ALL EXAM QUIZ

Explanation:

Culture Department of Madhya Pradesh announced the National Kishore Kumar Award and National Lata Mangeshkar Award for the year 2022.

Key Points

• For the year 2022, National Kishore Kumar Award will be given to famous actor Dharmendra and the National Lata Mangeshkar Award will be given to music director Uttam Singh.
• The award amount of national and state awards given by the Culture Department has been doubled from the year 2022. Now, in the National Lata Mangeshkar Award and National Kishore Kumar Award, a prize money of Rs 5 lakh, plaque and shawl-shriphal will be given.

Explanation:

• 'Rozgar Prayag Portal' launched in the Uttarakhand Youth Mahotsav-2023 program organized at Parade Ground in Dehradun.
• The government has developed this portal for the youth with the aim of providing employment opportunities in the state on a single portal.
• On this occasion, 'Yuva Uttarakhand App' also launched and inaugurated self-employment centers in the employment offices of Dehradun and Udham Singh Nagar.

Explanation:

• The first 3D-printed building in Kerala, Amaze-28, was inaugurated in the Kerala State Nirmithi Kendra (Kesnik) campus at PTP Nagar in Thiruvananthapuram.
• It is spread over 380 sq ft and is a one-room summer house. It was constructed in 28 days.
• It is designed as a demonstration project, which was completed by Kera State Nirmiti Kerndra with the support of Tvasta, a Chennai-based construction tech start-up.

Explanation:

• Navneet Munot is the new chairman of the Association of Mutual Funds in India (Amfi).
• He is the managing director (MD) and chief executive officer (CEO) of HDFC Asset Management.
• Anthony Heredia became the new vice-chairperson of Amfi.
• Heredia is the MD and CEO of Mahindra Manulife Mutual Fund.

Explanation:

• India has launched Operation Ajay.
• It has been launched to evacuate Indian nationals from the Israel-Hamas conflict zone.
• It is an operation to facilitate the return from Israel of its citizens who wish to return.
• A 24-hour Control Room has been set up in the Ministry of External Affairs. This has been set up to monitor the situation and provide information and assistance.

Explanation:

• Union cabinet has approved royalty rates for mining of three critical and strategic minerals.
• These critical and strategic minerals are Lithium, Niobium, and Rare Earth Elements (REEs).
• The approval of royalty rates will allow the central government to auction blocks for these minerals for the first time.
• The royalty rate would be 3% of the London Metal Exchange price for Lithium.
• The royalty rate would be 3% of the Average Sale Price for Niobium.

Explanation:

• National Security Council Secretariat organized the National Cyber Security Exercise ‘Bharat NCX 2023’.
• The 2nd Edition of the National Cyber Security Exercise ‘Bharat NCX 2023’ is scheduled to be conducted from 09 to 20 October 2023.
• Its main aim is to train senior management and technical personnel of Government/Critical Sector organizations.
• The program is being conducted by the National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS) in strategic partnership with Rashtriya Raksha University (RRU).

Explanation:

• Parliamentary Speakers' Summit (P-20) will be organized from 13th to 14th October 2023 at the India International Convention and Expo Center (IICC), Yashobhoomi, Dwarka, New Delhi.
• Apart from G-20 countries, 10 other countries and international organizations will participate in the Summit.
• 50 Parliamentarians and 14 Secretaries General including 26 Presidents, 10 Vice Presidents, 01 Committee Chairman and the IPU President will attend the Summit.
• The President of the Pan-African Parliament will participate in the P-20 Summit in India for the first time.
• G-20 members and guest countries will hold discussions on “how Parliaments can effectively advance the objectives of the P-20”.

Explanation:

• Union Minister Jitendra Singh launched the Intelligent Grievance Monitoring System (IGMS) 2.0 Public Grievance portal of the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG).
• It is a major upgrade of the Centralized Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System (CPGRAMS) portal in terms of capabilities.
• IGMS 2.0 Dashboard has been developed by a team of IIT Kanpur.
• Union Minister Jitendra Singh said that for the first time, the average disposal time of public grievances by Central Ministries and departments has been reduced by about 50% due to reforms undertaken by DARPG in the CPGRAMS.

Explanation:

Culture Department of Madhya Pradesh announced the National Kishore Kumar Award and National Lata Mangeshkar Award for the year 2022.

Key Points

• For the year 2022, National Kishore Kumar Award will be given to famous actor Dharmendra and the National Lata Mangeshkar Award will be given to music director Uttam Singh.
• The award amount of national and state awards given by the Culture Department has been doubled from the year 2022. Now, in the National Lata Mangeshkar Award and National Kishore Kumar Award, a prize money of Rs 5 lakh, plaque and shawl-shriphal will be given.