 Lakhs
  11. 2017-2020, Oct 2020-March 2023
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  1. The first Laureus World Sports Award ceremony took place on __.
  2. American golfer __ was the first winner of this award.
  3. 2023 Award Categories: Laureus World Sportsman of the Year Winner of 2023: __
  4. Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year Winner of 2023:
  5. Laureus World Team of the Year Winner of 2023:
  6. Laureus World Breakthrough of the Year Winner of 2023: __
  7. Laureus World Comeback of the Year Winner of 2023:
  8. Laureus World Action Sportsperson of the Year Winner of 2023: __
  9. Laureus Sport for Good Winner of 2023:
  10. Laureus World Sportsperson of the Year With a Disability Winner of 2023:
  11. The shortlist for World Athlete of the Year with a Disability is provided by the __.
  12. __ holds the record for winning the most awards. The Swiss tennis player has won six awards, five for Sportsman of the Year and one for Comeback of the Year.
  13. __ holds the record for winning the most award by a female.
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  1. May 25, 2000
  2. Tiger Woods
  3. Lionel Messi (Argentina)
    Lionel Messi became the first footballer to be awarded the Sportsman of the Year (in 2020)
  4. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (Jamaica)(Sprinter)
  5. Argentina Men’s Football Team
  6. Carlos Alcaraz (Spain)
  7. Christian Eriksen (Denmark)(Footballer)
  8. Eileen Gu (China)(Freestyle Skiing)
  9. TEAMUP (Global)(TeamUp is a psycho-social support intervention developed by War Child, Save the Children and UNICEF Netherlands, which helps children in difficult situations to relieve stress and tension)
  10. Catherine Debrunner (Switzerland)(Marathon)
  11. International Paralympic Committee
  12. Roger Federer
  13. Serena Williams
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  1. World Red Cross Day
  2. Theme:
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  1. May 8
  2. “Everything we do comes from the heart.”
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__ launched ‘Vishesh’ its retail banking programme to onboard around 1 lakh new customers from semi-urban and rural areas.

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HDFC Bank

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  1. Department of Science and Technology under Ministry of Science and Technology celebrating National Technology Day on __ to promote innovation in science and technology in young minds.
  2. Theme: ‘__’
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  1. 11th May (The Pokhran-Il tests were a series of five nuclear bomb test explosions conducted by India at the Indian Army’s Pokhran Test Range on 11th May 1998. In 1999, Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee declared National Technology Day observed every year on 11th May.)
  2. School to Startups-Igniting Young Minds to Innovate.
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National Technology Awards 2023
1. As many as __ Indian startups have emerged as the winners of the National Technology Awards 2023 which was organised by the __, Government of India, on May 14 to commemorate the silver jubilee of the Pokhran-ll nuclear tests.
2. The department selected companies under three categories
3. __ Discovery Emerges As The Main Winner. The company has successfully indigenised CNATSpert ID TripleH Detection Kit which offers all in one qualitative multiplex Real Time PCR test for simultaneous detection and discrimination of HIV, HBV, and HCV in donated blood in a single tube format.
4. MSME(3)
__ company has indigenously developed Fixed-wing VTOL UAV- SWITCH UAV that can fly at diverse terrains and harsh environments, ranging from -30 °C to +55 °C for a variety of security and surveillance applications.
__ company has developed Zero-ventilated induction cap sealing device with improved spatial distribution of optimized power loss.
__ company has developed Managed Cyber Assurance Platform.
5. Tech Start Up Category (5)
__ company has developed Fleather- an animal free sustainable alternative to conventional leather made from flower waste.
__ The product awarded is Oral Scan handheld device to screen for early-stage cancers and for biopsy guidance.
__, company has produced Novel Multi-Point and Multi-Parameter Sensing to withstand extreme environment in Industrial applications using Patented Ultrasonic Waveguide based Technology.
__,The ‘Oil and Gas Wells Rejuvenation Technologies to “Revive” the shut wells and “Increase” the Oil and Gas Production’.
__, company has developed Early spoilage detection and shelf-life prediction for fresh food using artificial olfaction.
6. NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY AWARD- TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH
This award is given for outstanding contribution of Women Scientist / Entrepreneur in commercializing innovative indigenous technologies. __ has developed a novel drug candidate TGR63 for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease.
7. NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY AWARD-TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS INCUBATOR
For outstanding contribution in techno-entrepreneurship development by way of promoting innovative, technology driven knowledge, intensive startup enterprises in different technological areas.’ is presented to __.

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  1. eight, Department of Science and Technology
  2. Main Category, MSME Category, Tech Startup Category
  3. MyLab
  4. Ideaforge Technology Limited, Maharashtra. , Electronics Devices Worldwide Private Limited, Maharashtra, XIOTZ Private Limited, Karnataka (Women led MSME)
  5. Kanpur Flower Recycling Private Limited, Uttar Pradesh—Sascan Meditech Private Limited, Kerala —Xyma Analytics Private Limited., Tamil Nadu—WellRx Technologies Private Limited., Haryana —Qzense Labs Private Limited, Karnataka (Women led Start up)
  6. Professor Govindaraju
  7. T-Hub Foundation, Telangana
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  1. __ have jointly signed an MoU with JICA for ‘Station Area Development along __ High Speed Rail’
  2. Expand JICA
  3. The MoU has been signed for four High Speed Rail Stations- __; out of 12 stations in-route.
  4. __ are Green field while __ is a Brown field development.
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  1. Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs and Ministry of Railways, Mumbai-Ahmedabad
  2. Japan International Cooperation Agency
  3. Sabarmati, Surat in Gujarat and Virar and Thane in Maharashtra
  4. Surat, Virar and Thane—Sabarmati
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The 10th Landport between India and Bangladesh was inaugurated at __ by State Minister for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai.

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Dawki in Meghalaya

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  1. __ has launched Nationwide ANDF KCC Campaign for 2023-24.
  2. Campaign obiective is to expand the benefit of __ to all eligible animal husbandry, dairy and fishery farmers in the country.
  3. Organisers:
  4. Duration:From
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  1. Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying
  2. Kisan Credit Card (KCC)
  3. Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying. Department of Fisheries and Department of Financial Services
  4. 1st May 2023 to 31st March, 2024
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  1. PMJJBY, PMSBY and APY complete __ years of providing social security cover.
  2. Expand PMJJBY, PMSBY, APY
  3. PMJJBY, PMSBY and APY were launched by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi on __ from __.
  4. PMJJBY: More than __ crore Cumulative Enrolments
    PMSBY: More than __ crore Cumulative Enrolments
    APY: Over __ Crore subscribers
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  1. 8
  2. PM Jeevan Jyothi Bima Yojana, PM Suraksha Bima Yojana and Atal Pension Yojana
  3. 9th May, 2015, Kolkata, West Bengal
  4. 16, 34 and 5
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  1. __ has successfully conducted India’s first trial run of blood bag delivery by drones under its iDroneinitiative in New Delhi.
  2. ‘¡-DRONE’ stands for __.
  3. Its trial run was conducted during COVID-19 Pandemic in __ to assess the feasibility of using drone to deliver vaccines and medical supply.
  4. It was conducted in __.
  5. Expand ICMR
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  1. ICMR
  2. ICMR’s Drone Response and Outreach for North East
  3. October 2020
  4. Bishnupur district in Manipur and Island in LoktakLake
  5. Indian Council of Medical Research
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  1. __ has launched Learning Management
    Information System - SAKSHAM.
  2. SAKSHAM stands for __.
  3. It is a dedicated and unified platform for providing __ to all health professionals in the country.
  4. Developed by __.
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  1. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
  2. Stimulating Advanced Knowledge for Sustainable Health Management
  3. online training and medical education
  4. National Institute of Health & Family Welfare, New Delhi
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  1. Union Minister Shri Sarbananda Sonowal launches ‘__’ the Green Port Guidelines 2023.
  2. The ‘ __ ‘ awards were also conferred to major ports for their exceptional achievements in various operational parameters.
  3. Best Absolute Performance Award: __ .
  4. Award for achieving major milestone in Turn Around Time: __.
  5. Award for best incremental performance: __
  6. Award for the best port: __.
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  1. Harit Sagar
  2. Sagar Shreshtha Samman
  3. Deendayal Port, Kanda (for handling highest cargo of 137.56 MMT)
  4. Jawaharlal Nehru Port
  5. Paradip Port for attaining the highest cargo growth rate of 16.56% last year
  6. Paradip Port
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  1. Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises has organised the __ meeting of the National MSME Council in __.
  2. National MSME Council has been set up to work as an administrative and functional body to
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  1. first, New Delhi
    1. Oversee inter-Central Ministerial/ Departmental coordination
  3. Centre State cooperation
  4. Advise/ monitor progress on the reforms mandated in the MSME sector
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RAMP Scheme
1. Expand RAMP
2. Obiective is to
3. Launch Year
4. Total Outlay
5. Financiers
6. Duration
7. Ministry

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  1. Raising and Accelerating MSME Performance
  2. improve access to market and credit, to address issues of delayed payments and greening of MSMEs.
  3. 2022
  4. ₹ 6063.45 crore
  5. World Bank(₹ 3750 crore) and Central Sector Scheme(₹ 2312.45)
  6. 5 years
  7. MSME
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  1. India and Russia have agreed to explore the possibility of accepting each other’s payment cards, __ , for hassle-free payments between the two countries.
  2. The decision was made during the latest meeting of the __, which was jointly chaired by External Affairs Minister of India S Jaishankar and Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov.
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  1. RuPay and Mir
  2. Internal Governmental Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific, Technological, and Cultural Cooperation (IRIGC-TEC)
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  1. President of India Smt Droupadi Murmu confers __.
  2. The Defence Investiture Ceremony (Phase-1) was held in __.
  3. During which the President of India, Smt Droupadi Murmu, who is the __, awarded __ to personnel of the Armed Forces, Central Armed Police Forces, and State/Union Territory Police.
  4. __ were awarded posthumously.
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  1. 37 Gallantry awards
  2. New Delhi
  3. Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, 8 Kirti Chakras and 29 Shaurya Chakras
  4. Five of the Kirti Chakras and five of the Shaurya Chakras

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