ALL EXAM QUIZ 15.09.2023

Explanation:

• RITES Limited has been honoured with the ‘Safety Innovation Award 2023’, under the ‘Construction’ category, for implementing ‘Innovative Safety Management Systems’ in its operations.
• The award was presented to RITES’ officials during the inaugural function of the 20th Safety Convention organized by The Institution of Engineers (India), the largest multi-disciplinary professional body of engineers, at Hotel Le Meridien, New Delhi.

Explanation:

• Every year on 15 September, International Day of Democracy is observed. It is also known as Democracy Day.
• Its aim is to encourage youth to get involved in democratic processes so that they can make their voices heard.
• The theme of International Day of Democracy 2023 is 'Empowering the Next Generation.'

Explanation:

• Gopal Baglay has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to Australia.
• Gopal Baglay is a 1992 batch IFS officer and diplomat currently serving as India's High Commissioner to Sri Lanka. Let us tell you that Bagle has also worked as Deputy High Commissioner of India in Pakistan.
• Bagley has also served as Deputy High Commissioner of India to Pakistan, Advisor for Press, Information and Culture in the Indian Embassy, Nepal and other diplomatic posts in Ukraine, Moscow and London from 1994–2002.

Explanation:

• The Mediterranean coastal city of Derna has suffered immense damage due to sudden floods in eastern Libya.
• Hurricane Daniel destroyed 20% of the Libyan city of Derna.
• The main cause of the flash floods in eastern Libya is torrential rains and dam failure caused by the Mediterranean storm Daniel.
• Northeastern Libya is one of the regions with the highest average annual rainfall.
• There has been immense loss of life and property in eastern Libya due to floods.

Explanation:

• Two authors of Indian heritage have been shortlisted for the 2023 British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding.
• These authors are UK-based Nandini Das and US-based Kris Manjapra.
• These authors are among six worldwide writers who have been nominated on 12 September 2023.
• Nandini Das has been shortlisted for 'Courting India: England, Mughal India and the Origins of Empire'.
• Manjapra is shortlisted for 'Black Ghost of Empire: The Long Death of Slavery and the Failure of Emancipation'.

Explanation:

• RBI opens Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme 2023-24 Series II for subscription from 11 September.
• RBI has fixed the issue price at Rs 5,923 per gram.
• The issue price is calculated on the basis of the simple average of the closing price for gold of 999 purity.
• Those investors who will apply online and make digital payments will get a discount of Rs 50 per gram.
• The subscription period for the bonds is set from September 11 to September 15.
• These bonds can be purchased by investors through various channels, including banks, Stock Holding Corporation of India Ltd (SHCIL), designated post offices, and recognized stock exchanges like NSE and BSE.
• The Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme was launched in November 2015.
• Its aim is to encourage financial savings over physical gold purchases.

Explanation:

• Under Project Naman, grievance redressal centres for veterans and the kin of personnel who have lost their lives will be established.
• The first such centre will be established in Delhi Cantonment very soon.
• The Directorate of Indian Army Veterans and HDFC Bank Limited and CSE e-Governance India Limited signed an MoU for Project 'NAMAN'.
• A Common Service Centre will be established under this project for veterans and their relatives.
• It will provide all government-to-customer services and also help in updating pensioners' accounts on the SPARSH portal.
• Under the second phase of this project, 13 more centres will be established at various military stations across India.

Explanation:

• Delhi Metro Rail Corporation and Bharat Electronics Limited have signed a MoU.
• The purpose of the MoU is to develop an indigenous Communication Based Train Control System.
• This partnership is in line with the Make in India initiative. It will transform rail transportation in India.
• It will foster self-reliance in the field of train control signaling systems.
• The Communication-Based Train Control System will optimise train operations, and enhance passenger services.

Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL)

• It is a public sector undertaking under the Ministry of Defence.
• It was established in 1954. It is headquartered in Bengaluru.

Explanation:

• Union government has decided to expand the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) till the financial year 2026.
• 7,500,000 new Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) connections will be allocated in three years.
• This expansion will increase the total number of PMUY beneficiaries to 103.5 million with a cost of 1650 crore.
• It will increase the total number of PMUY beneficiaries to 103.5 million.
• The government has recently reduced the price of cooking gas by Rs 200 across all markets.
• A Subsidy of Rs 200 per 14.2 kg cylinder was sent to 90 million PMUY beneficiaries till May 2022.

Explanation:

• The Patna Municipal Corporation has started a Cash for Waste scheme for common people at the recently established Material Recovery Facility (MRF).
• Under this scheme, people will be paid for their dry waste as per a prescribed price list for each item.
• This is called the Pink Material Recovery Facility as it is run by women workers.
• This facility has a capacity of processing 2 tonnes of dry garbage and 1.5 tonnes of wet waste per day.
• Pink MRF has been set up by Patna Municipal Corporation (PMC) in association with the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, German institution GIZ and other organizations.
• Now, People will not have to wait for the trash vans to come and dump the garbage.
• With the help of this scheme, the Patna Municipal Corporation is looking forward to having a clean and sanitized city and encouraging people not to throw away waste.