ALL EXAM QUIZ 04.12.2023

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• Prestigious WISE Award was honoured to Safina Hussain at the WISE 11 Summit (World Innovation Summit for Education).
• The WISE Prize for Education is the first global award of its kind that honours an individual for outstanding contributions to education.
• Educate Girls is an example of this innovative approach, using AI to identify villages with a high number of out-of-school girls.

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• Foundation stone of the `Telecom Centre of Excellence' will be laid by Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath in Saharanpur on December 5.
• With an estimated cost of Rs 30 crore, this center is proposed to be built at the IIT Roorkee campus in Saharanpur.
• The center will conduct research on connecting 5G with artificial intelligence (AI) and launching 6G.
• This initiative will promote innovation and growth in the telecom sector besides providing significant employment opportunities to the youth of the state.
• The main objective of the center is to develop and promote new technology in the field of telecommunication.
• It will act as a center for research and development, as well as provide support to experts in various fields and assist in problem-solving through modern technology.
• Furthermore, research on 5G will be conducted focusing on its suitable applications in various sectors such as e-learning, e-education, agriculture, and satellite communications.

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• The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyaya Maha Abhiyan (PM JANMAN) with a total outlay of Rs 24,104 crore.
• Of the total Rs 24,104 crore, the central share will be Rs 15,336 crore and the state share will be Rs 8,768 crore.
• Under this, the focus will be on 11 important areas through related ministries.
• The Prime Minister had announced this campaign from Khunti on the occasion of Janjatiya Gaurav Diwas.
• Pradhan Mantri PVTG Vikas Mission will be launched to improve the socio-economic conditions of Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs).
• An announcement about this was made in the Budget Speech 2023-24.

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• Centenary year celebration of Kaivalya Dham has been inaugurated by President Draupadi Murmu.
• On November 29, a national conference on the theme ‘Integration of Yoga in School Education System-Manifesting the thought’, was inaugurated by the President at Lonavala, Maharashtra.
• The event was organized by Kaivalyadham Sansthan as a part of its centenary year celebrations.
• On this occasion, the President said that Yoga is an invaluable gift of India to the world community.
• Since 2015, Yoga Day has started being celebrated every year in most of the countries of the world.
• Yoga is the path to the holistic development of an individual and is considered an effective means of physical, mental, emotional, social, and spiritual progress.
• Kaivalyadhama, one of the oldest leading yoga institutes in the world, was established in 1924 by Swami Kuvalayananda.
• It follows the principles and philosophy of Patanjali's Ashtanga Yoga.
• Kaivalyadham is the first yoga institute that actively conducts scientific research to demonstrate the benefits and uses of yoga.

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• Continuation of fast-track courts for trying sexual offences has been approved by the Union Cabinet for 3 years.
• The Fast Track Special Court (FTSC) scheme was launched in 2019, it has been now extended up to March 31, 2026.
• Fast Track Special Courts under this scheme are dedicated to the dispensation of justice in cases of sexual offences.
• The government will cover its share of expenditure from the Nirbhaya Fund.
• The total cost of running the scheme for the three-year period would be ₹1,952.23.
• ₹1,207.24 crore would be borne by the Centre and ₹744.99 crore by the State.
• A total of 30 States and Union Territories have participated in the scheme.
• 761 fast-track courts including 414 dedicated POCSO courts have resolved more than 195000 cases.
• After the passage of the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act in 2018, the government has decided to set up 1,023 fast-track courts.

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• ISRO's AstroSat detected more than 600 Gamma-Ray Burst (GRB).
• The Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO's) AstroSat has detected more than 600 gamma-ray bursts since it was commissioned in 2015.
• The Gamma-ray bursts represent the death of massive neutron stars or the merger of neutron stars.
• The detection of Gamma-ray bursts shows the continued performance of the Cadmium Zinc Telluride Imager (CZTI) for eight years.
• Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched AstroSat in 2015. It was designed to last for five years.
• It has exceeded its lifespan and is still making important observations.
• AstroSat is the first dedicated multi-wavelength space observatory launched by India.
• GRBs are the most energetic explosions in the universe. It emits more energy in seconds than the sun will emit in its entire lifetime.

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• India's largest circular railway will be built in Bengaluru.
• Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said Bengaluru will get a 287-km circular railway that will link all important towns around it. It will be the largest-of-its-kind network in India.
• This network will be built keeping in mind the needs of the city for the next 40-50 years, providing it with "complete connectivity" on seven railway tracks.
• However, the project to build a circular railway has been talked about for a long time, this was the first time that it was confirmed by the highest level of government.
• The government has sanctioned Rs 7 crore to conduct feasibility and alignment studies for the circular/ring railway.
• The study will be conducted by the construction organization of SWR and tenders will be called soon. The report will be ready by September 2024.
• Chennai has India's largest circular railway at 235.5 km.
• Bengaluru could surpass it with the 149-km suburban railway and could get India's largest suburban railway network after Kolkata.

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• SBM-GOBARdhan Biogas Conference held in New Delhi on 01 December 2023.
• It aims to accelerate Waste to Wealth and Circular Economy.
• The conference was organized under the aegis of the Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry in collaboration with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization.
• During the conference, discussions were held on transformational policies for 'waste to compressed biogas' projects.
• The Galvanizing Organic Bio-Agro Resources Dhan (GOBARdhan) initiative aims to convert waste to wealth.
• It also aims to build a robust ecosystem for setting up compressed biogas plants.
• India aims for net-zero emissions by 2070 as per Nationally Determined Contributions.

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• UP presented a supplementary budget of Rs 28,760 crore.
• On November 29, the Uttar Pradesh government presented supplementary demands of Rs 28,760.67 crore for 2023-24 in the assembly.
• It included over Rs 175 crore for various development projects for Ayodhya for 2023-24.
• The finance minister presented the budget in the legislative assembly Suresh Khanna on the second day of the ongoing winter session.
• In the supplementary budget, the expenditure on the revenue account is Rs 19,046 crore and the expenditure on the capital account is Rs 9,714 crore.
• The government has allocated Rs. 50 crores for the Ayodhya Conservation and Development Fund.
• ₹100 crores has been allocated for "Ramotsav" 2023-24 and Rs 25 crores for the development and expansion of the International Ramayana and Vedic Research Institute in Ayodhya.
• The power sector received the largest share with an allocation of over Rs 10,000 crore.
• The allocation for the power sector also includes Rs 900 crores for free electricity to farmers.
• The government has allotted Rs 400 crores to clear the dues of sugarcane farmers.

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