ALL EXAM QUIZ 05.07.2024

Explanation:

• South Asia's largest flying school will be established by Air India in Amravati.
• This school will strengthen the pilot training capability available in India.
• Recently, the runway of Amravati airport was expanded by the state-owned Maharashtra Airport Development Company.
• By mid of 2026, the flying school will be operational and will graduate 180 commercial pilots every year.

Explanation:

• The Indian Army has begun its joint military exercise Maitree 2024 with the Royal Thai Army.
• The 13th edition of the India-Thailand Joint Military Exercise Maitree is being conducted from 1 to 15 July 2024 at Fort Wachiraprakan, Tak Province, Thailand.
• The last Maitree exercise took place from 16 September to 29 September 2019 at the Foreign Training Node, Umroi, Meghalaya.
• The bilateral Maitree exercise, initiated in the year 2006, is an important aspect of defence cooperation between the Indian Army and the Royal Thai Army.

Explanation:

• The Bangladesh Navy and India’s Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) signed a deal for an 800-tonne ocean-going tug.
• It has been signed under a $500-million line of credit that was extended to Bangladesh by India.
• The ship will be delivered to Bangladesh within 24 months, as per the contract.
• The vessel will be nearly 61 metres long and 15.80 metres wide, with a maximum speed of at least 13 knots.

Explanation:

• Exercise ‘Nomadic Elephant’ started in Umroi, Meghalaya on 3 July.
• This is the 16th edition of Nomadic Elephant, an India-Mongolia joint military exercise.
• It is a two-week training event that will conclude on 16 July.
• It seeks to improve communication between the troops of the two countries in semi-conventional operations in semi-urban and mountainous areas.

Explanation:

• India's first solar mission, the Aditya-L1 spacecraft, completed its first halo orbit.
• Aditya-L1 in the halo orbit took 178 days to complete a revolution around the L1 point.
• The observatory satellite reached its targeted halo orbit on January 6, 2024.
• This crucial part became possible with the state-of-the-art flight dynamics software developed at the UR Rao Satellite Centre (URSC).

Explanation:

• Snowblind malware used Android security features to bypass security.
• A new banking malware called ‘Snowblind’ has targeted Android users for stealing banking credentials.
• This malware uses a built-in security feature to bypass anti-tamper protection in apps handling sensitive information.
• Snowblind uses a feature called ‘seccomp’, which stands for ‘secure computing’.
• Snowblind injects a piece of code that loads before Seccomp starts the anti-tampering measures.
• Snowblind can also disable biometric and two-factor authentication, two security features commonly used by banking apps.

Explanation:

• TV Ravichandran and Pawan Kapoor appointed Deputy National Security Advisors (NSA)
• TV Ravichandran is a 1990 batch IPS officer. He is currently the special director in the Intelligence Bureau.
• Pawan Kapoor is a 1990 batch IFS officer. He has served in the Ministry of External Affairs, and the Prime Minister's Office.
• Rajendra Khanna has been named additional NSA. He served as the deputy NSA.
• Deputy NSA Vikram Misri was recently appointed as the Foreign Secretary.

Explanation:

• Senior IAS officer Sujata Saunik took charge as the first woman Chief Secretary of Maharashtra.
• 1987 batch IAS officer Sujata Saunik has replaced outgoing Chief Secretary Nitin Kareer.
• Sujata Saunik was holding the charge of Additional Chief Secretary of the Home Department of the state before becoming the first woman Chief Secretary of the state.
• Sujata Saunik has three decades of experience in the field of public policy and governance. She has made significant contributions in important areas like health, finance, education and disaster management.
• This is the first time in the 64-year history of Maharashtra that a woman has been appointed to the post of Chief Secretary.

Explanation:

• The Under 23 Asian Wrestling Championship 2024 was held in Amman, Jordan where India topped the list with a total of eight medals.
• Young Indian wrestlers won four gold, two silver and two bronze medals in freestyle wrestling.
• Abhimanyu in the 70 kg category, Jointy Kumar in the 92 kg category, Sahil Jaglan in the 97 kg category and Anirudh Kumar in the 125 kg category won gold medals.

Explanation:

• The ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026 will be jointly hosted by India and Sri Lanka.
• The 55-match tournament will be played in the same format as the T20 World Cup 2024.
• 12 teams including India-Sri Lanka have been confirmed, the names of 8 teams are not confirmed yet.