ALL EXAM QUIZ 10.06.2024

Explanation:

• In the Parliament House Complex, the Lok Sabha Secretariat is developing Prerana Sthal.
• The statues of great leaders and freedom fighters of the country are being installed at this place.
• Earlier, these statues were installed at different parts of the Complex.
• Prerana Sthal is being developed in such a way that visitors coming to visit the Parliament complex can easily see the statues.
• At this Prerana Sthal, arrangements will be made to provide detailed information to visitors through modern technology.
• These statues of great leaders will inspire people from their lives and philosophy.
• After the construction of the new Parliament Building, an action plan has been made for the beautification of the Parliament Complex.
• The Parliament House Complex is under the jurisdiction of the Speaker of the Lok Sabha.

Explanation:

• NCLT approved the merger of Air India and Vistara.
• The National Company Law Tribunal, Chandigarh Bench, has approved the merger of Tata Sons-owned Air India with Vistara.
• Both airlines can start integrating their networks, human resources, and fleet deployments.
• The merger has resulted in the creation of one of the world’s largest airline conglomerates.
• As per the deal, Singapore Airlines will own a 25.1 % stake in Air India.
• The Competition Commission of India (CCI) had already approved the merger in September 2023.
• Vistara is a joint venture of Tata Sons Private Limited and Singapore Airlines Limited (SIA).

Explanation:

• Kamal Kishore Soan took over additional charge on 31 May 2024.
• Kamal Kishore Soan is an IAS officer from Jharkhand cadre.
• Kamal Kishore Soan is currently serving as an Additional Secretary and Director General, Labour Welfare in the Ministry of Labour & Employment.
• Employees' State Insurance Corporation:
• It was founded in 1952.
• It is a statutory body under the Ministry of Labour and Employment.
• It was set up under the ESI Act 1948 for the implementation of the ESI scheme.

Explanation:

• AJT Johnsingh passed away in Bengaluru.
• He is a renowned wildlife field biologist and one of India's first wildlife conservationists.
• His groundbreaking research on elephants in the early 1980s had a key role in the development of Project Elephant by the Indian government.
• Additionally, he had organised a global symposium that brought experts on elephants from all over the world to Tamil Nadu's Mudhumalai Wildlife Sanctuary.
• In addition, he was a member of the Tiger Conservation Authority and the National Wild Life Board.
• He was an Indian vertebrate ecologist from Tamil Nadu.

Explanation:

• Denmark, Greece, Pakistan, Panama, and Somalia are elected to the UN Security Council.
• These five countries' terms will start on January 1, 2025. They have been elected by a secret ballot in the UN General Assembly.
• These five countries will replace Mozambique, Japan, Ecuador, Malta, and Switzerland.
• Pakistan has been elected for the 8th time as a non-permanent member.
• Somalia got 179 votes, and Pakistan got 182 seats in the two seats reserved for African and Asia-Pacific countries.
• In the Latin American and Caribbean States, Panama got 183 votes, while in the Western European and other States, Denmark got 184 votes and Greece got 182.
• The United States, Russia, China, the United Kingdom, and France are the five permanent members of the UNSC.
• Algeria, Guyana, South Korea, Sierra Leone, and Slovenia were elected non-permanent members in 2023.

Explanation:

• CSC SPV and the Ministry of Agriculture signed a MoU to convert 10,000 FPOs into CSCs.
• As per the MoU, 10,000 FPOs will be converted into CSCs. FPOs registered under the ‘Formation & Promotion of 10,000 FPOs Scheme’ will be transformed into CSCs.
• CSC SPV will enable them to provide the services that are available on the Digital Seva Portal.
• CSC will help in the training and capacity building of FPOs.
• Delivery of CSC services through FPOs will increase employment opportunities in rural areas.
• The “Formation and Promotion of 10,000 Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs)” scheme was launched by the Central Government in 2020.
• It was launched to increase the income of farmers and reduce the cost of production.
• This initiative will give a new dimension to the movement toward rural development and digital empowerment in the country.

Explanation:

• Secretary MeitY S Krishnan inaugurated the Indigenous Air Quality Monitoring System (AQ-AIMS) and launched the ‘Air-Pravah’ App on the occasion of World Environment Day.
• It is an outdoor air quality monitoring system that will monitor environmental pollutants including PM 1.0, PM 2.5, PM 10, SO2, NO2, O3, CO, CO2, etc.
• The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) said that the developed system will help in providing different clearances.
• It has been developed by the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), Kolkata in collaboration with TeXMIN (ISM, Dhanbad) and industry partner J M Envirolab Pvt Ltd.
• It has been developed under the ‘National Programme on Electronics and ICT Applications in Agriculture and Environment (AgriEnIcs)’.
• This system is being commercialized by the ToT partner M/s J M Envirolab Pvt Ltd.
• ‘Air-Pravah’ app has been launched by the AQ-AIMS for real-time Air Quality Index (AQI) monitoring.

Explanation:

• Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) released Household Consumption Expenditure Survey (HCES) 2022–23.
• In rural and urban areas, Household consumption expenditure on ‘beverages, refreshments and processed food’ was most common among food items in 2022–23.
• In rural areas among all major states, Haryana spent the most on'milk and milk products’ with 41.7% of the total expenditure.
• In urban areas, Rajasthan has spent the most on'milk and milk products’ at 33.2 per cent, followed by Haryana (33.1%) and Punjab (32.3%).
• Kerala spent the most on ‘egg, fish & meat’ at 23.5 per cent.
• Among major states, ‘Beverages, processed food’ share was highest in total food consumption.
• Tamil Nadu is in the first position on expenditure on beverages and processed food.
• In rural India, the household expenditure on ‘beverages, refreshments, and processed food’ was about 46 percent.
• It was followed by milk and milk products (8.33 per cent) and vegetables (5.38 per cent).
• The share of cereals and cereal substitutes was 4.91 per cent of the total consumption spending.
• In rural India, the highest share of monthly per capita expenditure on ‘conveyance’ among non-food items was recorded in Kerala (18.9%).

Explanation:

• After the victory of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in the 18th Lok Sabha elections, BJP leader Narendra Modi took oath as the Prime Minister of India for the third consecutive time. President Draupadi Murmu administered the oath of office and secrecy to him at a ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan here.
• With this, Modi equaled the record of the country's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru of becoming Prime Minister for three consecutive times. Modi became the Prime Minister of the country for the first time in 2014 after the victory of BJP in the Lok Sabha elections.
• After this, he became Prime Minister for the second consecutive time after winning with a huge majority in the 17th Lok Sabha elections.
• Nehru is the longest serving Indian Prime Minister since independence in 1947. He died on 27 May 1964 and he was still the Prime Minister of the country at that time. He was elected Prime Minister for the first time after winning the first general election held in the year 1952.
• After this, Congress also won the general elections of 1957 and 1962 and Nehru again became the Prime Minister of the country. BJP has not been able to get absolute majority in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
• It has got 240 seats. However, the BJP-led NDA crossed the majority mark with 293 seats. After this, Modi was recently elected the leader of the BJP and NDA Parliamentary Party in the NDA meeting.

Narendra Modi

• Narendra Modi was born on 17 September 1950 in Vadnagar, Gujarat. His journey, which started from a tea shop, reached the 14th Prime Minister of the country.
• Born to Damodardas Mulchand Modi and Hiraben Modi, Narendra Modi's schooling took place in Vadnagar. His father used to run a tea stall at Vadnagar railway station.
• Where Modi often used to help his father. Modi received a Bachelor's (BA) degree in Political Science from Delhi University's School of Open Learning in 1978 and an MA degree in Political Science from Gujarat University in 1983.
• Narendra Modi joined the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in 1972. After this, he became a part of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for the first time in 1987.
• Modi took oath as the Chief Minister of Gujarat for the first time on 7 October 2001 after the resignation of Keshubhai Patel. He remained in this post till 2014.
• Narendra Modi took oath as Prime Minister for the first time on 26 May 2014 and for the second time on 30 May 2019. Under the third term, Modi has set the goal of a developed India by 2047.

Explanation:

• World Food Safety Day (WFSD) is celebrated every year on 7 June.
• This day is jointly celebrated by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in collaboration with member countries and other related organizations.
• This day is celebrated every year with a specific theme that helps the campaigns related to it.