Daily Current Affairs Quiz: May 09, 2023

ANSWER: B

ANSWER: D

ANSWER: C

ANSWER: B

• Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has launched a new introductory-level online training programme called START- Space Science and Technology Awareness Training.
• START is aimed at post-graduate and final-year undergraduate students of physical sciences and technology.
• The program will provide a comprehensive understanding of the various aspects of the discipline, research possibilities, and professional pathways.
• It will cover various domains of Space Science, including Astronomy and Astrophysics, Heliophysics and Sun-Earth interaction, Instrumentation, and Aeronomy.
• It will be delivered by scientists from Indian academia and ISRO centers.

ANSWER: B

• According to Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) bulletins, ozone was identified as a prominent pollutant recently, when AQI was in the ‘moderate’ category.
  • Ozone occurs both in Earth’s upper atmosphere (stratospheric or good ozone) and at ground level.
• Ozone pollution refers to tropospheric or “ground-level” ozone.
• It is formed when oxides of nitrogen (NOX) and Volatile Organic Compounds react in the presence of sunlight.
• NOX is released by combustion of fossil fuels from vehicles and industries.
• Ozone can also be transported long distances by wind.
• Exposure to excessive ozone can cause problems breathing, trigger asthma, reduce lung function and lead to lung disease.

ANSWER: A

• National Centre for Good Governance (NCGG) is expanding its capacity to train more civil servants from different countries.

About National Center for Good Governance (NCGG)

• It was set up in 2014 as an apex–level autonomous institution under the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions.
• The Centre traces its origin to the National Institute of Administrative Research (NIAR), which was set up in 1995 by the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA), the Government of India’s topmost training institute for civil services.
  • NIAR was subsequently rechristened and subsumed into NCGG.
• It is mandated to work in areas of public policy, governance, reforms, and capacity building of civil servants of the country as well as those of other developing nations.
• It curates training courses for civil servants from India and other developing countries.
• It provides a platform for sharing existing knowledge and proactively seeking out and developing ideas for their implementation in the government, both at the National & International levels.
• NCGG has been extensively working in areas such as primary and elementary education, decentralized planning at district and block levels, capacity building of Panchayat Raj Institutions (PRIs), participatory models of learning and action, rural development, cooperatives, and public sector management, etc.
• NCGG is governed by a Governing Body, under the Chairmanship of the Cabinet Secretary.

ANSWER: D

• Cyclone Mocha, a tropical cyclone, has developed due to storm in southeast Bay of Bengal.
• Mocha (Mokha) name was suggested by Yemen after Red Sea port city, which is known to have introduced coffee to the world over 500 years ago.

About Tropical cyclones

• Tropical cyclones are violent storms that originate over warm ocean waters near the equator.
• Conditions for formation of tropical cyclone:
  • Large sea surface with temperature higher than 27° C.
  • Presence of the Coriolis force.
  • Small variations in the vertical wind speed.
  • A pre-existing weak low-pressure area or low-level-cyclonic circulation.
  • Upper divergence above the sea level system.
• Cyclones are named by the regional specialised meteorological centres (RSMCs) and Tropical Cyclone Warning Centres (TCWCs).
  • There are six RSMCs in the world, including IMD, and five TCWCs.
• As an RSMC, IMD names the cyclones developing over north Indian Ocean, including Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea.
• IMD is also mandated to issue advisories to 12 other countries in the region on the development of cyclones and storms
• In 2000, a group of nations called WMO/ESCAP (World Meteorological Organisation/United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific), which comprised Bangladesh, India, the Maldives, Myanmar, Oman, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Thailand, decided to start naming cyclones in the region. After each country sent in suggestions, the WMO/ESCAP Panel on Tropical Cyclones (PTC) finalised the list.
• Name is taken from this list which contains suggestions categorised alphabetically and country-wise and are neutral gender wise.

ANSWER: C

• Tungnath Temple in the district of Rudraprayag, Uttarakhand, has now been declared as a national monument.

About Tungnath Temple

• It is the highest Shiva temple in the world nestled at an altitude of 3680 meters.
• It is one of the Panch Kedars and is believed to have belonged to an ancient era almost 1000 years old.
• It was built in the North Indian style of architecture and has a dozen shrines of other Gods surrounding the temple.

About Panch Kedar

• Panch Kedar is a group of five sacred shrines of Lord Shiva located in the Garhwal Himalayas, Uttarakhand.
• The five temples are the Kedarnath Temple, the Tungnath Temple, the Rudranath Temple, the Madhyamaheshwar Temple or Madmaheshwar and Kalpeshwar Temple.

ANSWER: D

• Indian athlete Praveen Chithravel achieved an extraordinary feat by winning the men’s triple jump event at an athletics meet in Havana, Cuba, with a record-breaking national mark of 17.37m.
• He surpassed the previous men’s triple jump national record of 17.30m, set by Renjith Maheswary in Bangalore in 2016.
• This accomplishment of Praveen Chithravel also qualifies him for the World Athletics Championships 2023.

ANSWER: D

• World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day is celebrated annually on May 8^th to honor the birth anniversary of Henry Dunant, the founder of International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and was the first recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize.
  • The first-ever Red Cross Day was observed on May 8, 1948.
• The theme of World Red Cross Day for 2023 is “Everything we do comes from the heart.”
• The Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is a worldwide humanitarian network that operates in almost every country across the globe.
• The network offers aid and support to people in need during various emergencies, conflicts, disasters, and other crises and strives to alleviate human suffering, safeguard human dignity, and promote health, peace, and overall well-being.

ANSWER: D

• Providing a major relief to the apple growers of Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir, the Centre has fixed Minimum Import Price (MIP) for apple by amending its import policy.
• As per the notification issued by the Director General of Foreign Trade, Department of Commerce, “Import of apples under ITC (HS) 08081000 is prohibited wherever the CIF import price is less than or equal to Rs 50 per kilogram.” The CIF import price comprises cost, insurance and freight.