ALL EXAM QUIZ 7.03.2024

Explanation:

• Maritime Exercise Samudra Lakshman conducted off Visakhapatnam from 28 February to 2 March 2024.
• In the third edition of this exercise, the Indian Naval Ship Kiltan and the Royal Malaysian Ship KD Lakir participated.
• This involved discussions at a professional level after the phase relating to operational procedures at sea.
• The crews of these two ships held talks related to various procedures at the port, subject to expert exchange on issues of mutual interest, sports events, and other such interactions.

Explanation:

• Every year on 3 March, World Wildlife Day is celebrated.
• World Wildlife Day is observed to raise awareness about protecting wild animals and plants.
• The theme of World Wildlife Day 2024 is “Connecting People and Planet: Exploring Digital Innovation in Wildlife Conservation.”
• In 2013, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) proclaimed March 3 as the UN World Wildlife Day.

Explanation:

• NITI Aayog member Dr. V.K Paul launched National Birth Defect Awareness Month 2024.
• “Breaking Barriers: Inclusive Support for Children with Birth Defects” is the theme of National Birth Defect Awareness Month 2024.
• The birth defects awareness campaign will be focused on awareness about prevention, early identification, and timely management.
• Birth Defect Day is observed every year on 3rd March. This initiative is part of this day.

Explanation:

• Lakshmi Murdeshwar Puri, Former Assistant Secretary General, UN launched her first book "Swallowing the Sun" in Mumbai.
• This novel is inspired by her parents and her roots in Maharashtra.
• In this book, she highlights women's empowerment through the protagonist.
• She stated that the book is highly inspired by various Abhangas from renowned Maharashtrian saints and poets.

Explanation:

• Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh inaugurated Def Connect 2024 in New Delhi.
• Def Connect 2024 has been inaugurated to encourage indigenous defence innovation.
• It brings together key stakeholders including the Armed Forces, defence industry leaders, start-ups, academia, and policymakers.
• The aim of the event is to facilitate meaningful engagements and showcase cutting-edge technologies.
• It will attract innovators and investors from leading defence sector industries of India.
• Innovations for Defence Excellence-Defence Innovation Organisation (iDEX-DIO) is organising the event.

Explanation:

• Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal dedicated the first-ever Made-in-India ASTDS tug.
• Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal inaugurated the 60T bollard pull tug named ‘Ocean Grace’ and the Medical Mobile Unit (MMU).
• The Ocean Grace is the first made-in-India ASTDS Tug developed by Cochin Shipyard Limited under MoPSW.
• The first ASTDS tug is equipped with the NIGATA main engines and a Power Z-Peller ZP Propulsion engine.

Explanation:

• National Workshop on Logistics Efficiency Enhancement has been jointly organized by the DPIIT and World Bank.
• The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) in association with the World Bank Group organized a National Workshop on Logistics Efficiency Enhancement.
• It will bring together the logistics sector community to identify factors affecting logistics performance and areas of improvement.

Explanation:

• Moody's raised India's 2024 GDP forecast to 6.8%.
• Moody's Investor Service raised India's economy GDP forecast to 6.8% from 6.1 %.
• Moody predicted that inflation will remain above the RBI’s target of 4 per cent.
• Moody's noted that the 8.4 per cent growth during the third quarter is more than the economists' projections of 6.6 per cent.

• According to Moody's, the newly elected leaders will shape both international and domestic policy over the next four to five years, changing supply networks and geopolitical dynamics.

Explanation:

• Border Security Force (BSF) sub-inspector Suman Kumari has become the first woman sniper of the Border Security Force.
• Suman recently completed an eight-week sniper course at the Central School of Weapons and Tactics (CSWT), Indore and achieved 'Instructor Grade'.
• Suman is a resident of Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh. She joined BSF in the year 2021.

Explanation:

• The Zoological Survey of India has named a new marine species of ruby red-spotted head-shield sea slug after Indian President Draupadi Murmu.
• This species, belonging to the Melanochlamys genus, was discovered from Digha on the West Bengal coast and Udaipur on the Odisha coast.
• The new species of head-shield sea slug, which is found nowhere else in the world, has been named 'Melanochlamys droupadi'.

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