Daily Current Affairs Quiz: Julu 29, 2024

ANSWER: D

Celebrated on  July 29

• It is a global initiative focused on protecting the natural habitats of tigers and raising public awareness about their conservation.
• Aim : to promote tiger conservation, raise awareness about the threats faced by tigers and garner public support for conservation.
• This day was established in 2010 during the Saint Petersburg Tiger Summit, held in St. Petersburg, Russia, was organised by the Global Tiger Initiative (GTI).

ANSWER: D

July 27, 2024, marks the 9th death anniversary of Dr Kalam, a visionary scientist, educator, and the 11th President of India.

ABOUT APJ ABDUL KALAM

• Born on October 15, 1931, in a modest family in Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu.
• Education : acquired a degree in aeronautical engineering from the Madras Institute of Technology.
• In 1958, Dr APJ Abdul Kalam joined DRDO and later moved to ISRO in 1969, where he led the development of India’s first satellite launch vehicle, the SLV-III.
• Returning to DRDO in 1982, he spearheaded the Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme, earning the title “Missile Man of India.
• Dr Kalam served as 11th President of India from 2002 to 2007 and was honoured with the Padma Bhushan and Bharat Ratna.
• Books, such as “Wings of Fire” and “Ignited Minds,” inspired millions to dream big and work for the nation’s progress.
• Death : On July 27, 2015, he was passed away due to a cardiac arrest.

ANSWER : C

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has extended greetings to Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel on the occasion of CRPF’s Raising Day.

• Observed on July 27, 2024, to celebrate the guardians of our country.
• The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) is the largest paramilitary force in India, playing a pivotal role in maintaining internal security.
• Its journey began on July 27, 1939, when it was established as the Crown Representative’s Police.
• It was renamed the Central Reserve Police Force in 1949.

ANSWER : D

Celebrated every year on July 24 as the National Income Tax Day, or Aaykar Divas, to marking the historical development of tax administration in the country

• This day commemorates the historical evolution of tax administration in India and the ongoing reforms that aim to enhance tax compliance and simplify the process for taxpayers.
• Income tax was first levied as a duty in India in 1860.
• Celebrated for the first time in 2010 marking 150 years of the introduction of Income tax in India.
• This year marks the 165th occasion of National Income Tax Day.
• Income tax is a tax levied by the government on the income earned by individuals and businesses throughout the fiscal year.

ANSWER : A

The UNESCO World Heritage Committee added five new sites on the World Heritage List and extend one existing World Heritage site.

• The announcement came during the 46th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee in New Delhi, India.
• The sites added to the list are:
  • The Flow Country, United Kingdom
  • Te Henua Enata – The Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia
  • Lençóis Maranhenses National Park, Brazil
  • Badain Jaran desert – Towers of Sand and Lakes, China
  • Migratory Bird Sanctuaries along the Coast of Yellow Sea-Bohai Gulf of China
  • Vjetrenica Cave, Ravno, Bosnia and Herzegovina

ABOUT UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE

• A World Heritage site is a landmark or area with legal protection by an international convention administered by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO).
• World Heritage sites are designated by UNESCO for having cultural, historical, scientific or other forms of significance.
• The sites contain “cultural and natural heritage around the world considered being of outstanding value to humanity.”

ANSWER : C

The Government has approved setting up of 7 (Seven) PM Mega Integrated Textile Region and Apparel (PM MITRA) Parks in Greenfield/Brownfield sites (including a Greenfield project in Virudhanagar Tamil Nadu).

• It provides world class infrastructure including plug and play facility with an outlay of Rs. 4,445 cr for a period of seven years upto 2027-28.

ABOUT PM MITRA PARK

• Developed by a Special Purpose Vehicle which will be owned by the Central and State Government and in a Public Private Partnership (PPP) Mode.
• These parks will be set up at key locations, as ready to move, ready to start (through plug and play facilities), with common industrial infrastructure and facilities, allowing integration of supply and value chains in a contiguous area.
• Each MITRA Park will have an incubation centre, common processing house and a common effluent treatment plant and other textile related facilities such as design centres and testing centres.
• Significance: It will reduce logistics costs and strengthen the value chain of the Textile Sector to make it globally competitive.

ANSWER : B

Current Context : India assumes the Chair of Asian Disaster Preparedness Centre (ADPC)

ABOUT ASIAN DISASTER PREPAREDNESS CENTRE (ADPC)

• ADPC is an autonomous International Organization for cooperation in and implementation of disaster risk reduction and building climate resilience in Asia and the Pacific region.
• Founding members : India and eight neighbouring countries viz. Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka and Thailand.
• Headquarter in Bangkok, Thailand

ANSWER : A

Current Context : The Moidams in eastern Assam, a 700-year-old mound-burial system of the Ahom dynasty added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List.

• It became the first cultural site from the Northeast to the list and the third World Heritage Property from Assam, following Kaziranga National Park and Manas Wildlife Sanctuary, both inscribed under the Natural category in 1985.
• This makes 43rd property from India to added in UNESCO World Heritage list.
• India stands at the 6th position globally for the most number of World Heritage Properties

ABOUT MOIDAMS

• A moidam is a tumulus, a mound of earth raised over a grave of Ahom royalty and aristocracy.
• Ahom kings and queens were buried inside these
• Unlike Hindus who cremate their dead, the predominant funerary method of the Ahoms, originating from the Tai people, was the burial.
• The height of a moidam is typically indicative of the power and stature of the person buried

 ANSWER : D

The GROWTH-India telescope at the Indian Astronomical Observatory in Ladakh has captured a building-sized asteroid’s closest approach to Earth.

About GROWTH-India telescope

• GROWTH-India is India’s first fully robotic optical research telescope.
• It is a 7m wide-field telescope set up in Ladakh has tracked the rapid motion of the asteroid as it zipped across the sky at 10x lunar distance.
• This was constructed as a joint partnership between the Indian Institute of Astrophysics and the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, with support from DST-SERB and IUSSTF.
• Current operations benefit from the generous support of the IIT Bombay alumni batch of 1994.

ANSWER : B

Current Context : Scientists find evidence of an additional source of oxygen at 13,000 feet under the sea where the Sun don’t shine.

ABOUT DARK OXYGEN

• Oxygen produced in the absence of sunlight is called dark oxygen.
• It is produced in complete darkness thousands of feet below the ocean surface.
• On the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ), which spans 4.5 million square kilometres (1.7 million square miles) in the Pacific Ocean, there are coal-like mineral rocks, called polymetallic nodules, which typically contain manganese and iron. Scientists have found that these nodules produce oxygen without the process of photosynthesis.
• Oceanic plankton, drifting plants, algae, and some other bacteria are the primary elements contributed to the production of oxygen in the ocean.