ALL EXAM QUIZ 27.03.2024

Explanation:

• A new disease of pea has been discovered by Haryana Agricultural University Scientists.
• A new and potentially devastating disease affecting the pea crop has been identified by scientists from Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University of Hisar.
• The disease has been named “Witches’ Broom,” which is associated with the pathogen ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris’ (16SrI).
• The new diseases in plants have been recognized by The American Phytopathological Society (APS), USA.
• Scientists have accepted the report of this new disease and published it in their prestigious journal 'Plant Disease' as the first research report.

Explanation:

• Sharath Kamal named as the flag bearer and Mary Kom as the chef de mission at the Paris 2024 Olympics.
• The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) on March 21 announced that top table tennis player Sharath Kamal will be the flag bearer for the Indian team for the upcoming Paris 2024 Olympics.
• Apart from this, Olympic bronze medalist MC Mary Kom has been named as the Chef de Mission for the Summer Games.
• Kamal has won the National Table Tennis Championships a record 10 times and has also won 13 medals in the CWG.
• MC Mary Kom is the first female boxer in boxing history to win six world titles.

Explanation:

• Arvind Kejriwal became the first sitting Chief Minister to get arrested.
• Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the liquor policy scam under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, of 2002.
• Bail under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, of 2002 is not easy due to its stringent provisions.
• AIADMK chief J Jayalalithaa was the first former CM to get arrested in 1996.

Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002

• It was enacted in 2002 and implemented on July 1, 2005.
• Its main objective is to prevent money laundering.
• It was amended in 2012 to bring banks, mutual funds, and insurance companies under its purview.
• All offences under the PMLA are cognizable and non-bailable. It has no provision for anticipatory bail.
• Under section 45, two more strict conditions for bail were added under PMLA in 2018.

Explanation:

• MV Rao has been elected as the Chairman of the Indian Banks’ Association (IBA).
• MV Rao, managing director and chief executive officer of Central Bank of India, has been elected as the Chairman of the Indian Banks’ Association (IBA).
• On March 21, the managing committee of the Indian Banks’ Association (IBA) made this decision.
• Madhav Nair will be now the honorary secretary of the association.
• The IBA and bank unions have recently signed the 9th joint note and the final 12th bipartite settlement agreement.

Explanation:

• Gyaltsuen Jetsun Pema Wangchuck Mother and Child Hospital inaugurated in Bhutan.
• Gyaltsuen Jetsun Pema Wangchuck Mother and Child Hospital was inaugurated by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi and His Excellency Tshering Tobgay, Prime Minister of Bhutan.
• This state-of-the-art hospital has been built with the assistance of the Government of India in Thimphu.
• The Indian Government has provided assistance in two phases for the development of the 150-bed Gyaltsuen Jetsun Pema Wangchuk Mother and Child Hospital.
• At a cost of Rs 22 crore, the first phase of this hospital was constructed and has been operational since 2019.

Explanation:

• First "Global Inequality Research Award" presented to Bina Agarwal and James Boyce.
• The World Inequality Lab (WIL) has joined hands with Sciences Po’s Center for Research on Social Inequalities (CRIS) to award the first edition of the Global Inequality Research Award (GiRA).
• The purpose of the award is to honor researchers from all disciplines who have made significant contributions to the understanding of global inequalities.
• The Global Inequality Research Prize will be awarded every two years.
• Economist Bina Agrawal (University of Manchester), is the author of leading work on gender inequalities, environmental governance, ecofeminism, and environmental inequalities.
• Economist James K. Boyce (University of Massachusetts Amherst), is the author of a seminal work on the relationship between social inequality and environmental degradation.
• He has made a major contribution to the structure of the field of environmental political economy.

Explanation:

• Insights into the history of the Milky Way revealed by the Gaia telescope.
• Two streams of stars that helped form our galaxy more than 12 billion years ago have been discovered by the European Space Agency's telescope Gaia.
• Unprecedented insights into the history of our galaxy, the Milky Way, have been gathered by the European Space Agency (ESA).
• ESA's space telescope Gaia detected two ancient streams of stars that swirled together and merged into the Milky Way at the beginning of its existence.
• The researchers were examining data collected by Gaia when they noticed the streams, which they named Shakti and Shiva.

Explanation:

• S&P Global has increased India’s growth forecast to 6.8% for Fiscal Year 2024-25.
• S&P Global has increased forecast by 40 basis points. It is yet lower than the forecast of 7.6% for the current fiscal.
• The projection made by S&P Global is lower than RBI’s estimate of 7%.
• S&P has not changed its forecast for Fiscal Years 2025-26, 2026-2027 and 2027-2028.
• It has kept growth forecast for Fiscal Year 2025-26 at 6.9%, for Fiscal Year 2026-2027 at 7% and for Fiscal Year 2027-2028 at 7%.
• S&P has projected robust growth for Asian emerging market economies like India, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Vietnam.

Explanation:

• In February 2024, Venezuela became fifth largest crude oil supplier of India.
• Venezuela is the country with the world’s largest proven oil reserves (300 billion barrels).
• In January 2024, India became the largest buyer of crude oil from Venezuela.
• This happened after US removed sanctions on Venezuela for six months starting from 18 October 2023.
• However, the reimposition of US sanctions after April 18 may impact the trade.
• Until 2019, India was third largest buyer of crude oil from Venezuela after the US and China.
• Venezuela contributes only about 4-5% of India’s overall imports.

Explanation:

• Maharashtra's Nahid Divecha has won two gold medals at the Indian Masters National Badminton Championship 2024 in Panchkula.
• Divecha, a member of Bombay Gymkhana and associated with Shuttle Craze Academy, won the women's 50 singles title by defeating Haryana's Sunita Singh Panwar in straight sets.