ALL EXAM QUIZ 29.08.20254

Explanation:

• Shikhar Dhawan, one of India's finest white-ball batsmen, has announced his retirement from all forms of international and domestic cricket.
• The left-handed batsman has played 37 Tests, 167 ODIs and 68 T20Is for Team India.
• Dhawan was also popularly known as Mr. ICC for his impressive batting figures in the ODI tournament.
• He has scored a total of 10,867 runs in international cricket, including 6793 runs in ODIs.
• Dhawan has scored 17 centuries and 39 half-centuries in ODIs.
• In his 222-match IPL career, Dhawan has amassed 6,769 runs and is a once-time championship winner with Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2016.
• In December 2022, he last played for India in the ODI series against Bangladesh.

Explanation:

• Odisha government Subhadra Yojana to empower over 1 crore women.
• Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi approved Subhadra Yojana for women's empowerment.
• Women aged between 21 and 60 will be eligible for the Subhadra Yojana.
• A total of Rs 10,000 per annum will be paid in two instalments of Rs 5000 each on Rakhi Purnima Day and International Women's Day (March 8).
• An eligible woman beneficiary will get Rs 50,000 in total in five years.
• The payment will be made directly to the beneficiary's Aadhaar-enabled single-holder (DBT) bank account.
• A Subhadra Debit Card will also be issued to the beneficiaries.
• 100 beneficiaries with maximum digital transactions will be identified in each Gram Panchayat and Urban Local Body.
• Rs 500 will be given as an additional incentive to each of them.

Explanation:

• Soumya Swaminathan released a book titled ‘The Scientist Entrepreneur: Empowering Millions of Women’.
• It is an autobiography written by Kalpana Sankar.
• Swaady Martin, Chairperson and CEO of Yswara, received the first copy of this book.
• Dr. Soumya spoke about the significant role of NGOs in bridging the gap between the government and the community.

Explanation:

• Union Cabinet approved the Unified Pension Scheme for government employees.
• For a minimum qualifying service of 25 years, the scheme guarantees 50% of average basic pay drawn over the final twelve months prior to superannuation.
• The scheme ensures that, in the case of the employee's death, their family will get 60% of their pension.
• After at least ten years of service, a basic pension of at least 10,000 rupees per month will be guaranteed upon superannuation.
• Assured pensions, guaranteed family pensions, and guaranteed minimum pensions are all subject to inflation indexation.
• As in case of serving personnel, there will be dearness relief based on the All India Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers.

Explanation:

• Union Cabinet approved BioE3 (Biotechnology for Economy, Environment and Employment) Policy.
• The BioE3 Policy is a proposal of the Department of Biotechnology.
• The BioE3 Policy is a policy for fostering high performance biomanufacturing.
• Its salient features include innovation-driven support to R&D and entrepreneurship across thematic sectors.
• This will accelerate technology commercialization and development by setting up Biomanufacturing & Bio-AI hubs and Biofoundry.
• This policy will prioritize regenerative bioeconomy models of green growth and facilitate expansion of India’s skilled workforce.
• Government’s initiatives like ‘Net Zero’ carbon economy & ‘Lifestyle for Environment’ will be strengthened by this policy.
• The BioE3 Policy will foster and advance sustainable future.
• High performance biomanufacturing refers to the ability to make products from medicine to materials.

Explanation:

• Andhra Pradesh-based MedTech Zone (AMTZ) has launched India’s first indigenously developed ‘ErbaMDx MonkeyPox RT-PCR Kit’.
• It was developed in partnership with Transasia Diagnostics Private Limited.
• This kit has received validation from the Indian Council for Medical Research and received emergency authorization from Central Drugs Standard Control Organization.
• The Transasia-Erba monkeypox RT-PCR kit is very sensitive.
• This kit would help in early detection and better management of the infection.
• Monkeypox (MPX) is a viral zoonotic disease whose symptoms are similar to smallpox.
• This disease is called monkeypox as it was first found in colonies of monkeys in 1958 and was later found in humans in 1970.
• The disease can transfer from animal to human through direct contact with the blood, bodily fluids, or cutaneous or mucosal lesions of infected animals.

Explanation:

• IIA astronomers found a new way to find out more of the sun’s secrets.
• Astronomers at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) have found new ways to go deeper into the sun’s secrets by studying the magnetic field of the solar atmosphere.
• The astronomers used data from IIA’s Kodaikanal Tower Tunnel Telescope.
• The solar atmosphere is composed of various layers interconnected through magnetic fields.
• The magnetic field acts as a conduit to transfer energy and mass from the inner layers to the outer layers. It is known as the coronal heating problem.

• Measurements of magnetic fields at different heights of the solar atmosphere are important to understand the physical mechanism of the solar atmosphere

Explanation:

• Telangana government will establish a sports university next academic year.
• Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy announced this recently.
• The aim of the sports university will be to produce sports people who can win Olympic medals.
• Telangana CM announced Sports University would bring in international coaches to provide training to the athletes.
• The CM was addressing concluding function of the NMDC Hyderabad Marathon 10 kilometre and

5 kilometre run at Gachibowli Stadium in Hyderabad.

• He said Young India Sports University was planned on the lines of Young India Skills University.

Explanation:

• In an important decision, the Union Home Minister has announced the creation of five new districts in the Union Territory of Ladakh.
• The central government has decided to form five new districts in Ladakh namely Zanskar, Drass, Sham, Nubra and Changthang.
• Ladakh has only two districts - Leh and Kargil. Both the districts have their own autonomous district councils, which govern them. After the formation of new districts, Ladakh will have a total of seven districts.

Explanation:

• Maharashtra has become the first state to offer Unified Pension Scheme (UPS) to its employees.
• The move by the Eknath Shinde-led government comes a day after the Centre announced UPS for employees joining service after January 1, 2004.
• Earlier, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnav said that this decision would benefit 23 lakh central government employees.