Answer: C

• Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev nominated Alikhan Smailov for prime minister recently, and the lower house of parliament swiftly voted him in during a session broadcast live on state television.

About Alikhan Smailov

• Alikhan Smailov, 49, served as first deputy prime minister in the previous cabinet which Tokayev dismissed last week amid violent unrest in the oil-rich Central Asian nation.
• Kazakh security forces have detained 9,900 people over the unrest, Kazakhstan’s interior ministry said.

Answer: B

• India’s oldest sloth bear, named Gulabo, died at the age of 40 at the Van Vihar National Park and Zoo in Bhopal.

About the sloth bear

• The female sloth bear died after attaining the age of 40. Gulabo was one of the star attractions in the park. She was the oldest sloth bear in the country.
• The female bear was rescued from a Madaari or street performer in May 2006 at the age of 25 years.
• An autopsy determined the cause of death as a failure of internal organs due to old age. Gulabo was cremated by staffers of the park as per the norms.

Answer: A

• The World Bank has retained India’s economic growth forecast for the current fiscal at 8.3 per cent as the recovery is yet to become broad-based.

About India’s economic growth

• As per the first advanced estimates of the national income released by the National Statistical Office (NSO) last week, the economy is projected to grow at 9.2 per cent in 2021-22, surpassing pre-COVID level in actual terms, mainly on account of improved performance, especially in farm, mining and manufacturing sectors.

Answer: C

• Minister of State for Education Subhas Sarkar recently launched the Swachh Vidyalaya Puraskar (SVP) 2021 – 2022.

About Swachh Vidyalaya Puraskar

• The SVP 2021-22 is open to all categories of schools i.e., government, government aided and private schools in both rural and urban areas.
• The schools will be assessed through an online portal and mobile app in six sub-categories- Water, Sanitation, Hand Washing with soap, Operation and Maintenance, Behaviour Change and Capacity Building and the newly added category on Covid-19 preparedness and response and the system will generate the overall score and rating automatically.
• The schools can apply till March 2022 to apply for the awards. Schools will be awarded at the district, state and national level. A total of 40 schools will be selected for awards this year under the overall category.
• The Swachh Vidyalaya Puraskar was first instituted in 2016-17.

Answer: B

• The Western Railway said the RPF has recovered goods worth Rs 2.58 crore belonging to a total of 1,317 railway passengers during the year 2021.

About Mission Amanat

• Every year while travelling, thousands of rail passengers lose their belongings in trains and recovering those lost items is a challenging task for all. But no worries now. The Western Railway has come to the rescue of the passengers and has launched a new service called Mission Amanat.
• In this new service, the Western Railway said that the Railway Protection Force (RPF) will locate the lost luggage of railway passengers and upload a photo and description of the belongings on the website. And then the passengers can then identify and retrieve their luggage.

Answer: A

• A US man has become the first person in the world to get a heart transplant from a genetically-modified pig.

About the transplant

• David Bennett, 57, has got the transplant
• Doctors at the University of Maryland Medical Centre were granted a special dispensation by the US medical regulator to carry out the procedure, on the basis that Mr Bennett – who has terminal heart disease – would otherwise have died.

Answer: C

• To give a major fillip to sports promotion, Himachal govt announced major incentives in Swarnim Khel State Sports Policy 2020, which will replace the sports policy was framed in 2001.

About Swarnim sports policy

• The policy lays emphasis on sports promotion by developing, maintaining and optimally utilising high quality sports infrastructure.
• The policy aims at encouraging public private participation in creating sports infrastructure and coordinating with educational institutions for promotion of sports and providing the best of facilities for training and support to sports persons for participation and excellence in national and international championships with high standards of ethics.
• This policy introducing scientific research in training for long term sports development and recognize and honour talent in sports and reward young women and men who have achieved excellence in sports.

Answer: B

• The Himachal Pradesh Cabinet, presided over by Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur, gave nod to Swaran Jayanti Energy Policy — 2021 that envisaged clean and green.

About the Energy policy 2021

• It added additional 10,000 MW of green energy though hydro, solar and other green energy sources by 2030 and expeditious development of green energy sources.
• It also lays stress on renewal energy sources viz. solar, wind, biomass and other non-conventional energy sources.
• This policy aims four-pronged strategy by way of participation of the state, joint, Central and private sectors,