Answer: B

• CSIR-Central Leather Research Institute (CLRI), Chennai has inaugurated the Integrated Solar Dryer and Pyrolysis pilot project. These projects focus on urban waste management. The project is also the part of Indo-German project ‘Pyrasol’.

Answer: A

• International Energy Agency(IEA)has released a report titled “Global Electric Vehicle Outlook Report,2021”.
• The Global EV Outlook(GEVO)is an annual report published by IEA. The report looks at the latest EV trends. Apart from that, it also looks at the drivers for road transport sector electrification around the world.

Answer: C

• Reserve Bank of India(RBI) has joined the Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS) as a Member.

About Network for Greening the Financial System(NGFS):

• NGFS was launched at the Paris One Planet Summit in December 2017.
• Purpose: It is a group of Central banks and financial supervisors. The NGFS aims to accelerate the scaling up of green finance and develop recommendations for central banks’ role in climate change.
• Headquarters: It is located at the Bank of France headquartered in Paris.
• Members: As of April 2021, the NGFS consists of 90 members and 13 observers.
• Significance for RBI: As Green Finance has assumed significance in the context of climate change. So the RBI expects to benefit from the membership of NGFS by learning and contributing to global efforts on Green Finance.

Answer: A

• The string puppetry of Assam is called PutalaNach and is performed in three areas with distinct characteristics.
• These areas are Barpeta-Nalbari in western Assam, Kalaigaon in northern Assam and Majuli “island” in eastern Assam

Answer: C

• The Indian Army recently launched the first Green Solar Energy harnessing plant in Sikkim.

About the plant

• The plant uses Vanadium based battery technology.
• It was built at an altitude of 16,000 feet.
• The capacity of the plant is 56 KVA.
• It was completed in collaboration with IIT Mumbai.

Answer: A

The English professional snooker player Mark Selby has won the World Championship for the fourth time. This time he won the title defeating Shaun Murphy.

Answer: D

The astrophysicists from the Minnesota Institute for Astrophysics have discovered the first blow away galaxy using the “Gemini Telescope”. The galaxy has been named as Pox 186.