ANSWER : C

Celebrated on 3^rd June.

• Theme : “Cycling for Health, Equity, and Sustainability.”
• Aim : Promote cycling for health and sustainability.
• Importance : to recognize the uniqueness, longevity and versatility of the bicycle, which are affordable, environmentally friendly fit sustainable means of transportation.
• Established in 2018 by the UN General Assembly.

ANSWER : A

Current Context : Adani Ports signs 30-year concession agreement to operate container terminal at Dar es Salaam Port in Tanzania.

• An agreement was signed between the Tanzania Ports Authority and Adani International Ports.

ABOUT PORT :

• Dar es Salaam Port is a pivotal gateway port in East Africa, renowned for its well-connected network of roadways and railways.
• It will help Adani Ports’ strategic vision to expand its footprint in key regions with high growth potential.

ABOUT ADANI PORTS AND SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE LIMITED :

• The Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Limited is part of the Adani Group.
• The company develops and operates ports and terminals.
• It is the largest operator of ports in India, handling around 27 percent of the country’s total port volume.

ANSWER : B

Current Context : The National Institute of Mental Health & Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS) in Bengaluru has been honored with the Nelson Mandela Award for Health Promotion for 2024.

• Award was established by WHO in 2019.
• Nelson Mandela Award for Health Promotion acknowledges individuals, institutions, and organizations that have made significant contributions to health promotion.
• This year, NIMHANS was recognized for its exceptional work in mental health.
• Pratima Murthy, the director of NIMHANS, received the award.

ABOUT NIMHANS :

• NIMHANS has been a leader in mental health and neurosciences, noted for its innovative research, education, and patient care.
• Established on 27 December 1974 by merging the Mental Hospital established by the Government of Mysore and the Government of India’s All India Institute of Mental Health.
• The institute is under the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
• In 2012, NIMHANS was declared an Institute of National Importance.

ANSWER – C

Current Context : The Indian Air Force (IAF) took part  in Red Flag 24 Exercise, at  the United States Air Force’s Eielson AF Base in Alaska.

Aim : To focusing on honing the skills and tactics required in aerial combat scenarios.

• IAF deployed Rafale fighter jets for the Red Flag 24 exercise.
• Approximately 3100 service members are expected to fly, maintain, and support more than 100 aircraft during the exercise.
• It is a two-week advanced aerial combat training exercise aimed at integrating aircrew in a multinational environment.
• It is designed to replicate a realistic and challenging environment, bringing together aircrew and equipment from different nations and services.

ANSWER : A

Current Context : India has become chair of regional grouping Colombo Process for the first time since its inception in 2003.

Aim : to promote safe, orderly, and legal migration among its member states.

• Colombo Process is a regional consultative forum comprising 12 member states of Asia.
• It is a Regional Consultative Process of migrant worker origin countries from South and SE Asia.
• It serves as a forum for exchange of best practices on overseas employment.

ANSWER : D

Current Context : Inaugural edition of Kavango-Zambezi (KAZA) Trans-Frontier Conservation Area (TFCA) Summit is being held in Zambia.

ABOUT KAZA TFCA

• The Kavango-Zambezi Trans-Frontier Conservation Area (KAZA-TFCA) is a 520,000-square kilometer wildlife sanctuary straddling five southern African nations that share common borders along the Okavango and Zambezi River basins.
• Established in
• Okavango Delta (world’s largest inland delta) and Victoria falls (a World Heritage Site and one of the seven natural wonders of the world) lie within the region.

ANSWER : B

Current Context : Global Food Policy Report 2024: Food Systems for Healthy Diets and Nutrition was released by International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).

 RELEVANT FACTS ABOUT REPORT :

• At least 38 per cent of the Indian population ate unhealthy foods, while only 28 per cent ate all five recommended food groups, which include at least one starchy staple food, one vegetable, one fruit, one pulse, nut or seed and one animal-source food.
• As a result of poor diet, 6% Indians suffer from malnutrition.
• More than half of children under the age of five and two-thirds of adult women were affected by micronutrient deficiencies.
• More than two billion people, many of them in Africa and South Asia cannot afford a healthy diet.

ABOUT IFPRI

• Established in 1975
• It is a research center of the Consortium of International Agricultural Research Centers.

ANSWER : C

Current Context : Koya tribe faces a cultural crisis as raids by the Special Enforcement Bureau threaten their cherished tradition of Mahua liquor consumption.

ABOUT KOYA TRIBE :

• Koya are one of the few multi-racial and multi-lingual tribal communities in India.
• They are indigenous tribes of Andhra Pradesh.
• They live in the forests, plains, and valleys on both sides of the Godavari River in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, and Odisha.
• The Koya are migrated to central India from their original home in Bastar, northern India.
• They speak Koya language, also called Koyi, is a Dravidian language.
• Occupation : pastoralists and shifting cultivators.
• They grow Jowar, Ragi, Bajra, and other millets.

ABOUT MAHUA :

• The flowers of the Mahua tree are fermented to produce an alcoholic drink also called Mahua.
• Scientific name : Madhuca longifolia
• Tribal men and women in various parts of India traditionally make this liquor.

ANSWER : C

Current Context : Jammu and Kashmir administration has declared ‘Human Rabies’ as a ‘notifiable disease’

ABOUT RABIES :

• Rabies is an acute virus that affects all warm-blooded animals, including humans.
• It is caused by animal bites that have a high fatality rate.
• India accounts for 9 percent of rabies deaths in Asia and 35 percent of deaths globally.

ANSWER : A

Current Context : A cryonics company has frozen its first client in Australia in the hope of bringing him back to life in the future.

ABOUT CRYONICS:

• Cryonics is the practice of freezing an individual who has died, with the object of reviving the individual sometime in the future.
• Objective : It is an effort to save lives by using temperatures so cold that a person beyond help by today’s medicine can be preserved for decades or centuries until a future medical technology can restore that person to full health.
• The word cryonics is derived from the Greek krýos, meaning “icy cold.” preparation for cryonic preservation.
• A person that is held in such a state is called a “cryopreserved patient”, because Cryonicists (the advocates of cryonics) do not regard the cryopreserved person as really dead.