ALL EXAM QUIZ 5.04.2024

Explanation:

• Sorin Investment Fund Chairman Sanjay Nair took over as President of ASSOCHAM for 2024-25.
• He replaced Ajay Singh, SpiceJet Chairman and Managing Director, who has completed his tenure.
• Nair has four decades of experience in the global financial and capital markets, including 25 years at Citi and nearly 14 years at KKR before retiring last year.
• Founded in 1920, the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) is a non-governmental trade association and advocacy group.

• It is headquartered in New Delhi.

Explanation:

• Paradip Port has emerged as the largest Indian major port in cargo throughput in FY24.
• Surpassing Deendayal Port Authority in Gujarat, the State-owned Paradip Port in Odisha has emerged as India's largest major port in terms of cargo volume with a cargo throughput of 145.38 million tonnes in FY24.
• Paradip Port, for the first time in its 56-year history of operations, has surpassed the previous record set by Deendayal Port on the instructions of the Ministry of Ports.
• During FY24, the port achieved the highest-ever coastal shipping traffic of 59.19 million metric tonnes, an increase of 0.76 million metric tonnes which is 1.30% over the last year.
• Shipping of thermal coal reached 43.97 million metric tons, an increase of 4.02% from last year's cargo handling.

Explanation:

• The Chinese Ministry of Civil Affairs released the fourth list of standardised geographical names in Zangnan (the Chinese name for Arunachal Pradesh).
• China has released the names of 30 more places in Arunachal Pradesh.
• In April 2023, India reacted sharply when China released the third list of names of 11 places in Arunachal Pradesh.
• The central government asserted that Arunachal Pradesh is an integral part of India.

Explanation:

• Indian weightlifter Bindyrani Devi clinched the bronze medal in the women’s 55kg event at the IWF World Cup.
• She total lifted 196kg (83kg+113kg) to claim the bronze medal.
• Bindyarani Devi’s total weight lift was 38kg less than North Korea’s Kang Hyon Gyong, who won the gold medal for her effort of 234kg (103kg+131kg).
• Romania’s Cambei Mihaela-Valentina won the silver medal by lifting a total of 201kg (91kg+110kg).
• Bindyarani also bagged the silver medal in the clean and jerk section by lifting 113kg.
• In continental, World Cup, and World Championship competitions, medals are awarded separately for snatch, clean and jerk, and total lift.

Explanation:

• Union Health Ministry has launched myCGHS iOS app.
• The myCGHS app for the iOS ecosystem of devices has been released by Shri Apurva Chandra, Secretary of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
• The Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) app is intended to improve beneficiaries' access to Electronic Health Records, data, and resources.
• The National Informatics Centre (NIC) Himachal Pradesh and the NIC Health Team's technical teams are responsible for developing the app.

Explanation:

• Santosh Kumar Jha has become new CMD of Konkan Railway Corporation.
• He has taken charge as its new Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) from 1 April.
• He is an Indian Railway Traffic Services (IRTS) officer of 1992 batch.
• He was the Director (Operations and Commercial) with Konkan Railway Corporation Ltd. (KRCL).
• KRCL is a public sector undertaking under the Ministry of Railways. It operates Konkan Railway.
• It is headquartered at CBD Belapur in Navi Mumbai. It serves Maharashtra, Goa and Karnataka.

Explanation:

• MHA cancelled the FCRA registration of five NGOs for violating laws.
• For violating provisions of the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act, the government has cancelled the registration of five NGOs.
• The registrations of the CNI Synodical Board of Social Service, the Voluntary Health Association of India, the Indo-Global Social Service Society, the Church's Auxiliary for Social Action, and the Evangelical Fellowship of India have been cancelled.
• After the cancellation of registration, these NGOs will not remain eligible to accept foreign contributions or utilize the existing available funds.
• The government has cancelled the FCRA registration of the NGOs for allegedly utilising funds for works that were not in their mandate.
• As of July 17, 2023, there were 16301 NGOs with valid FCRA licences.
• In the last five years, the government has cancelled the FCRA licences of more than 6,600 NGOs.

Explanation:

• Restrictions have been imposed on pilgrims visiting the Ahobilam shrine.
• The Forest Department and Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Devasthanam (SLNSD) have imposed certain restrictions on visitors visiting the Ahobilam shrine.
• The restrictions have been imposed due to intense heatwaves that can impact the movement of wild animals.
• For the safety of animals, the government has banned all forms of plastic such as sachets, water cups, tea cups and bottles.
• Overnight stays in the region have been prohibited due to the movement of nocturnal animals.

Ahobilam Shrine

• Ahobilam shrine is composed of nine different temples, situated within the Nallamala forest.
• It is located in Andhra Pradesh and is the centre of worship of Narasimha.
• The shrine of the Ahobilam temple is situated on the top and is referred to as Upper Ahobilam and down below is called Lower Ahobilam.

Explanation:

• A new OptiDrop platform has been developed by C-CAMP to study single cells.
• The Centre for Cellular and Molecular Platforms (C-CAMP) has developed a new platform ‘OptiDrop’ to study single cells.
• This platform has potential use in diagnostics, therapeutics, agriculture, and animal health.
• This microfluidic chip-based platform will allow optical sensing of biological samples without the expensive open space.
• This innovative platform has been developed by C-CAMP’s Discovery to Innovation Accelerator team.
• It will enable the study of single cells encapsulated in droplets with ease and precision.
• Optidrop will help in studying the impact on individual cells during a drug screen, environment control (water contamination counter), and detection and sorting of CAR-T cells in immuno-oncotherapeutics.
• Currently, Flow cytometers in market cost between ₹ 45 lakhs and ₹ 1 crore. OptiDrop setup costs only about ₹10 lakh.

Explanation:

• Juan Vicente Perez Mora, the world’s oldest man, died at the age of 114.
• Juan Vicente Perez Mora was certified as the world’s oldest man in 2022.
• He was officially declared as the oldest man alive on February 4, 2022, when he was 112 years and 253 days old.
• As of 2022, he had 41 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren and 12 great-great-grandchildren.
• He was born on 27 May 1909, in the state of Tachira in Venezuela.
• At the age of five, he started working with his dad and brothers in agriculture.