ALL EXAM QUIZ 08.02.2025

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• India has become the world’s second-largest mobile manufacturer.
• India has moved from production of 2 units in 2014 to over 300 operational units nationwide.
• About 99.2 per cent of mobile phones sold in India are now made locally.
• The manufacturing value of mobiles have reached to Rs 4.22 lakh crore with exports crossing Rs 1.29 lakh crore in 2024.
• More than 325 to 330 million mobile phones are manufactured annually in India.
• The mobile manufacturing sector has generated approximately 12 lakh direct and indirect jobs over the decade.
• The ‘Make in India’ initiative has enabled the domestic production of critical components and sub-assemblies such as chargers, battery packs, mechanics of all types, etc.
• The India Semiconductor Mission and five major projects have been also launched.

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• U.K. will be the first country to criminalize AI child abuse tools.
• The United Kingdom will be the first country to introduce laws against AI tools that are used to generate sexual abuse images of children.
• The UK government has decided to make it illegal to possess, create or distribute AI tools designed to generate sexualised images of children.
• Punishment for this type of offence will be up to five years in prison.
• It will also be illegal to possess AI “paedophile manuals” which teach people how to use AI to abuse children sexually. The punishment will be three years in prison.
• The new law would also ban “some of the AI models being used for child abuse”.
• The new law criminalizes “predators who run websites designed for other paedophiles to share vile child sexual abuse content or advice on how to groom children”. The punishment for this offence will be up to ten years in prison.

Explanation:

• Rajasthan government presented a Bill to prevent religious conversions carried out by force, fraud or inducement.
• The Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Bill, 2025 has been tabled in the state Assembly.
• It has a provision for imprisonment of up to 10 years and a fine of up to ₹50,000 for various offences.
• Under this bill, the offences will be cognizable non-bailable, and triable by a court.
• Conversion by misrepresentation, force, undue influence, coercion, allurement or by any fraudulent means or by marriage has been made an offence under the provisions of the bill.
• Anyone who wants to convert their religion shall have to give a declaration in the prescribed form at least 60 days in advance to the District Magistrate.
• It would help in stopping the “increasing instances of ‘love jihad’” in certain areas of the State.
• Medical and Health Minister Gajendra Singh Khinvsar introduced the Bill.

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• India's first Cancer Genome Atlas has been launched by IIT Madras for early breast cancer detection.
• Bharat Cancer Genome Atlas has data on 960 whole exome sequencing completed by IIT Madras from tissue samples collected from 480 breast cancer patients.
• Bharat Cancer Genome Atlas will be a resource to identify cancer-specific biomarkers in India.
• In 2020, the cancer genome programme was launched by IIT Madras in India.
• For data analysis, it collaborated with Karkinos Healthcare, Mumbai, the Chennai Breast Clinic and Cancer Research and Relief Trust, Chennai.
• It is possible that Bharat Cancer Genome Atlas will help India's biomedical research and healthcare system move towards a vision of “personalized medicine”.

Explanation:

• Bart De Wever took oath as new Prime Minister of Belgium.
• Bart De Wever belongs to the Flemish nationalist N-VA party.
• Bart De Wever will replace Alexander De Croo.
• Alexander De Croo was in office as a caretaker since the elections held in June 2024.
• Wever took the oath of allegiance in the presence of King Philip.
• After Belgium's elections in June, five major political parties formed a coalition.
• This is the first time a Flemish nationalist is leading the federal government.
• Belgium is located in in Northwestern Europe. Brussels is its capital. Its currency is Euro.

Explanation:

• Chaman Arora awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award 2024 for his book "Ik Hor Ashwthama" in Dogri.
• The book was selected on the basis of recommendations made by a three-member jury committee as per the prescribed rules and procedures.
• The Award will be presented in a casket containing an engraved copper plaque and a cash prize of Rs. 1,00,000/-.
• The Award will be presented to the family member/nominee of the awardee at a special ceremony to be held in New Delhi on 8 March 2025.
• The jury members who announced the Sahitya Akademi Awards 2024 in the Dogri language are Dr. Sushma Rani, Dr. Veena Gupta, and Dr. Jitendra Udhampuri.

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• A deal signed by the Army with IIT Guwahati for developing bamboo-based bunkers at high altitudes.
• Conventional building materials may be replaced by bamboo-based composites in constructing bunkers for the Indian Army in often freezing conditions at high altitudes.
• The Army’s 4 Corps, based in north-central Assam’s Tezpur, and IIT Guwahati signed an MoU for research, design, and fabrication of epoxy bamboo-based composites.
• These composites are intended to replace traditional building materials used in the construction of bunkers at high altitudes.
• These areas are mostly in Arunachal Pradesh, whose northern border adjoins the eastern Himalayas.
• Under the project, several defense works will be constructed in high-altitude areas for field trials, where they will have to withstand small arms fire and endure the full weather cycle.
• The manufactured panels will provide the same level of protection, albeit at a lower weight, reducing the time and effort spent transporting supplies, ultimately increasing force protection.

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• India's first AI university will be established in Maharashtra.
• The country's first Artificial Intelligence (AI) university is set to be established in Maharashtra, and a task force has been formed to plan and implement the project.
• The Principal Secretary, Department of Information Technology, will chair the task force.
• Research and development in AI and related fields will be promoted by the university, which will also be a center of excellence, encouraging collaboration between the industry, academia, and government.
• The university will promote research and development in AI, focusing on skill development, technological innovation, and policy formulation to establish Maharashtra as a hub for AI education and innovation.
• The initiative is in line with the BJP's election manifesto, which highlighted the use of technology for development.
• The AI University will be a center of excellence, promoting collaboration between industry, academia, and government.

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• A Gujarat village’s inland mangrove area has been declared a Biodiversity Heritage Site.
• The natural inland mangrove site of Guneri village of Kutch district has been declared as the first Biodiversity Heritage Site of Gujarat.
• It is spread over a 32.78-hectare area of Guneri village in Lakhtar tehsil.
• This announcement has been made by the state government after considering a recommendation from the Gujarat Biodiversity Board.
• A local Biodiversity Management Committee will manage the area. It will ensure the conservation and enrichment of the flora and fauna in the area.
• The announcement has been made under the provisions of The Biodiversity Act, of 2002.
• Under this act, a state government can notify an area as a Biodiversity Heritage Site after consulting concerned local bodies.
• Inland mangroves are rare and have been reported from only eight locations in the world. The Guneri inland mangrove site is the last remains of its kind in India.
• The Guneri mangrove site is located at a distance of 45 km from the Arabian Sea and four km from the Kori Creek.

Explanation:

• Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have formally left the regional bloc ECOWAS.
• Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have formally withdrawn from the regional bloc known as ECOWAS.
• The withdrawal of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger is a huge blow to ECOWAS.
• These three countries decide to leave ECOWAS after the demand to restore diplomatic rule.
• Relations between Ecowas and these three countries have deteriorated after the military seized power in Niger in 2023, Burkina Faso in 2022 and Mali in 2020.
• Ecowas said it would keep its "doors open" to Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger.
• The 15-nation ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States) was formed in 1975 to “promote economic integration” in member states of West Africa.
• All citizens of ECOWAS have the right to live and work in all member states. Additionally, the region allows for the free movement of goods across its borders.