ALL EXAM QUIZ 01.07.2024

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• First international solar festival will be held in New Delhi in India by the International Solar Alliance (ISA).
• It aims to provide favourable circumstances for significant international collaborations that will accelerate the change to solar-powered energy transition.
• The festival is scheduled to take place from September 5–6, 2024.

Explanation:

• Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh announced 'Mini Ratna' status (Category-1) for Central Electronics Limited (CEL).
• Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh attended the Golden Jubilee celebration of Central Electronics Limited (CEL) at the Ghaziabad campus.
• The net profit of Central Electronics Limited (CEL) has reached around Rs 58 crores.
• Central Electronics Limited has achieved all performance parameters for the status of Mini RATNA (Category-1).

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• Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has amended its insider trading norms.
• With this, SEBI has allowed more flexibility for executing trading plans. The new norms will become applicable after three months.
• The amendments include a reduction of the cool-off period for trading plans from six months to 120 days.
• SEBI has provided for a 20 per cent price range for buying or selling shares.
• If the compliance officer approves the insider's trading plan, they are permitted to trade in the company's securities under the Prohibition of Insider Trading (PIT) regulations.

Explanation:

• The prestigious Pen Pinter Prize 2024 awarded to Booker Prize-winning author Arundhati Roy for her “unflinching and unswerving” writings.
• Founded in 2009 by the charity English PEN, the award defends freedom of expression, honours literature in memory of Nobel Prize-winning playwright Harold Pinter.
• She won the Booker Prize for his debut novel, The God of Small Things.

Explanation:

• Developmental trials successfully completed by High Speed Expendable Aerial Target ‘Abhyas’.
• Six consecutive developmental trials of High Speed Expendable Aerial Target (HEAT) ‘Abhyas’ with advanced booster configuration successfully completed by DRDO from Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur, Odisha.
• With this, ‘Abhyas’ has successfully completed 10 developmental trials demonstrating the reliability of the system.

Explanation:

• YEIDA and Bebu project LLP signed agreement to develop a film city in Greater Noida.
• The Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA) and Bebu Project LLP signed an agreement to develop a film city in Greater Noida.
• Bebu Project LLP is a company owned by film producers Bonnie Kapoor and Ashish Bhootani.
• This film city will be developed with an estimated cost of 1,510 crore rupees. It will be built in the next 8 years.
• The initial phase of the film city will be focused on establishing essential film-related facilities and a film institute.
• It has been designed to offer world-class film production amenities, including studios, open sets, hospitality services, and office spaces.
• The initial phase of the film city will be completed in three years.

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• Dr. Usha Thakur was awarded the 12th Vishwa Hindi Samman in the Hindi Samvad program organized by the Indian Embassy in Nepal.
• This award recognized her contribution to the development of Hindi literature.
• Dr. Thakur has translated more than 40 works in Hindi and Nepali, which has strengthened the Hindi language. This award is given by the Ministry of External Affairs of the Government of India.

Explanation:

• Union Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME), Jitan Ram Manjhi, launched two new schemes on World MSME Day in New Delhi on June 27.
• Majhi launched two new schemes MSME Team and Yashaswini Abhiyan.

MSME Team

• Launched MSME Team initiative to facilitate inclusion of micro and small enterprises on Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC), with focus on women-owned enterprises.
• It aims to help five lakh micro and small enterprises join the Open Network for Digital Commerce.

Yashaswini Abhiyan

• Launched Yashaswini Abhiyan to formalise and empower women-owned micro enterprises through training, guidance and awareness campaigns.
• Focuses on raising mass awareness to formalise informal micro enterprises owned by women and provide necessary support.
• During the Udyami Bharat event, Mr. Manjhi emphasized the importance of MSMEs adopting digital and technological solutions in a rapidly changing industrial landscape.

Explanation:

• Renowned Indian cricketer and ardent amateur golfer Kapil Dev has been elected as the new president of the Professional Golf Tour of India(PGTI).
• He was elected after the previous president, H Srinivasan, withdrew his candidature for the President’s post.
• Kapil Dev, the captain of the 1983 Men’s Cricket World Cup winning team has been the vice president and member of PGTI's governing body for the last three years.

Explanation:

• Jaipur Military Station has become the second military station in the country to have a road made of plastic waste. The plastic road was inaugurated on 26 June 2024 by Major - General R S Godara, General Officer Commanding of 61 Sub Area.
• The first military station to have a road built up of plastic waste was the Narangi Military station, Guwahati, Assam in 2019.
• The Jaipur military station road is 100 meters long, from Sagat Singh Road under bridge to Cubs Corner complex.