ALL EXAM QUIZ 08.08.2024

Explanation:

• India's two-time Olympic bronze medallist Manu Bhaker named India's flag-bearer for the closing ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics.
• Bhaker will represent India as the women's flag bearer during the event.
• On August 11, the closing ceremony of the Paris Olympics will be held.

Explanation:

• India hosted the first BIMSTEC Business Summit in New Delhi from August 6-8.
• The summit is a significant step towards promoting greater regional cooperation in the Bay of Bengal region.
• The Ministry of External Affairs organized the three-day event in partnership with the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).
• External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar inaugurated the summit.
• The event is being attended by a wide range of participants, including ministers from BIMSTEC member countries responsible for trade, commerce, industry and energy, high-ranking government officials, policy makers, entrepreneurs and industry associations.
• The first edition of the Business Summit aimed to promote greater regional cooperation through stronger trade and investment ties among BIMSTEC member countries.

Explanation:

• Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and left the country. It ended her 15 years of power.
• Bangladesh's army chief, General Waker-Uz-Zaman, said an interim government would take charge.
• He promised that the military would launch an investigation into the deadly crackdown on student protesters.
• The government attempted to quash the demonstrations with force, curfews and internet shutdowns.
• Nearly 300 people were killed in these demonstrations, leading to demands of Sheikh Hasina resignation.
• Sheikh Hasina served as the prime minister of Bangladesh from June 1996 to July 2001 and later from January 2009 to August 2024.
• She is the daughter of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the first president of Bangladesh.

Explanation:

• India retained the eighth position in global agriculture exports in 2023.
• India retained the eighth position in global agriculture exports despite a drop in its agriculture exports from $55 billion in 2022 to $51 billion in 2023.
• Brazil, the European Union and Thailand are the leading exporters of agricultural products.
• The other seven economies in the top 10 saw a decrease in their exports of agricultural products.
• The top ten exporters registered a 71.9 percent share of world exports in 2023.
• Agriculture exports in India have decreased due to geopolitical factors such as the Red Sea crisis and the continuing Russia-Ukraine war.
• EU maintained its top position in 2023 by exporting agricultural produce valued at $836 billion.
• Brazil’s agriculture exports increased to $157 billion in 2023 from $148 billion in 2022. It secured the third position.
• China was the fourth largest agriculture exporter in 2023.
• Canada, Mexico, Indonesia and Australia are in the top ten agriculture exporters.

Explanation:

• President of Fiji conferred the Companion of the Order of Fiji on President Droupadi Murmu.
• President Droupadi Murmu who is on a two-day visit to Fiji.
• She addressed the Fijian Parliament and recalled the 75 years diplomatic association between the India and Fiji.
• President Murmu held a bilateral meeting with her counterpart, Williame Katonivere.
• President Murmu thanked the Fijian Government for their support for Aditya L1 Mission.
• President Murmu recalled support provided by India to Fiji at the time of Covid-19 crisis through the Vaccine Maitri initiative.
• The Companion of the Order of Fiji is the highest honour of Fiji.
• Fiji is an island country in Melanesia (part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean). It is an archipelago of over 300 islands. Suva is its capital.

Explanation:

• Digital Shakti Centre has been inaugurated by the National Commission for Women in New Delhi to fight cybercrimes against women.
• In partnership with the Cyber Peace Foundation, National Commission for Women (NCW) Chairperson Ms. Rekha Sharma inaugurated the Digital Shakti Centre.
• The centre aims to increase public awareness of cyber crimes. It will offer crucial technical assistance for filing and handling complaints.
• The commission highlighted how important this program is to giving women the confidence to use technology safely and effectively.
• It stated that the facility will provide professional advice to guarantee prompt and efficient resolution of cybercrime concerns, based on the success of its Digital Shakti program.
• In 2018, the Digital Shakti program was introduced.
• According to Ms. Sharma, the number of cybercrime cases in India has increased, going from 52,974 in 2021 to 65,893 in 2022.
• She noted that more complaints about cybercrimes against women had been received by the NCW.

Explanation:

• Karnataka government has formed a 'forests and western ghats encroachment clearance task force'.
• This task force has been formed to clear illegal resorts, homestays and all forest encroachments in the entire Western Ghats.
• This task force has been formed under the leadership of the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests and Head of Forest Force.
• The forest department's additional chief secretary issued orders for the removal of all forest encroachments in Western Ghats region.
• This decision has been taken after seeing the tragedies caused by landslides at Wayanad.
• Landslides are continuously occurring in the Western Ghats regions including Shiradi Ghat, and Charmadi Ghat.
• Section 64A of the Karnataka Forest Act deals with encroachment of forest land and ways to evict encroachers.

Explanation:

• A Moon crater has been named after Pasang Lhamu Sherpa.
• Lhamu Pasang Sherpa is the first Nepalese woman to reach on the Mount Everest summit.
• Nepal celebrated the naming of a crater at the Moon’s South Pole in honor of Pasang Lhamu Sherpa.
• The US Geological Survey as well as topographic and hydrological features of Earth has named this cater after Sherpa.
• The Government of Nepal has honored her by declaring Pasang Lhamu a National Luminary.

Explanation:

• RBI revised NPAs provision norms for co-operative banks to ensure uniformity.
• The Reserve Bank of India issued norms for uniformity in the treatment of Bad and Doubtful Debt Reserve (BDDR) for prudential purposes.
• These revised norms will be for Urban cooperative Banks, State Cooperative Banks and Central cooperative Banks.
• It will come into force with immediate effect.
• RBI has also prescribed specific steps to facilitate rectification and easy transition to an accounting standard compliant approach.
• RBI directed that appropriation should be made directly from the P&L Account or General Reserves to make provisions for NPAs by March 31, 2025.

Explanation:

• Sweden's Mondo Duplantis won the men's Olympic pole vault gold medal in Paris.
• Duplantis not only broke the Olympic record but also set a new world record while retaining his title.
• He raised the bar to 6.25m, breaking his own world record of 6.24m.