Daily Current Affairs Quiz: June 09, 2022

ANSWER: D

• Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy launched the ‘14400’ app. This app has been developed by Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB). 
• This app is customized for the people to register corruption-related complaints against the officials in the state.
• This app also aims to ensure fool-proof evidence to present before the court. A complaint can be filed through a toll-free number 14400.

This app has two key features:

• One is to live record audio, photo, or video and lodge a complaint instantly.
• Another method is to send the videos, photos, documents, as well as other proofs and lodge a complaint.

ANSWER: B

• The concept of World Oceans Day was first proposed by the UN in 1992 at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro.
• The World Oceans Day is celebrated on June 8 every year across the globe.
• The day is commemorated to remind people of the importance of the oceans and the major role they play in everyday life.
• The day is also observed to make raise public awareness of the ocean and its resources in order to promote global ocean and resource sustainability. The day intends to highlight the various resources that mankind derives from the ocean as well as the various threats that the ocean faces.
• The theme for World Oceans Day 2022 is Revitalization: collective action for the ocean”.

ANSWER: C

• Indian Army participates in a multinational exercise “Ex Khaan Quest 2022” where 16 other countries also took part in
• President of Mongolia, Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh inaugurated the Exercise as the host. Indian Army is represented by a contingent from the LADAKH SCOUTS.
• The 14-day exercise is aimed at enhancing interoperability, building military to military relationships, developing peace support operations and military readiness among participating nations.

ANSWER: C

• The Minister of Civil Aviation Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia launched the National Air Sport policy 2022 (NASP 2022).
• The vision of NASP 2022 is to make India one of the top sports nations by 2023. The policy ensures to provide safe, affordable, accessible, enjoyable, and sustainable air sports in India.
• The Air sports included various sports events which are going to be in air medium. The various aspects included in the policy are:

1. Aerobatics
2. Aero modeling and model rocketry
3. Amateur-built and experimental aircraft
4. Ballooning
5. Drones
6. Gliding and powered gliding
7. Hang gliding and powered hang gliding
8. Parachuting (including skydiving, BASE jumping, wing suits, etc.)
9. Paragliding and para motoring (including powered parachute trikes etc.)
10. Powered aircraft (including ultra-light, a microlight, light sports aircraft, etc.)
11. Rotorcraft (including autogyro)

• For the Air sports, there are four government structures formed under the Policy, which are named as follows.

1. Air Sports Federation of India (ASFI) is the apex governing body.
2. National associations for individual air sports or a set of air sports, as appropriate.
3. Regional (e.g. West/ South/ North East etc.) or State and Union Territory level units of the national air sports associations, as appropriate.
4. District-level air sports associations, as appropriate.

ANSWER: D

• India, in a strong cross-regional joint statement on behalf of 10 nations, including China, asserted that developing countries need to be given an additional time frame beyond 2050 to reach net-zero emissions due to their goals of poverty eradication and development.
• And for this Developed Nations should do a net-negative by middle of the century and vacate the carbon space for Developing countries.
• India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ambassador T.S. Tirumurti delivered a cross-regional joint statement on behalf of India and Bolivia, China, Gabon, Iran, Iraq, Mali, Nicaragua, Panama and Syria on “Global Net Zero” in the context of combatting climate change.
• Prime Minister had told the COP26 global climate summit in Glasgow, that India will meet a target of net zero emissions by 2070.

ANSWER: D

• It is a “Maharatna” Central Public Sector Enterprise.
• It is India’s largest Electric Power Transmission Utility.
• Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID), a ‘Maharatna’ Company under Ministry of Power has won the coveted International CSR Excellence Award in the campaign for best social responsibility initiatives, while competing amongst more than 500 nominations in the International CSR Excellence Awards 2022.
• Power Grid will be bestowed the CSR World Leader status and its winning paper titled “Improving Rural Livelihoods and Protecting Environment through farmer-centric Integrated Watershed Management” will be published in the CSR World Leaders Book.

ANSWER: C

• Maruti Suzuki India has installed a 20 MW solar carport at its Manesar, Haryana, The project is projected to provide the organisation with 28,000 MW of electricity per year.
• According to the firm, the energy generated by this initiative will be similar to the energy required to create nearly 67,000 cars every year.
• According to the business, this is Asia’s largest solar carport.

 KEY POINTS:

• Using the East-West orientation approach, the solar carport is constructed with the smallest area per unit of electricity generation.
• The East-West approach allows developers to add more rows and panels, increasing generation capacity while using less space.
• Approximately 9,000 finished vehicles can be parked at the site.
• Companies are focused on making the most of available space in order to save money on energy and meet sustainability goals.
• Solar carports are an excellent way to turn an otherwise unused space into a source of renewable energy.
• Carports have the added benefit of providing covered parking spots in addition to generating solar energy.

ANSWER: C

• It was first played in preparation for the 2014 Youth Olympic Games.
• Hockey 5s is a super-fast, highly skilful, short format of hockey which is designed to be adaptable to multiple surfaces, environments and space.
• Hockey 5s is an invasion game played between two teams with 4 field players and a goalkeeper.
• India beat Poland 6-4in final to clinch the inaugural FIH Hockey 5s championship in Lausanne in Switzerland.
• India had topped the five-team standings after the round-robin league stage with 10 points from three wins and one draw. India had beaten hosts Switzerland 4-3 and drawn with arch-rivals Pakistan 2-2.

ANSWER: C

• Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur today launched the Rs 83-crore scheme to provide free laptops to about 20,000 meritorious students of the state under the Srinivasa Ramanujan Student Digital Scheme.
• This feat of the students will motivate other students to excel in academics and win a laptop next time.
• Himachal has made unprecedented progress in the field of education. The state has even surpassed Kerala on several parameters.

ANSWER: D

• Rural Development Minister Virender Kanwar laid the foundation stone of the bamboo village project in Ghandawal village of Una district.
• A sum of Rs 4 crore will be spent on the infrastructure which will include a bamboo processing unit for manufacturing various products made from bamboo, training halls with boarding and lodging facilities, a cafeteria, souvenir shops, a bamboo park and a bamboo nursery.
• Bamboo India, a national expert agency, would provide technical knowhow, machinery and training to local artisans. Preference would be given to bamboo produced in Himachal.
• Deputy Commissioner Raghav Sharma said bamboo tooth brush handles would be one of the main items to be produced here.
• Under the ‘go green’ initiative, plastic products were gradually being replaced by natural products and 8 per cent of the tooth brush market had switched over to bamboo brushes.
• About 40 different species of bamboo would be planted at the bamboo oxygen park where people could enjoy the nature.