ANSWER: A
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Indian Navy and Royal Australian Navy signed a ‘Joint Guidance for the Australia- India Navy to Navy Relationship’.
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About the Joint Guidance Document
Defence relations between India and Australia
Bilateral defence relations have strengthened over the years between both the countries. Significant milestones of the relationship include Comprehensive Strategic Partnership’, conduct of trilateral Maritime Security Workshop, Mutual Logistics Support Agreement and RAN participation in Exercise MALABAR. These exercises highlight the role played by both Navies in strengthening their relationship in recent times.
ANSWER: B
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Indian Navy and Vietnam People’s Navy conducted joint drills in the South China Sea as part of maritime cooperation between both the countries.
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Aim of the bilateral interaction
This bilateral military exercise was conducted with the aim of consolidating a strong bond shared by both the navies. It is a step towards strengthening India-Vietnam defence relations.
About the drill
Sea phase comprised of surface warfare exercises, helicopter operations, and weapon firing drills.
Defence relation between India and Vietnam
Regular bilateral interactions between both the navies have enhanced their interoperability and adaptability. Defence relationship between both the countries have been robust. They undertook a defence security dialogue in June 2021 and Indian Naval ships have been visiting Vietnamese ports frequently. Both the countries have also strengthened cooperation between the two navies over the years.
About INS Ranvijay
INS Ranvijay is a guided-missile destroyer. It is the latest INS of the Rajput class. It was commissioned on December 21, 1987. It has been equipped with several weapons and sensors comprising of a surface-to-surface missile, anti-air missiles and guns, anti-submarine rockets and heavy weight torpedoes. It is also capable of carrying anti-submarine helicopters called Kamov 28.
About INS Kora
INS Kora is the lead ship of Kora class missile corvette. It is fitted with surface-to-surface missiles as well as anti-air guns.
ANSWER: B
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Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has approved the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Disaster Management between India and Bangladesh that was signed in March, 2021.
Benefits of the MoU
MoU was signed to put in place a system where both India and Bangladesh will be benefited from Disaster Management mechanisms of each other. MoU will help in strengthening preparedness, response and capacity building in the area of Disaster Management.
Features of the MoU
ANSWER: D
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External Affairs Minister (EAM), S Jaishankar, announced the rollout of “UNITE Aware” tech to help protect UN peacekeepers.
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India’s view
India believes in holding talks when it comes to the safety and security of UN peacekeepers. For India, peacekeeping continues to play a crucial role of ensuring international peace and security. External Affairs minister noted that, currently 5 thousand Indian personnel are deployed for nine missions and to protect the protectors, India provides 2 lakh doses of Covid-19 vaccine to vaccinate UN Peacekeeping personnel across the globe.
4-point framework
Minister proposed a 4-point framework in order to lay out a possible architecture of securing UN peacekeepers in order to meet contemporary threats. UNSC has adopted a Resolution on Accountability of Crimes against the UN Peacekeepers and Presidential Statement on Technology for Peacekeeping.
India-UN MoU
India and the United Nations signed a MoU to support the Partnership for Technology in Peacekeeping initiative and to UN C4ISR Academy for Peace Operations
ANSWER: C
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According to UN atomic watchdog International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Iran has accelerated its uranium enrichment to near weapons-grade.
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Background
In May, IAEA reported that Iran was using one cascade of advanced centrifuges in order to enrich up to 60 per cent at its Natanz plant. Now, IAEA notes that, Iran is now using a second cascade for that purpose.
What are the concerns?
Iran breached the restrictions that was imposed under 2015 nuclear deal. 2015 deal had capped the purity to 3.67 percent.
Iran nuclear deal 2015
Iran nuclear deal framework was signed in 2015 between the Islamic Republic of Iran and world powers including the P5+1 and the European Union. On the basis of the deal, Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action between Iran and P5+1 & EU was announced in Vienna on July 14, 2015.
Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action
Formal negotiations toward JCPOA started with the adoption of Joint Plan of Action, which was an interim agreement signed in 2013 between Iran and P5+1 countries.
P5+1 countries
It refers to five permanent members of United Nations security council namely China, Russia, France, the United Kingdom, and the United States; plus Germany. It is also referred as E3+3 by European countries.
ANSWER: C
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Cabinet approved the ‘National Mission on Edible Oils — Oil Palm (NMEO-OP)” with the financial outlay of Rs 11,040 crore.
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About National Mission on Edible Oils
The National Mission on Edible Oils is a centrally sponsored scheme. Out of the total outlay of Rs 11,040 crores, share of central government is Rs 8,844 crores. Rs 2,196 crores would be shared by states. This scheme will subsume the “National Food Security Mission-Oil Palm programme. It was launched in line with the Aatmanirbhar Bharat scheme.
Aim of the mission
The National Mission on Edible Oil was launched with the aim of covering oil palm in an additional area of 6.5 lakh hectare by 2025-26. It seeks to reach the target of 10 lakh hectares.
Why this scheme is significant?
Currently India is heavily dependent on imports of edible oils to meet the domestic need. Thus, it is necessary to make efforts towards increasing their domestic production. In order to increase the production, increasing area and productivity of oil palm becomes important. This target of increasing area can be achieved through the mission. Furthermore, Oil Palm can help making farmers aatmanirbhar in accordance with Aatmanirbhar Bharat initiative. This scheme will also help the Centre in ensure that farmers are not affected with market fluctuations.
ANSWER: A
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Crisil Ratings have upgraded credit outlook of India Inc to positive. It is a broad-based recovery for India Inc currently.
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About CRISIL
CRISIL is formerly called as Credit Rating Information Services of India Limited. It is an Indian analytical company that provided ratings, research, and risk & policy advisory services. It is a subsidiary of American company S&P Global. It was the first credit rating agency of India. ICICI and UTI jointly introduced the agency in 1988. It was started with share capital from SBI, LIC and United India Insurance Company. US based S&P rating agency acquired majority shares of Crisil in 2005.
What is Credit Rating?
It is a quantified assessment of creditworthiness of the borrower in general terms. It also assesses the creditworthiness with respect to particular debt or financial obligation. This rating can be assigned to any entity which seeks to borrow money including an individual, a state, a corporation, any provincial authority, or sovereign government. Credit assessment and evaluation for companies and governments is usually conducted by a credit rating agency like Moody’s, S&P Global, or Fitch Ratings. These rating agencies are paid by the entity who want credit rating for itself.
ANSWER: C
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The Godfather of Sudoku, Maki Kaji, passed away at the age of 69, due to bile duct cancer.
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Who was Maki Kaji?
Maki Kaji was the president of Nikoli Co. Ltd. It is a Japanese puzzle manufacturer. He was popularly called as “the father of Sudoku” as he played a key role in popularizing this number game. He also invented other puzzle games including Masyu. He recently (July 2021) resigned as head of Nikoli, before his death.
Background
He was born in in Sapporo, Hokkaido on October 8, 1951. His father was an engineer at a telecom company while his mother was an employer of a kimono shop. He did his schooling from Shakujii High School in Sapporo. Later he studied literature at Keio University, but dropped out in his first year. After several jobs such as being a roadie, a waiter and a construction worker, he lastly started a publishing business.
About Nikoli
Nikoli was a quarterly puzzle magazine by Kaji. Magazine was named after a race horse that had won Guineas Stakes race in Ireland. Later he founded the company with same name. Nikoli magazine was the company’s main product.
About Sudoku
Sudoku is a logic-based, combinatorial, number-placement puzzle. Puzzle setter provides a partially completed grid for which a well-posed puzzle has a single solution
ANSWER: A
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Government of India announced MeitY-NASSCOM Start-up Women Entrepreneur Awards 2020-2021.
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Government’s focus
Government has set a new benchmark for inclusive development by setting the basic values around ‘antyodaya’. It works on the philosophy of Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikaas, Sabka Vishwas, Sabka Prayaas. Empowerment of women and promotion of entrepreneurship among them is also among key focus areas of the Government. Government has been taking several transformative steps such as:
Startups and Entrepreneurs
Encouraging Startups and Entrepreneurs is also among thrust areas of Government with the help of StartUp India and Invest India programs.
Gender equality
This award is significant in bringing the gender equality. Women are leading by example including from winning medals in Olympics to building tech based Innovative solutions. Indian IT sector has also played a key role in gender equality. As per the NASSCOM, 35 % of the total IT workforces are women
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