Daily Current Affairs Quiz 8 May 2023

a) Jeremy Lalrinnunga

Indian weightlifter Jeremy Lalrinnunga won the silver medal in the Asian Weightlifting Championships. The 20-year-old Lalrinnunga won the silver medal in the snatch event by lifting 141 kg in the 67 kg weight category. In the World Boxing Championships, India’s Mohammad Hasamuddin defeated Russia’s Savin Eduard 5-0 to enter the 57kg quarter-finals. The Indian Weightlifting Federation is the national governing body for the sport of weightlifting in India.

d) 07 May

World Athletics Day 2023 is celebrated every year on May 07. The main objective of this day is to raise awareness about fitness among children and to encourage youth and school children to participate in athletics. The theme of World Athletics Day 2023 was ‘Athletics for All – A New Beginning’.

b) Singapore

The Harbour Phase of the Inaugural ASEAN India Maritime Exercise (AIME-2023) is scheduled to be held at Changi Naval Base of Singapore Navy.
Indian Naval Ships Satpura and Delhi arrived at Singapore to participate in the exercise. The Sea Phase will be conducted in the South China Sea. AIME 2023 will provide an opportunity for Indian Navy and ASEAN navies to work together closely.

b) 2 only

Ground-level ozone is both naturally occurring and anthropogenically formed. It is the primary constituent of urban smog, forming naturally as a secondary pollutant through photochemical reactions involving nitrogen oxides and volatile organic compounds in the presence of bright sunshine with high temperatures. Hence, statement 1 is correct.

Despite their short atmospheric lifetimes, short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs)—such as black carbon, methane, tropospheric (ground-level) ozone, and hydrofluorocarbons— have a high global warming potential. Ground level Ozone can also damage synthetic materials, cause cracks in rubber, accelerate fading of dyes, and speed deterioration of some paints and coatings. Hence, statement 2 is incorrect.

According to Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) bulletins, ozone was identified as a prominent pollutant on both days, when AQI was in the ‘moderate’ category.

d) Article 142

Recently, a five-judge bench of the Supreme Court ruled that it can use its powers under Article 142 of the Constitution to grant a divorce decree directly to consenting parties in cases where there is an irretrievable breakdown of marriage.
This would eliminate the need for the parties to be referred to a family court, where they would have to wait for 6 to 18 months for a decree of divorce by mutual consent.