ALL EXAM QUIZ 10.04.2024

Explanation:

• 55th Anniversary of Naval Transmitting Station was celebrated in Visakhapatnam on 7th April 2024.
• Naval Transmitting Station, Visakhapatnam, celebrated its 55th anniversary with various activities.
• Inter-departmental sports competitions, tug of war and best garden competitions, and clean-up drives were organized on the occasion.
• A captivating cultural show, featuring in-house performances by unit personnel and their family members was also organized.
• Commanding Officer INS Circars, Happy Mohan was the Chief Guest on this occasion.
• The Naval Dockyard in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, is one of the most important dockyards in India.

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• Srini Pallia appointed as the next chief executive officer (CEO) of Wipro.
• After the resignation of Thierry Delaporte, Wipro has appointed Srinivas Pallia as its new CEO.
• He will take over as the CEO and managing director from April 7.
• In July 2020, Thierry Delaporte was appointed as Wipro’s CEO and managing director.
• In 2019, Wipro also lost the tag of India’s third-largest IT services company.
• Delaporte revamped operating mode and structure of Wipro and replaced the various Strategic Business Units (SBU), geographies and service lines with four Strategic Market Units and two Global Business Lines.

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• In remembrance of the Rwanda Genocide of 1994, Qutub Minar has been lit up.
• The Qutub Minar has been illuminated in the colours of the Rwandan national flag on April 7.
• It has been illuminated in solidarity with the Rwanda Genocide of 1994 which claimed the lives of 8,00,000 people.
• On this occasion, Dammu Ravi of the Ministry of External Affairs represented India at the 30th commemoration of the genocide in Kigali.
• Rwanda observed 30 years of the genocide by armed Hutu extremists. 1994 Rwanda Genocide (Kwibuka 30) is one of the bloodiest massacres of the 20th century.
• In July 1994, the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) rebel group captured Kigali.
• Out of 8 lakh people died, most of them were Tutsis and moderate Hutus.
• Dammu Ravi, the Secretary of the Ministry of External Affairs (Economic Relations), is on a visit to Rwanda, Uganda, and Kenya from April 7-12.

Explanation:

• Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has launched awareness campaign on food safety aspects at major markets of Delhi.
• The campaign has been launched in collaboration with the Food Safety Department, Delhi.
• It has been launched from the Khan Market and INA Market of Delhi on 8th April, 2024.
• It will mainly focus on the detection and mitigation of pesticide residue and food product contaminants.
• During the programme, the owners of food businesses were sensitized on issues such as the value of organic farming and the need to test raw materials.
• The owners of food businesses were also sensitized on the dangers of pesticide residues, artificial ripening, and the use of banned chemicals for wax coating.
• The Food Safety on Wheel mobile lab project by FSSAI was introduced to the traders and market associations.
• The Food Safety on Wheel mobile lab has a number of quick testing assays that can find up to 50 pesticide residues in a variety of food matrices.

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• Sumit Nagal became first ever Indian to win main draw match at Monte Carlo Masters on 9 April 2024.
• Sumit Nagal defeated 35th ranked Matteo Arnaldi of Italy in the opening round.
• He defeated Arnaldi in the three-set 5-7, 6-2, and 6-4 at the ATP Masters event.
• He is only the 3rd Indian who featured in the main draw in Monte Carlo after Vijay Amritraj (1977) and Ramesh Krishanan (1982).
• He became first-ever male Indian singles player who won a Masters 1000 match on clay.
• Sumit Nagal is an Indian tennis player. He is currently the No. 1 ranked Indian player.

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• Fresh batch of Igla-S air defence system has been received by the Indian Army.
• The fresh along with 100 missiles, has been sent from Russia.
• It will enhance the Indian Army’s Very Short Range Air Defence (VSHORAD) capabilities.
• The Igla-S system consists of a single launcher and a missile. In an earlier batch, a very small number (24 launchers and 216 missiles) of Igla-S were procured in 2021.
• In 2023, India signed a contract with Russia for the procurement of 120 launchers and 400 missiles.
• The Igla-S systems are procured for the new authorised air defence formations for high mountainous terrain along the northern border.

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• The government appointed Manoj Panda as a new full-time member of the Sixteenth Finance Commission.
• He is a former director of the Institute of Economic Growth.
• This new appointment has completed the finance panel, which was functioning with only three full-time members and Chairperson Arvind Panagariya.
• Panda is a renowned economist and has also served as the RBI Chair Professor at the Institute of Economic Growth.
• 16th Finance Commission was constituted on December 31, 2023. Ajay Narayan Jha, Annie George Mathew, Niranjan Rajadhyaksha and Soumya Kanti Ghosh are the full-time members.
• The 16th Finance Commission will submit its report by October 31, 2025, for five years commencing from April 1, 2026.
• The first meeting of the 16th Finance Commission was held on February 14 2024.

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• Nepal Army will launch a campaign to collect garbage from Mount Everest.
• Nepal Army will collect around 10 tonnes of garbage and five bodies lying at Mt. Everest as part of the Mountain Cleaning Campaign 2024.
• A 12-member team led by Maj. Aditya Karki will start their journey from the base camp on April 14.
• This team will bring the garbage from Mt. Everest, Mt. Lhotse and Mt. Nuptse.
• An 18-member Sherpa team will assist the army in its cleaning expedition. This campaign will be flagged off by Nepal Army Chief Gen. Prabhuram Sharma.
• The Biodegradable waste will be brought to Namche Bazaar below the base camp and handed to the Sagarmatha Pollution Control Committee (SPCC) for proper treatment.
• This campaign of the Nepal Army will be launched along with the Ministry of Forest and Environment, the Tourism Department and the Nepal Mountaineers Association for the Everest region's cleaning campaign.
• Plastic garbage has become a major threat in Himalayan regions. The age of degradation of plastic is more than 400 years.

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• BMC will impose a double property tax for Mumbai shops without Marathi signboards.
• The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will impose a double property tax on shops without Marathi Devanagari script signboards in Mumbai from May 1, 2024.
• The BMC has also stated that it will revoke the licenses of shops that lack Marathi lettering signboard.
• This step has been taken by the Supreme Court’s directive and the Maharashtra Shops and Establishments Rules.
• The Supreme Court had given a two-month deadline of November 25, 2023, for shops and establishments to put up name boards in Marathi Devanagari script in bold letters.
• The licenses of the glow sign boards without the Marathi script will be cancelled with immediate effect.

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• National Women's Hockey League will be inaugurated in Ranchi on 30th April. It will be organized from 30 April to 10 May.
• Eight quarter-finalists in the Senior Women's National Championship in Haryana, Maharashtra, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Bengal, Mizoram, Manipur and Odisha - Pune will compete in the first phase of the league.
• This league will provide an opportunity to the emerging players in the country to hone their skills.