ALL EXAM QUIZ 15.12.2023

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• 8-member Vice-Chairman Panel reconstituted by Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankar with effect from 11 December.
• This was announced by the Chairman of Rajya Sabha during Zero Hour. The Vice President's panel was reconstituted with the presence of 50% women MPs in the eight-member panel.
• These members will now conduct the proceedings of the House in the absence of the Chairman or Deputy Chairman.
• This panel includes Bharatiya Janata Party's Kanta Kardam, Saroj Pandey and Dr. CM Ramesh, Samajwadi Party's Jaya Bachchan, and Shiv Sena's Priyanka Chaturvedi.
• It also includes Akhilesh Prasad Singh of Congress, Tiruchi Siva of DMK, and Sushil Kumar Gupta of Aam Aadmi Party.
• The winter session of Parliament is being held from December 4 to 22.

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• In a historic decision, the Supreme Court has upheld the Central Government's decision to abrogate Article 370 of the Constitution.
• Under this article, the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir was given special status.
• In 2019, the Center had abrogated Article 370 and divided the state into two union territories -- Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir.
• A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud gave this decision after hearing petitions challenging the Centre's decision.
• The other four judges of the Constitution bench included Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Sanjiv Khanna, BR Gavai, and Surya Kant.
• The Supreme Court said that Article 370 was a temporary provision and the President has the right to abrogate it.
• In August 2019, the court upheld the decision to separate Ladakh from Jammu and Kashmir and make it a union territory.
• The Court said that Jammu and Kashmir has no internal sovereignty unlike other states and all the provisions of the Indian Constitution apply to Jammu and Kashmir.
• The judges rendered three separate decisions but the final decision was unanimous.
• The Supreme Court said that statehood should be restored to Jammu and Kashmir as soon as possible.
• The bench also directed the Election Commission to hold elections by September 2024.

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• 57 lakh crore Rs will be spent by India in the next seven years on climate change adaptation.
• India has told the United Nations Climate Change Framework that India has spent more than 5.5% of its GDP, i.e. about Rs 13 lakh 35 crores, on climate adaptation during the financial year 2021-22.
• India has also informed that for this purpose, about Rs 57 lakh crore will be spent in the next seven years so that the situation of climate change can be prevented from becoming more adverse.
• On December 9, it filed India's latest submission which includes the first assessment of adaptation needs.
• Climate-induced damage could increase this amount by another Rs 15.5 lakh crore.

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• 1st Delta Ranking of Aspirational Blocks Programme (ABP) released by NITI Aayog on 7 December.
• In the first delta ranking of the ABP, Tiriyani Kumuram Bheem block of Asifabad, Telangana has been ranked first.
• The second place was given to Kaushambi block of Kaushambi district of Uttar Pradesh.
• NITI Aayog announced the rankings at a virtual event, which saw participation from over 329 aspirational districts and 500 aspirational blocks from across the country.
• The ranking of the blocks was calculated based on the performance of the blocks and the progress achieved in the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) in the month of June 2023.
• Ranking the blocks based on KPIs is a core strategy of the program which is based on the spirit of competitive and cooperative federalism.

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• Viksit Bharat @2047: Voice of Youth’ launched by PM Narendra Modi via video conferencing on 11 December.
• The aim of this initiative is to provide a platform for the youth of the country to contribute to the vision of Viksit Bharat @2047.
• PM Modi said that India's youth is both the "agent of change" and the "beneficiary of change".
• In line with the PM's vision of actively involving the youth of the country in the formulation of the country's national plans, priorities, and goals, the ' Viksit Bharat @2047: Voice of Youth' initiative will provide a platform to the youth of the country.
• Through this, youth will be able to contribute their ideas to the vision of Viksit Bharat @ 2047.
• These workshops will be an important step towards initiating the process of engaging youth to share their ideas and suggestions for a Viksit Bharat @2047.
• Viksit Bharat @2047 aims to make India a developed nation by the 100th year of independence i.e. 2047.
• This vision encompasses various aspects of development including economic growth, social progress, environmental sustainability, and good governance.
• Teachers and universities need to work on finding ways to make India a developed nation with a faster cost.
• PM highlighted the need to channelize the energies of students of each university to achieve the common goal of ' Viksit Bharat'.

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• Dr Mohan Yadav to become new Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh.
• Dr Mohan Yadav has been unanimously elected as the new Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh.
• Senior BJP leader Shivraj Singh Chauhan proposed the name of Mohan Yadav as the new leader of the legislature party.
• Narendra Singh Tomar, Kailash Vijayvargiya, Prahlad Patel, and other senior leaders also supported the proposal.
• Jagdish Deora and Rajendra Shukla have been nominated as Deputy Chief Ministers. Narendra Singh Tomar will become the Legislative Assembly Speaker.
• Dr. Mohan Yadav met Governor Mangubhai Patel at Raj Bhavan and claimed to form the government.
• Dr. Mohan Yadav has been elected from the Ujjain South Assembly seat for the third time. For the first time, he became the cabinet minister in the Shivraj Singh Chauhan government in 2020.
• The BJP won 163 out of 230 seats in the Madhya Pradesh assembly elections.

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• Union Minister Anurag Singh Thakur formally inaugurated the Khelo India Para Games 2023 at the KD Jadhav Indoor Hall in New Delhi.
• More than 1450 participants from 32 states and Union Territories and Services Sports Board are participating in the Games.
• This is the first edition of the Khelo India Para Games.
• This initiative is a significant step towards providing equal opportunities for all athletes, regardless of their abilities.
• The main aim of this event is to empower all para-athletes. The government has launched several key projects for the welfare of the differently-abled.
• The Khelo India Para Games is being organized at Indira Gandhi Stadium, Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium and Karni Singh Shooting Range.
• This tournament will be held in athletics, shooting, archery, football, badminton, table tennis and weightlifting.

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• India’s largest state-of-the-art Sports Science Centre set up at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar.
• This centre has been established in partnership with Abhinav Bindra, India’s first individual Olympic gold medalist.
• This Sport Science Centre has been designed to cater various needs of athletes. It will also help in injury management, rehabilitation, recovery, and performance enhancement.
• This Centre will be facilitated by a team of experts including bio-mechanists, sports scientists, physiotherapists, exercise physiologists, strength and conditioning specialists, psychologists, nutritionists, sports masseurs, and nurses.
• The Sports Science Centre in collaboration with Sports Science India will host Odisha’s first Sports Science Conclave on December 16.
• This center will bring sports and medicine under one roof for strengthening grassroots level sports in India..

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• There is going to be a major change in the top echelons of the force, with Vice Admiral Dinesh Tripathi taking over as the Vice Chief of the Naval Staff on January 4.
• In a significant development within the Indian Navy, a major change is set to take place in the top echelons of the force, with Vice Admiral Dinesh Tripathi taking over as the Vice Chief of the Naval Staff on January 4. This change is an important sign.

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