ALL EXAM QUIZ 07.12.2023

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• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the Bank of England signed an MoU for cooperation and exchange of information related to Clearing Corporation of India Ltd (CCIL).
• The MoU proposed to create a framework for the Bank of England (BoE) to place reliance on the RBI's regulatory and supervisory activities while safeguarding the UK's financial stability.
• The MoU also emphasizes the importance of cross-border cooperation for international clearing activities.
• RBI Deputy Governor T Rabi Sankar and BoE Deputy Governor for Financial Stability Sarah Breeden signed the MoU in London.

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• Navy Day in India is celebrated on 4 December to recognize the achievements and role of the Indian Navy.
• The iconic Sindhudurg Fort will host this year’s Navy Day.
• For the first time, the Indian Navy will organize a mega event away from any major naval station on the occasion of Navy Day.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be the Chief Guest for the event. He will also unveil the grand statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj at Rajkot-Malvan.

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• Sreeshankar has won the 35th Jimmy George Foundation award for the best sportsperson of Kerala.
• Sreeshankar is the long jump silver medallist in the Commonwealth Games and Asian Games.
• Sreeshankar was No. 4 in the World long jump list of this year.
• He won silver medals in the Asian Games in China and the Asian Championships in Thailand this year.
• He also won a bronze medal in the Paris Diamond League this year.
• He won the 2022 Commonwealth Games silver in Britain.
• He was seventh in the World Championships in the USA last year.
• The award consists of a cash prize of Rs 1 lakh and a plaque.
• The award will be presented to Sreeshankar on December 22.

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• A 12.1% growth has been recorded in the output of core industries in October 2023.
• In October 2023, positive growth has been recorded in all the eight industries.
• In the same month of last fiscal (October 2022), 0.7% growth was recorded.
• Eight core industries output growth for September 2023 has been revised by the government upwards to 9.2%.
• Eight core industries output growth for August 2023 has now been revised up to 12.5%. The data for July 2023 has been revised up to 8.5%.
• The output of core industries for April-October 2023 grew 8.6% (provisional).
• Core industries output grew 7.6% in fiscal 2022-23. This is lower than the 10.4% growth in the previous fiscal.
• Coal sector output has shown a growth of 18.1% in October 2023.
• For October 2023, the cement sector output grew 17.1% and the electricity sector grew 20.3%. For October 2023, natural gas output grew 9.9%.
• For the same month, refinery products, fertilisers, and Steel grew at 4.2%, 5.3% and 11%, respectively. Crude oil output grew at 1.3%.

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• BJP won assembly elections in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.
• Congress has won assembly elections in Telangana.
• In Rajasthan, the BJP has secured an absolute majority. It has won 115 seats out of the total 199 seats in Rajasthan.
• Congress won 69 seats and Bharat Adivasi Party got three seats.
• Bahujan Samaj Party won two seats and one seat each was won by Rashtriya Lok Dal and Rashtriya Loktantrik Party.
• After the declaration of the election results, Ashok Gehlot submitted his resignation to Governor Kalraj Mishra.
• In Madhya Pradesh, the ruling BJP secured a majority by winning 163 seats out of 230 assembly seats.
• Congress has won 66 seats. One seat has been won by others.
• This is the biggest victory of the BJP in Madhya Pradesh in the last two decades.
• Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan has won the election from Budni Assembly seat.
• He won the election by a record of over one lakh 5 thousand votes.
• In Chhattisgarh, the BJP has won 54 seats out of 90 seats. The ruling Congress won 35 seats.
• Incumbent Chief Minister and Congress leader Bhupesh Baghel won the election from the Patan seat.
• Deputy Chief Minister T S Singhdeo lost his seat from Ambikapur.
• In Telangana, Congress has won 64 of the 119 seats. The ruling Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) got 39 seats. The BJP won eight seats.

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• ISRO will launch India’s first X-ray polarimeter satellite by 28 December.
• India's first X-Ray Polarimeter Satellite (XPoSat) will be launched by the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV), from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota.
• It aims to investigate the polarisation of intense X-Ray sources.
• However, Space-based X-ray astronomy has been established in India.
• It primarily focuses on imaging, time-domain studies and spectroscopy, with the upcoming XPoSat mission marking a major value addition in this.
• This research, complementing traditional time and frequency domain studies, introduces a new dimension to X-ray astronomy, generating anticipation and excitement within the scientific community.
• XPoSat spacecraft carrying two scientific payloads are designated for observation from Low Earth Orbit.
• The names of these two payloads are POLIX (Polarimeter Instrument in X-rays) and XSPECT (X-ray Spectroscopy and Timing).
• With these two payloads, the XPoSat mission is able to simultaneously study the temporal, spectral, and polarization features of bright X-ray sources.
• Mission objectives include measurement of X-ray polarization in the energy band of 8–30 keV emanating from X-ray sources, and long-term spectral and temporal study of cosmic X-ray sources in the energy band of 0.8–15 keV.
• The life of the mission is expected to be approximately five years.

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• National Awards for Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities for the year 2023 conferred by the President of India.
• the awards were presented by Smt Draupadi Murmu on the occasion of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities.
• President awarded a total of 30 awards to individuals, institutions, organizations, states, and districts for their outstanding achievements and work toward the empowerment of persons with disabilities.
• She awarded nine organizations under the institutional category for excellence in empowering persons with disabilities.
• President said that about 15% of the total world population are persons with disabilities and their empowerment is a high priority.
• National Awards are a commendable medium for the empowerment of persons with disabilities as recognition of individual and institutional work encourages all.
• The first National Awards were given in 1969. These awards have been administered by the Indian government's Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.

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• Kanchan Devi has become the first woman Director General of the Indian Council of Forestry Research Education (ICFRE).
• She is an Indian Forest Service officer from the 1991 batch of the Madhya Pradesh cadre.
• She played an important role in setting up of the Centre of Excellence on Sustainable Land Management.
• She also played a key role in the implementation of the World Bank-funded Ecosystem Services Improvement Project at ICFRE.
• She served as deputy director general (education) at the ICFRE.
• Indian Council of Forestry Research Education is an autonomous Organisation under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.
• It was established in 1986. It is located in Dehradun, Uttarakhand.

Explanation:

• National Best Tourism Village Competition 2024 and the National Best Rural Homestay Competition 2024 launched by the Ministry of Tourism.
• The Competitions have been launched to strengthen the promotion and development of Rural Tourism in the country.
• On the occasion of World Tourism Day on September 7, 2023, the competitions were launched, and applications for the competitions have been invited from November 15 to December 31, 2023.
• The previous edition of the National Best Tourism Village Competition 2023 had recognized 35 villages from across India in the Gold, Silver, and Bronze categories.
• To promote rural tourism in India as well as to promote rural homestays through a National Strategy, the Ministry of Tourism, Government of India launched a comprehensive National Strategy and Roadmap for the Development of Rural Tourism in India.
• The Ministry of Tourism has initiated the implementation of the National Strategies in collaboration with the Indian Institute of Tourism and Travel Management.
• One of the specific initiatives to promote rural tourism and rural homestays is to organize National Best Tourism Village and National Best Rural Homestay competitions.
• The objective of these competitions is to develop healthy competition among villages and rural homestays to identify and reward excellent contributions to rural tourism.
• The Central Nodal Agency Rural Tourism and Rural Homestay (CNA RT & RH) has been set up by the Ministry of Tourism for effective implementation of the initiatives taken to promote rural tourism.

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