Daily Quiz Update- 13 May 2019

India's second nuclear test, Pokhran-II (first was operational smiling Buddha, Pokhran-I, May 1974) was successfully conducted on 11th May 1998 and it was named as Operation Shakti. National Technology Day was coined by former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee as a reminder of India's advancement in Science & Technology.

A team of herpetologists led by Ashok Captain has described a new species of reddish-brown pit viper, a venomous snake with a unique heat-sensing system from a forest in West Kameng district of Arunachal Pradesh.

Bahi Khata allows merchants to record all of their transaction with loans to customers (udhar) along with the service of SMS facility.

Two Indian Navy ships - Guided Missile Destroyer INS Kolkata and Fleet Support Ship INS Shakti carried out a 6-day long exercise ‘Group Sail’ with naval ships of Japan, Philippines and the United States of America (USA) in the disputed South China Sea from 03 May to 09 May 19.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has recently announced to stop respecting limits on its nuclear activities agreed under a 2015 nuclear deal with major powers until they find a way to bypass renewed US sanctions. Mr. Hassan has given an ultimatum of 60 days to remaining signatories - the UK, France, Germany, China, and Russia - to implement their promises to protect Iran's oil and banking sectors from US sanctions.