ALL EXAM QUIZ 06.11.2024

Explanation:

• Japan launches world's first wooden satellite to test wood in space
• A team from Kyoto University and homebuilder Sumitomo Forestry has developed this wooden satellite named the "LignoSat."
• "Lignosat" is named after the Latin word for wood.
• It will be launched to the International Space Station via a SpaceX rocket.
• Former Japanese Space Shuttle astronaut Takao Doi was part of the Kyoto team.

Explanation:

• The first Asian Buddhist Summit will be held in New Delhi on November 5 and 6, 2024. President Droupadi Murmu was the chief guest.
• The first Asian Buddhist Summit aims to unite Sangha leaders, scholars, experts, and practitioners of various Buddhist traditions across Asia to foster dialogue, promote understanding, and address contemporary challenges facing the Buddhist community.
• Sangha in Buddhism refers to the people who follow the teachings of Lord Buddha.
• The first Asian Buddhist Summit is being organised by the Union Ministry of Culture, Government of India, in collaboration with the International Buddhist Confederation.
• ‘Role of Buddha Dhamma in Strengthening Asia” is the theme of the First Asian Buddhist Summit.

Explanation:

• Global Allied Health Network has been launched at the International Allied Health Conference (IAHC 2024).
• The International Allied Health Conference was held on November 1, 2024, in conjunction with the third Singapore Allied Health Conference.
• 1,100 global Allied Health Professionals (AHPs) and students from over 18 countries participated in the conference to enhance collaboration and innovation.
• It has been organised by the National University Health System (NUHS) in partnership with SingHealth and the National Healthcare Group (NHG).
• "Advancing Allied Health: Diverse in Calling, United in Purpose” is the theme of this conference.
• It emphasises the shared mission of healthcare professionals from diverse specialities.
• The Global Allied Health Network (GAHN) has been launched at this conference to formalise a strategic collaboration with key stakeholder organisations, including the World Health Organization.

Explanation:

• Renowned fashion designer Rohit Bal, also known as 'Gudda,' passed away at 63 due to cardiac arrest.
• He is known for his innovative designs and contributions to Indian fashion.
• He was a founding member of the Fashion Design Council of India (FDCI).
• He was famous for his unique blend of traditional patterns with modern sensibilities.
• He co-founded Orchid Oversea Pvt. Ltd. with his brother.
• He was born into a Kashmiri Pandit family on May 8, 1961, in Srinagar.

Explanation:

• Bhojpuri folk singer Sharda Sinha has passed away. She breathed her last in AIIMS hospital in Delhi. Sharda Sinha, who was awarded Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan, is no longer among us, but her memories will always remain with us.
• Apart from Maithili and Bhojpuri, she sang Hindi songs. The songs sung by her in films like Maine Pyar Kiya, Hum Aapke Hain Kaun and Gangs of Wasseypur became very popular.
• Sharda Sinha was a resident of Begusarai in Bihar. Begusarai was Sharda Sinha's in-laws' house. Her husband Brij Kishore Sinha also worked in the education department.
• Sharda Sinha was born in Supaul, Bihar. She started her career by singing Maithili folk songs. Sharda Sinha was a folk singer as well as a professor at Samastipur College.
• After retirement, both husband and wife were living with their son in Indirapuram, adjacent to Delhi for many years. Sharda Sinha has two children, a son and a daughter.

Explanation:

• Compensation for human death in wildlife attack has been increased by Madhya Pradesh government from 8 lakh rupees to 25 lakh rupees.
• The Madhya Pradesh government made this announcement a day following an elephant trampled two men to death near the Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve in Umaria district.
• Increased compensation of 25 lakh rupees each would be provided to the families of the two persons who were killed in elephant attacks in Umaria, said Chief Minister Mohan Yadav.
• Two villagers were killed at Devra village and Brahe village by an elephant near Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve.
• Recently, this tiger reserve was in news over the deaths of 10 elephants.
• Bandhavgarh is known for Evergreen Sal forest and Mixed forest.
• Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve is located in the eastern Satpura hills of Umaria & Katni Districts.

Explanation:

• New Indian Consulate has been inaugurated by India’s External Affairs Minister, S. Jaishankar in Brisbane.
• During the inauguration, he highlighted the strengthening bilateral ties between India and Australia.
• The consulate will play an essential role in addressing the needs of the expanding Indian community in Queensland.
• In Queensland, a considerable number of Indian students are pursuing higher education.
• He called Indian diaspora as a “living bridge” between India and Australia.
• He also visited Australia’s Humanitarian Logistics Capability (HLC) warehouse for Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) supplies to the Pacific.
• His visit marked his 5th trip to Australia and first to Brisbane.

Explanation:

• The Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) scientists have reported the “first significant” results from the Visible Emission Line Coronagraph (VELC) payload of the Aditya-L1 mission.
• India’s first solar mission was launched on September 2, 2023, by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
• VELC on the Aditya-L1 precisely estimated the onset time of a coronal mass ejection that erupted on the Sun on July 16.
• The Sun often spews vast quantities of plasma in violent eruptions called coronal mass ejections (CMEs).
• The Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIAp), Bengaluru, developed the VELC.
• The unique data obtained from the VELC payload could precisely estimate the onset time of a CME.
• CMEs are usually observed in visible continuum light only when they have propagated well away from the sun’s surface.
• On January 6, ISRO placed the Aditya-L1 spacecraft in a halo orbit around the first Earth-Sun Lagrange point (or L1).

Explanation:

• Kannada short film “Sunflowers Were the First Ones to Know” has been nominated for Oscars 2025.
• The Kannada short film “Sunflowers Were the First Ones to Know” has qualified for the Oscars 2025 in the Live Action Short Film category.
• It has been produced by the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) and won the La Cinef at Cannes 2024.
• Chidananda S. Naik has directed it.
• This short film is about an elderly woman who steals the village rooster, which causes sunlight to cease.
• A prophecy is invoked to restore order, and the woman is exiled from the village.

Explanation:

• India unveiled its updated National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plan (NBSAP).
• A document titled Updated National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plan: A Roadmap for Conservation of India’s Biodiversity has been released by Kirti Vardhan Singh.
• This has been released at the event organised at the 16th Conference of Parties (COP16) of the Convention on Biological Diversity.
• This is the third NBSAP that has been developed since 2000.
• Under this plan, India has set 23 targets under six broad conservation domains.
• The Biodiversity Expenditure Review estimated that its implementation would require an estimated annual average financial requirement of Rs 81,664.88 crore at the central government level.
• This document also provided a financial plan. The biodiversity finance plan suggests some financial solutions.
• Finance Plan, including augmenting public finance, corporate social responsibility, ecological fiscal transfer, and access and benefit sharing (ABS).