UPSC QUIZ 5.03.2024

Explanation:

• Government of India has approved an interest free loan of Rs 10 thousand to Flu Cured Virginia (FCV) tobacco growers in Andhra Pradesh.
• This loan will be given to more than 42 thousand Flu Cured Virginia (FCV) tobacco growers.
• This loan will be given from the Producer Welfare Fund of the Tobacco Board.
• The government has approved this loan in view of the crops that were damaged due to the Michong cyclonic rains in Andhra Pradesh last year. This is a one-time interest-free loan only for the Andhra Pradesh crop season year 2023-24.

Flue cured virginia tobacco

• It is a commercial Kharif crop.
• Its cultivation is done in the rainy season from June to September.
• For its cultivation, black and red loamy soil is required.
• Cured tobacco is prepared for the market by standardizing the curing process to extract the properties of the tobacco leaf and remove moisture.

Explanation:

• A new variety of hybrid cotton seed has been prepared in the research institute of Khandwa Agricultural College affiliated to Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia Agricultural University, Gwalior.
• Research on this seed has been done by Dr. Devendra Srivastava under the direction of Dr. Deepak Hari Ranade.
• This hybrid seed has been named KHH-VS-1318-1.

Cotton Hybrid Seeds KHH-VS-1318-1

• The yield from this hybrid seed will be up to 20 quintals per hectare.
• The length of fiber of this seed will be 32 percent more than normal.
• Before this, in the year 2006, there was a variety JKHY-1I.
• The length of its fiber was up to 28 percent more and the yield was 12 to 14 quintals per hectare.

Explanation:

• Google launched a new generative Al (GenAl) model called Genie.
• The Genie model can create interactive video games from just a text or image prompt.
• It can create games even without prior training on game mechanics. It is a Generative AI (GenAl) model that can generate output from one or two inputs in the form of text, images, etc.
• It is trained from videos obtained from the Internet. It is a foundation world model. This model uses synthetic images, Can generate playable (action-controlled) variations from photo-graphs and even sketches. Genie is the first generative interactive environment trained in an unsupervised manner from unlabeled Internet videos.

Explanation:

• Animal welfare initiative ‘Vantara’ launched by Reliance.
• On 26 February, the launch of the Vantara (Star of the Forest) program in Jamnagar was announced by Reliance Industries and Reliance Foundation.
• It is a comprehensive initiative focusing on the rescue, treatment, care, and rehabilitation of injured, abused, and endangered animals both in India and abroad.
• Vantara is spread over 3,000 acres within the green belt of Reliance's Jamnagar Refinery Complex.
• It aims to become one of the leading contributors to conservation efforts globally.
• Vantara will work with leading experts in animal care and welfare.
• Vantara has transformed this location into a forest-like environment that is a natural, rich, lush, and green habitat for the rescued species.
• The program has rescued more than 200 elephants, and thousands of other animals, reptiles, and birds from unsafe conditions over the years.
• It has taken initiatives in key species, including rhinoceros, leopard, and crocodile rehabilitation.

Explanation:

• Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) has named a new marine species of ruby red spotted head-shield sea slug, Melanochlamys draupadi, which was discovered off the coasts of West Bengal and Odisha, after President Draupadi Murmu. Has gone.
• Physical characteristics of species in the genus Melanochlamys include a short, blunt, cylindrical body as well as a smooth dorsal surface with two equal or unequal dorsal shields, called posterior and anterior dorsal shields.
• Breeding of this species is observed between November and January.
• Melanochlamys drupadi secrete transparent mucus, which protects them from sand particles when crawling under smooth sand, making its body rarely visible.
• ZSI clarifies that while species in this group are generally found in temperate regions of the Indo-Pacific Ocean region, three species are actually tropical: Melanochlamys papillata from the Gulf of Thailand, Melanochlamys bengalensis from the West Bengal and Odisha coast, and Melanochlamys bengalensis from the Gulf of Thailand. Draupadi.