ALL EXAM QUIZ 6.03.2024

Explanation:

• India's first ammunition-missile manufacturing complex unveiled by the Adani Group in Uttar Pradesh.
• In a first in the private sector, on February 26, Adani Defense and Aerospace opened two facilities for manufacturing ammunition and missiles in Kanpur.
• Army Chief General Manoj Pandey and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath inaugurated the twin facility complex spread over 500 acres.
• In the first phase, 32 types of ammunition in 12 categories were identified for manufacturing by the Indian industry.
• In the second phase, approval has already been received to develop five additional ammunition categories.
• The Kanpur complex is set to become one of the largest integrated ammunition manufacturing complexes in South Asia.

Explanation:

• On 27 February, the book 'Basic Structure and Republic' by Goa Governor PS Sreedharan Pillai released at Raj Bhavan.
• Archbishop Mar Joseph Perumthottam of Changanacherry (Kerala) released the book.
• The Minister for Water Resource Development, Co-Operation, and Provedoria Subhash Shirodkar received the first copy of the book, which Mar Joseph Perumthottam presented.

• Mr. Pillai said, the book is based on the Golden Jubilee speeches, particularly the Kesavananda Bharati vs. Sanyasi case, which was decided by a 13-judge bench with the longest hearing of 66 days.

Explanation:

• Uttarakhand government presented a budget of Rs 89,230 crore for the year 2024-25, which is 15.27 per cent more than the previous year.
• The economic growth rate of Uttarakhand was 7.63 per cent in the year 2022-23. It is higher than the national average.
• As per the multidimensional poverty Index, 9 lakh 17 thousand 299 people have come out of poverty in the state.

• In the budget, Rs 5,658 crore has been allocated for the welfare of the poor including Rs 93 crore for housing for the poor, Rs 600 crore for food grains supply and Rs 55 crore for free gas refills.

Explanation:

• The ISRO’s new launch complex will be established in Tamil Nadu’s Thoothukudi district.
• This facility will accommodate 24 launches per year and will be built at Rs 986 crore.
• This launch complex is being built for launching SSLV-type rockets.
• PM Modi launched projects worth Rs 17,300 crore in Tamil Nadu. He also flagged off India’s first indigenous green hydrogen fuel cell inland waterway vessel as part of the Harit Nauka initiative.
• He laid the foundation stone for the Outer Harbor Container Terminal at V. O. Chidambaranar Port.
• Prime Minister laid foundation of rail projects for doubling the Vanchi Maniyachchi - Nagercoil rail line and the Melappalayam - Aralvaymoli section.
• Four road projects in Tamil Nadu developed at a total cost of about 4,586 crore rupees were also inaugurated.

Explanation:

• Jal Shakti Ministry and 12 technical education institutions have signed an agreement.
• The agreement is for research and academic collaboration towards basin management of six rivers.
• These six rivers are Narmada, Godavari, Mahanadi, Krishna, Cauvery and Periyar.
• The agreement was signed under the National River Conservation Plan.
• On the occasion, Jal Shakti Minister said Namami Gange Mission has been included by UNESCO among the world’s ten best conservation and revitalization campaigns.
• The Minister said PM Modi linked river conservation to livelihood and gave the principle of Arth Ganga.

Explanation:

• Akademi Ratnas and Akademi Puraskar for 2022-2023 have been announced by Sangeet Natak Akademi.
• President Droupadi Murmu will confer the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowships and Awards in a special investiture ceremony.
• Six new Akademi Fellows or Akademi Ratnas have been unanimously elected by the General Council of the Akademi.
• 92 artists have been selected for the Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards or the Akademi Puraskar for the years 2022 and 2023.
• 80 young artists have been selected for the Sangeet Natak Akademi Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar for 2022 and 2023.
• Ashok Saraf, Rajeev Verma, and Bombay Jayashri will get Sangeet Natak Akademi Award.
• In music under Carnatic instrumental category, veena player Jayanthi Kumaresh won Sangeet Natak Akademi Award from Karnataka for 2022.
• In the field of theatre, playwright Belur Raghunandan got the Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar for the year 2022.
• In the field of music, veena player Sahana SV got the Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar for the year 2022.

• Vocalist SR Vinay Sharva got the Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar for 2023.

Explanation:

• India opposed the China-led investment facilitation proposal at WTO.
• On the third day of the WTO conference, India and South Africa opposed the China-led Investment Facility for Development (IFD) proposal as part of the formal WTO framework.
• A China-led group of over 120 countries are pushing for the Investment Facilitation for Development Agreement (IFD) proposal to make part of the World Trade Organisation (WTO).
• India argued that WTO should deal with issues related to trade and it is a non-trade issue. India is against bringing this into the WTO framework.
• The China-led group wants to bring the proposal through annexure-4 of the WTO. It would be binding only on the signatory members.
• India said that it would be a violation of the WTO framework and fundamental rule of consensus-based decision-making.
• The Investment Facilitation for Development Agreement (IFD) was first proposed by China in 2017. The countries with sovereign wealth funds are part of this agreement.
• India also opposed the e-commerce moratorium extension beyond March 31.

Explanation:

• Ministry of Education launched the SWAYAM Plus platform.
• The Union Minister of Education, Dharmendra Pradhan, launched the ‘SWAYAM Plus’ platform to offer courses developed collaboratively with industry leaders.
• Industry players including L&T, Microsoft, and CISCO, will offer employability and professional development-focused programmes through this platform.
• This platform will offer programmes in different sectors, including manufacturing, energy, computer science and engineering, IT or ITES, management studies, healthcare, hospitality, and tourism, besides Indian knowledge systems.
• These courses will not only provide theoretical knowledge but also skills demanded by the job market.
• SWAYAM Plus seeks to enhance the employability of both college students and lifelong learners.
• IIT Madras will be the nodal agency for the ‘SWAYAM Plus’ platform.
• IIT Madras was also among the founder institutions of Swayam-NPTEL and the Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) platform.

Explanation:

• India's rank remained at 42 in the International IP Index 2024.
• In the International IP Index for 2024, India secured the 42nd rank out of 55 countries.
• India’s overall score also remained unchanged at 38.64 per cent.
• The report highlighted that the Cinematograph (Amendment) Bill 2023, which includes new language and criminal sanctions on film piracy, strengthened India’s Intellectual Property.
• The 12th edition of the International IP Index evaluated the top 55 economies of the world.
• 20 economies of the world only shown significant improvements.
• 27 economies showed no change, and eight, including Ecuador, experienced declines.
• The U.S.A. secured the top position in the International IP Index 2024, while the United Kingdom secured second.

Rank Country Score

1 United States 95.48%

2 United Kingdom 94.12%

3 France 93.12%

4 Germany 92.46%

5 Sweden 92.12%

Explanation:

Renowned filmmaker Zoya Akhtar and British Indian chef Asma Khan were honored at the annual 'India-UK Achievers' awards in London.

Zoya Akhtar honored with Living Legend Award

• Zoya Akhtar was honored with the Living Legend Award for her work in furthering the understanding of India.
• Zoya Akhtar is acclaimed for box-office hits like 'Luck By Chance' and 'Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara' and most recently 'The Archies'.
• The 51-year-old daughter of writers Javed Akhtar and Honey Irani addressed a session on creative economies at the conference.

Honor to Chef Asma Khan

• Chef Asma Khan of the women-run Darjeeling Express restaurant in London was also honoured.
• The alumnus of King's College London started out in the field of law. But she has since made her mark in the culinary field, including working as a cookery writer behind bestselling recipe books on Indian cuisine.