ALL EXAM QUIZ 17.06.2024

Explanation:

• PM Modi departed for his first overseas tour of the third term to participate in the G7 conference in Italy.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the 50th G7 Leaders' Summit.
• This is his first international visit after assuming office for the third term.
• Italy invited India to participate in the G-7 Summit on June 14 as an outreach country.
• Prime Minister Modi and Italian Prime Minister Giorgio Meloni will have a bilateral meeting during the summit.
• As the current chair of the G-7, Italy is hosting the meeting of the group of seven major advanced economies, including the European Union as well as Canada, France, Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States.
• The summit, to be held from June 13 to 15 at the posh Borgo Egnazia resort in Italy's Apulia region,
• It is expected to focus on global challenges including the Russia-Ukraine war and the Israel-Hamas conflict.
• India has participated in ten G7 summits prior, with PM Modi making his fifth consecutive appearance.

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• India is the second largest emitter of nitrous oxide in the world.
• Nitrous oxide (N2O) is a greenhouse gas that warms the atmosphere more than carbon dioxide, and India is the second-largest source of this gas in the world.
• India accounted for about 11% of such global man-made emissions in 2020, topped only by China at 16%.
• According to a global assessment of N2O emissions published in the journal Earth System Science Data on June 12, the major source of these emissions is fertilizer use.
• The study says the concentration of atmospheric N2O reached 336 parts per billion in 2022, which is about 25% above the levels seen before the industrial age.
• In comparison, the concentration of carbon dioxide was 417 parts per million in 2022.

Explanation:

• Tamil Nadu government launched the ‘Chief Minister’s Mannuyir Kaathu Mannuyir Kaappom’ scheme.
• The ‘Chief Minister’s Mannuyir Kaathu Mannuyir Kaappom’ scheme was launched by Chief Minister M.K. Stalin to improve soil health.
• Under this scheme, ₹20 crore would be spent for the preservation of soil fertility through the use of green manure. A total ₹206 crore will be spent on the scheme.
• Green manure seeds will be distributed in the first phase of the scheme in 2024–25.

Explanation:

• Lieutenant General Waker-Uz-Zaman will be the new Army chief of Bangladesh.
• He will assume the charge on June 23 for three years.
• Zaman is currently serving as Chief of General Staff of the Bangladesh Army. He would succeed General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed.
• Waker-Uz-Zaman was commissioned as an Infantry Corps officer in 1985.

Explanation:

• The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet, headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has reappointed Dr Pramod Kumar Mishra as Principal Secretary to PM. Retired Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Dr Pramod Kumar Mishra has been appointed for the second consecutive term.
• The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet is the highest appointment body of the Union Cabinet. It approves top-level appointments in the central government. Currently, it comprises the Prime Minister and Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
• Dr Pramod Kumar Mishra is a 1971 batch IAS (retired) officer of Odisha cadre, who retired in 2008. He has a close relationship with PM Modi and has also served as Principal Secretary to the then Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi.
• He was appointed as Principal Secretary to PM for the first time in 2019 and has been reappointed for the second time in 2024.
• He was appointed as Principal Secretary to PM for the first time in 2019 and has been reappointed for the second time in 2024.

Explanation:

• Adani Defence and EDGE Group have signed a cooperation agreement.
• The agreement is to establish a global platform leveraging the defence and aerospace capabilities.
• Under the partnership, collaboration will be explored in key product areas.
• These areas include missiles, weapons, unmanned systems, electronic warfare, and cyber technologies.
• Under the agreement, establishment of R&D facilities in India and the UAE will also be explored.
• Setting up of development, production, and maintenance facilities of defence and aerospace solutions will also be explored.
• Adani Defence & Aerospace is an arm of Adani Enterprises.
• EDGE Group is one of the leading advanced technology and defence groups in the UAE.

Explanation:

• Indian Army received an indigenous Man-Portable Counter Drone System.
• AXISCADES Technologies Ltd. has developed the first-of-its-kind Man Portable Counter Drone System (MPCDS).
• AXISCADES Technologies Ltd. had received an order for MPCDS worth Rs 100 crore from the Indian Army.
• The Man Portable Counter Drone System (MPCDS) will help to strengthen India’s defence capabilities.
• The MPCDS is compact and portable and operates on battery and main power.
• It can detect and jam different varieties of drones within a range of up to 5 kilometres.
• In the man-portable category, this is the first counter-drone system being inducted into the Indian Army.
• This system is being deployed at different locations across various commands in the Indian Army.

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• Indian Navy commissioned the ‘Missile Cum Ammunition Barge’, LSAM 13 (Yard 81)’.
• The fifth ship of the 08 x 'Missile Cum Ammunition’ Barge has been built by the MSME Shipyard, SECON Engineering Projects Pvt. Ltd. (SEPPL), Visakhapatnam.
• This missile cum ammunition ship 'LSAM 13 (Yard 81)' was undertaken into waters on June 10, 2024.
• The launching ceremony was headed by Cmde Manish Vig, General Manager (QA).

Explanation:

• Mukhya Mantri Nijut Moina’ Scheme has been launched by the Assam government.
• To combat child marriage and empower girl children, the ‘Mukhya Mantri Nijut Moina’ (MMNM) Scheme has been launched by the Assam government.
• This scheme will benefit around 10 lakh girl students. The main objective of the scheme is to prevent child marriage.
• Under the MMNM scheme, girls in the higher secondary first year will receive Rs. 1,000 on the 11th day of each month.

Explanation:

• Joshimath has been renamed as Jyotirmath and Kosiyakutoli as Kainchi Dham.
• Uttarakhand government’s proposal to rename Joshimath tehsil in Chamoli district as Jyotirmath, and Kosiyakutoli tehsil in Nainital district as Pargana Shri Kainchi Dham has been approved by the Central government.
• After Adi Guru Shankaracharya visited it in the 8th century, the Joshimath region was originally called Jyotirmath.
• Joshimath is considered the gateway to Badrinath Dham.
• Kosiyakutoli in Nainital will now be known as Pargana Shri Kainchi Dham tehsil, after Baba Neem Karoli Maharaj’s ashram.
• Kainchi Dham has also been included in the Manaskhand Mandirmala Mission.

Explanation:

• The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has reappointed Ajit Doval as the National Security Advisor (NSA) to the Prime Minister. Former IPS officer Ajit Doval has been reappointed for his third consecutive term.
• Narendra Modi took oath as the Prime Minister of India for the third consecutive term on 9 June 2024 after the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) won a majority in the 18th Lok Sabha. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet consists of just the Prime Minister and the Home Minister.