May 5, 2024

Daily Current Affairs Quiz: October 7,2021

October 7, 2021
Who is the Principal Scientific Advisor to government of India?
  • (A) Rajagopal Chidambaram
  • (B) Preeti Banzal
  • (C) K. Vijay Raghavan
  • (D) none of the above
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ANSWER: C

WHY IN NEWS?

  • The government of Indiahas launched a web portal called “Waste to Wealth” to enhance cooperation for sustainable development through economy and community participation.
  • The web portal will bring together technology providers, government stakeholders and urban local bodies to find solutions to India’s waste problems, mainly plastic waste.
  • The portal has been launched by the Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser and inaugurated by the Principal Scientific Advisor  Vijay Raghavan
The first Sports Arbitration Centre of India has been inaugurated in-
  • (A) Ahmedabad
  • (B) Bhopal
  • (C) Chandigarh
  • (D) New Delhi
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ANSWER: A

WHY IN NEWS?

  • The Union Minister of Law and Justice, Kiren Rijiju has inaugurated the first Sports Arbitration Centre of India at Ahmedabad in Gujarat.
  • This Sports Arbitration Centre of India (SACI) will serve as an independent body to fast track disputes in the sports sector and serve as a mechanism to redress issues related to sports.
  • The SACI will be promoted by Ahmedabad-based SE TransStadia Pvt Ltd. and all legal backing will be provided by the Ministry of Law and Justice. The SACI will have a far-reaching impact for the sports sector of the country by creating a reputation and establishing credibility for itself through the provision to settle disputes and other issues and concerns of the sports sector in a fast, transparent and very accountable manner.
Who has been appointed as the new Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (MD & CEO) of rating agency Crisil?
  • (A) Ketaki Bapat
  • (B) Shirish Panda
  • (C) Amish Mehta
  • (D) none of the above
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ANSWER: C

WHY IN NEWS?

  • Amish Mehta has been appointed as the new Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (MD & CEO) of rating agency Crisil. He has replaced Ashu Suyash. Crisil is owned by S&P.
  • Mehta has more than two decades of leadership experience across industries and joined Crisil in October 2014 as President and Chief Financial Officer.
  • In July 2017, he was elevated as the President and Chief Operating Officer, responsible for the global analytical centre, India research and SME, the global innovation and excellence hub and corporate strategy.
The 2021 Right Livelihood Award, an international honour, also known as Sweden’s alternative Nobel Prize has been won by-
  • (A) Bachpan Bachao Andolan
  • (B) Legal Initiative for Forest and Environment (LIFE)
  • (C) Udaan Welfare Foundation
  • (D) none of the above
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ANSWER: B

WHY IN NEWS?

  • The Delhi-based environmental organisation “Legal Initiative for Forest and Environment (LIFE)” has been felicitated with the 2021 Right Livelihood Award, an international honour, also known as Sweden’s alternative Nobel Prize.
  • LIFE has been selected for the award for its “grassroots approach of empowering vulnerable communities to protect their livelihoods and claim their right to a clean environment.”
  • The Right Livelihood Award comes with a cash prize of 1 million Swedish crowns ($115,000) and long-term support to highlight and expand Laureates’.
The theme of The World Space Week (WSW) 2021 is-
  • (A) Women in Space
  • (B) Collaborate for space
  • (C) From earth to the stars
  • (D) none of the above
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ANSWER: A

WHY IN NEWS?

  • The World Space Week (WSW) is observed every year from October 4 to 10, to celebrate science and technology, and their contribution towards the betterment of the human condition.
  • WSW was declared by the United Nations General Assembly on December 6, 1999. The 2021 theme is “Women in Space”!
Which state has become 1st state to begin organised cultivation of Cinnamon (dalchini)?
  • (A) Uttarakhand
  • (B) Himachal Pradesh
  • (C) Arunachal Pradesh
  • (D) none of the above
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ANSWER: B

WHY IN NEWS?

  • The CSIR’s Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology (IHBT) has introduced cinnamon cultivation in Himachal Pradesh on a pilot basis.
  • True cinnamon or Cinnamomumverum is grown mainly in Sri Lanka, while minor producing countries include Seychelles, Madagascar, and India.
  • India imports 45,318 tonnes of cinnamon annually from China, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Indonesia and Nepal. With the cultivation of Cinnamomum Verum, HP has become the first state of India to have organized cultivation of cinnamon.
Vice President of India, M. Venkaiah Naidu has recently presented Lokapriya Gopinath Bordoloi Award. It is instituted by which state?
  • (A) Assam
  • (B) West Bengal
  • (C) Chattisgarh
  • (D) Delhi
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ANSWER: A

WHY IN NEWS?

  • Vice President of India, M. Venkaiah Naidu has presented Lokapriya Gopinath Bordoloi Award for National Integration and National Contribution.
  • This award has been conferred to eminent writer Nirode Kumar Barooah, Assam Branch of the Kasturba Gandhi National Memorial Trust and Shillong Chamber Choir at a special function in Guwahati.
  • The award carries a cash reward of Rs 5 lakh, a citation, and a shawl. It is one of the biggest civilian awards of Assam.
  • This award was instituted by the Assam government in memory of the state’s first chief minister Gopinath Bordoloi.
  • The Assam branch of the Kasturba Gandhi National Memorial Trust was founded by Mahatma Gandhi on 9 January 1946.
  • Shillong Chamber Choir (SCC) is a renowned musical group founded in 2001. It has performed on various national and international platforms.

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