ALL EXAM QUIZ 28.02.2024

Explanation:

• Various online portals for RNI and CBC were launched by Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur.
• On 22 February, four portals of the Ministry, including the Press Sewa Portal, Central Bureau of Communication Portal and Website, NaViGate Bharat Portal, and National Register for Local Cable Operators, were launched.
• The aim of launching these portals is to bring transparency to the system and ease of doing business.
• This will also reduce human intervention and make the functioning of departments under the ministry more efficient and transparent.
• Recently, Parliament passed the Registration of Press and Periodicals Bill 2023, abolishing the colonial-era law.
• With this decision, journalists will get registration of newspapers or magazines within 2 months instead of 2 years.
• Under the PRP Act 2023, the Press Seva Portal has been designed by the Press Registrar General of India (PRGI - erstwhile RNI).

Explanation:

• In Colombo, the three-day International Gita Mahotsav will begin from March 1.
• This was announced by Vidur Wickramanayake, Minister of Buddhist Administration, Religious and Cultural Affairs of Sri Lanka.
• The three-day International Geeta Mahotsav will be organized at Nelum Pokuna Theater Complex with the financial support of the Kurukshetra Development Board, Haryana.
• Thousands of delegates from across the world are expected to attend the festival.
• There will be Geeta Yagya, Geeta chanting, Shobha Yatra, seminar on many topics of contemporary interest and many competitions.

• A copy of Srimad Bhagavad Gita will be presented in the Parliament of Sri Lanka on March 4.

Explanation:

• Trilateral Coast Guard Exercise 'Dosti 16' started in Maldives.
• Amid Security Concerns, Indian and Sri Lankan ships reached the Maldives to take part in the trilateral coast guard exercise ‘Dosti 16’.
• The two ships of the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) – ICGS Samarth and ICGS Abhinav are taking part in this exercise.
• Sri Lanka sent SLNS Samudra to participate in the biennial trilateral exercise.
• The main aim of the exercise is to fortify the friendship, enhance mutual operational capability, and exercise interoperability.

Explanation:

• Shah Rukh Khan won the Best Actor award at the Dadasaheb Phalke Awards 2024.
• The prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival Awards have been presented in Mumbai.
• Shah Rukh Khan received the Best Actor award for Jawan at the Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival Awards (DPIFF) 2024.
• Vicky Kaushal has been named Best Actor (Critics) for his role in the war biopic ‘Sam Bahadur’.
• Bobby Deol picked up the award for Best Actor in a Negative Role for his film ‘Animal’.
• Sandeep Reddy Vanga has received the Best Director award, while Rani Mukerji and Nayanthara have won the Best Actress award.

Explanation:

• The purchase of more than 200 BrahMos Extended Range (ER) supersonic cruise missiles has received approval from the CCS.
• These BrahMos Extended Range (ER) supersonic cruise missiles will be installed on Indian Navy vessels.
• Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) approved the ₹19,000 crore agreement during its meeting on February 21, 2024.
• An agreement between BrahMos Aerospace and the Ministry of Defence to begin the process of introducing the weapons into the Indian Navy is expected to be formally signed early next month.
• On November 1, 2023, the Indian Navy successfully launched a supersonic cruise missile from a Rajput class frigate in the Bay of Bengal.

Explanation:

• India’s first Gati Shakti Research Chair has been established at IIM Shillong.
• To set up India’s first ‘Gati Shakti Research Chair’, the Ministry of Ports, Shipping & Waterways (MoPSW) signed a MoU with IIM Shillong.
• This chair will contribute to high-quality academic research on multimodal logistics with a focus on the Northeast.
• It will focus on building knowledge on multimodal logistics development strategies and practice, and innovation for logistical capacity building in the North-Eastern region.
• The main aim of the chair is to improve collaboration with global experts in creating and developing knowledge and expertise.
• The chair will support the PM Gati Shakti Masterplan for improving the East and North-East Region’s logistical capacity.
• A Strategic Round Table was also organised to discuss the multimodal logistics development strategy for connecting the North Eastern Region (NER) to the national and international regions.

Explanation:

• CM Manohar Lal Khattar presented a Rs 1.89 lakh crore budget for the financial year 2024-25.
• The proposed budget for the financial year 2024-25 is 11% higher than the previous fiscal.
• This includes Rs 1,34,456.36 crore as revenue expenditure and Rs. 55,420.25 crore as capital expenditure.
• Haryana's Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) at the constant price has recorded a compound annual growth rate of 6.1 per cent between 2014–15 and 2023–24.
• Haryana’s share in national GDP has increased from 3.5 per cent in 2014-15 to 3.7 per cent in 2023-24.
• Haryana GSDP witnessed year-on-year growth at constant prices of 8.0 percent in 2023–24.
• The share of the secondary sector has been estimated at 29.3 percent in the GSDP, while the share of the territory sector and primary sector is estimated at 52.6 percent and 18.1 percent, respectively.
• The fiscal deficit was 2.80 percent of GSDP in RE 2023-24. The fiscal deficit is projected to be 2.77% of GSDP in the current fiscal year.
• The CM also announced the Haryana Antyodya Parivar Parivahan Yojana (HAPPY) to benefit poor families to avail of free travel, up to 100km every year in Haryana Roadways buses.
• The CM proposed a start-up fund of Rs 10 crore to promote drone manufacturing in Haryana.
• The government also proposed to establish an aviation college in Hisar for higher education.
• The government will also provide land at Pipli for constructing the Sikh Museum.

Explanation:

• Recently in February 2024, scientists discovered the world's largest anaconda – a giant northern green anaconda – in the Amazon rainforest.
• This previously unknown snake, discovered by TV wildlife presenter Professor Freak Vonk during a National Geographic expedition, is 26 feet long, weighs 200 kg and has a human-sized head.
• The snake, which stars in National Geographic's Disney+ series 'Pole to Pole' with Will Smith, has been named 'Eunectes akayama' by researchers, cementing its status as the largest and heaviest snake on the planet.

Explanation: A-3, B-2, C-1, D-4