Daily Current Affairs Quiz: May 19, 2023

Solution: option b.)

• In a cabinet reshuffle, Arjun Ram Meghwal has been appointed as the new union law minister.
• He is a retired IAS officer, social worker, and farmer, who later turned politician from Rajasthan.
• Currently, he is serving as the MoS for Parliamentary Affairs and MoS for Culture.
• He has also served as the Union Minister of State, and Ministry of Finance from 2016 to 2017.
• He has replaced Kiren Rijiju, who will now handle the Ministry of Earth Sciences.

Solution: option b.)

Karnataka, Congress has decided to appoint 75-year-old Siddaramaiah as Chief Minister and D. K. Shivakumar as his Deputy in the southern State. The oath-taking ceremony is to take place in Bengaluru on May 20.

Karnataka Capital: Bengaluru
Karnataka Governor: Thawar Chand Gehlot

Solution: option c.)

• Former Union minister and the BJP’s Ambala MP Rattan Lal Kataria passed away at 71.
• He has served as minister of state in the Union Ministry of Jal Shakti and the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment from May 2019 till July 2021.
• He was elected to the Lok Sabha from Ambala in 1999, 2014, and 2019. • He also served as the party’s Haryana unit chief from 2000 to 2003.
• He was also a minister in the Haryana government.

Solution: option d.)

Srichand Parmanand Hinduja, popularly known as SP Hinduja, was the founder of the Mumbai-based Hinduja Group and the eldest among his siblings.
Born on November 28, 1935, in British India’s Sindh province (now part of Pakistan) The Hinduja Group operates in various sectors such as truck-making, banking, chemicals, power, media, healthcare etc.
One of his REITs, Equity Office Properties Trust, was the first to be a part of the benchmark S&P 500 index. It was later sold to asset management giant Blackstone Inc for $39 billion in one of the largest real estate deals ever.
Another of his ambitious ventures, however, went belly up. He took media giant Tribune Co private in an $8.2 billion highly-leveraged deal that saddled the company with too much debt.

Solution: option b.)

The three-day international event South Asian Youth Table Tennis Championship 2023 concluded in Itanagar.
In this event, more than 100 athletes from six countries Bhutan, Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Sri Lanka and Nepal participated.
Arunachal Pradesh Governor, Lt. General KT Parnaik, (Retd.) attended the closing ceremony as Chief Guest at Dorjee Khandu Indoor Stadium, Itanagar.

Solution: option c.)

Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit took over as the Deputy Chief of the Air Staff on Wednesday. He succeeds Air Marshal Narmdeshwar Tiwari.
An alumnus of the National Defence Academy, Air Marshal Dixit was Commissioned into the fighter stream of the Indian Air Force on December 6, 1986.
He is a graduate of the Staff Course, Bangladesh and National Defence College, New Delhi.
The Air Marshal is a qualified flying instructor as well as an experimental test pilot, with over 3,300 hours of flying experience on fighter, trainer, and transport aircraft. Air Marshal Dixit commanded a Mirage 2000 squadron, a frontline fighter base in the Western sector, as well as a premier fighter training base.
He has earlier served as Principal Director of Air Staff Requirement, Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Projects) and Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Plans) at Air headquarters.

Solution: option a.)

About Mukhyamantri Krishak Byaj Mafi Yojana 2023
Under the Mukhyamantri Krishak Byaaj Mafi Yojana 2023 or Chief Minister Farmer Loan Waiver Scheme, MP govt. will compensate the defaulter farmers, who have outstanding loans of up to Rs. 2 lahks including the principal and interest as on 31 March 2023, from Primary Agricultural Credit Cooperative Societies (PACS).
CM Launching MP Farm Loan Interest Waiver Scheme
While launching the MP Farm Loan Interest Waiver Scheme on 14th May 2023, CM said “The previous government [a reference to the Congress government that ruled between 2018 and 2020] cheated the farmers in the name of loan waiver and made them defaulters. They announced that they would waive loans for farmers within ten days but waived only ₹6,000 crores out of 48,000 crores in 1.25 years”.
Madhya Pradesh Capital: Bhopal
Madhya Pradesh Governor: ManguBhai Patel

Solution: option d.)

Inauguration of the two-day National Ayush Mission Conclave in New Delhi. The flagship program National Ayush Mission was launched in 2014 and it has played a crucial role in preserving and promoting India’s traditional systems of medicine and their integration into the mainstream healthcare system.

Solution: option b.)

The Aeolus satellite, which was launched into space more than five years ago, is currently headed towards Earth for a fiery demise upon re-entry into the planet’s atmosphere.
This 1360-kilogram spacecraft, which was part of the Earth Explorer research programme, made a significant impact on weather observation as one of the most effective weather satellites developed by the European Space Agency (ESA).

Solution: option a.)
In this unusual book, journalist Teresa Rehman tells the story of these twelve women, the momentous decision they took and how they carried it out with precision and care.

Solution: option b.)

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has approved asset management company SBI Funds Management Ltd’s (SBIFML) proposal to acquire up to 9.99% stake in HDFC Bank, the lender said in a regulatory filing on Wednesday.

SBI MD: Dinesh Kumar Khara
SBI HQ: Navi Mumbai

HDFC MD: Sashidhar Jagdishan
HDFC HQ: Mumbai

Solution: option a.)

Shubman Gill scored his maiden IPL century in Gujarat Titans’ (GT) 34-run win over Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) on Monday evening, joining an elite list of batsmen in the process.
The 23-year-old opener also became the first GT player to score a ton in the Indian Premier League (IPL).
Gill displayed his wide range of strokeplay in an effervescent knock off 101 runs, which came off just 58 balls. He got off to a rollicking start, smashing Afghanistan bowler Fazalhaq Farooqi for four consecutive boundaries in the powerplay after the defending champions lost Wriddhiman Saha for a duck in the first over.

Solution: option d.)

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami launched an application aiming to make the roads free of potholes in the state, said an official statement today.
The application named “Patch Reporting App” was developed by the Public Works Department.
According to the statement, the application was made by the Public Works Department in an attempt to make the roads pothole free.

Uttarakhand CM: Pushkar Singh Dhami
Uttarakhand Governor: Gurmit Singh
Uttarakhand Capital: Dehradun