27 July Students Point Flashcards
Yinghuo 1 mass expression space probe was launched by
China
Sheath blight disease is a
Fungal disease
It mainly affects rice
Kumhar sashaktikaran program was launched in in
2018
It is an initiative of the Khadi and village Industries Commission for empowerment of potters community in the remotest locations in the country
The program provides the following support to potters like training for advanced pottery products, profile latest new technology pottery equipments like the electric chaak and market linkages in visibility through kvic exhibition.
News Union Home minister distributed hundred electric portal wheels 2 hundred trained editions from Gandhinagar handle Kumar saShaktiKaran Yojana
Operation Legend in news recently is associated with
USA
Operation Legend is a federal law enforcement operation in the US initiated by the administration of President Donald Trump
The operation was named after four year old legend taliferro one shot and killed in Kansas City Missouri June 29 2020.
It was implemented after president Trump began deploying federal law enforcement agents to help the local police crackdown on violent crime in the wake of the George floor in protests
World class state of art Honey testing laboratory has been inaugurated in
Gujarat
Union culture minister inaugurated the world class state of art Honey testing laboratory at Anand Gujarat
Laboratory has been established by National Dairy development board in Anand Gujarat with support of national Bee board
This laboratory will help for quality production of honey and it’s export to other
Food safety and Standards Authority of India has notified new standards of honey , Bee wax and Royal jelly
Consider the following statements about Swami investment fund:
- It has been found to complete construction of stalled rera registered affordable and mid income category housing projects which are stuck due to paucity of funds
- SBI capital markets Limited wholly owned subsidiary of SBI capital markets investment manager of the fund
Both statements are correct
The fund the target Corpus of twelve thousand five hundred crores with a green shoe option of 12500 crore
Sponsor of the fund is the secretary department of economic affairs Ministry of Finance.
News Union finance minister review the performance of special Window for affordable and middle-income house (SWAMIH)
The fund has so far approved 81 project with an investment of rs8767 crores
Amal Shankar who died recently was associated with
Dance
Hamare was the wife of legendary dancer choreographer Uday Shankar and sister-in-law of sitar Maestro Pandit Ravishankar
Shivsena acted in the film Kalpana 1948 written and directed by her husband uday Shankar.
She was awarded the Banga vibhushan by the west bengal government in 2011 for her contribution in the field of Arts
World Population projection a new study has been published in the lancet consider the following statements about it
- The world population will peak at 9.73 billion in 2064.
- The peak is 36 years earlier than the 11 billion peak projected for 2100 by last year’s UN report world population prospects
Both statements are correct
Define largest countries in 2100 are projected to be e India Nigeria China the US and Pakistan
The Global fertility rate is projected to schedule a declined from 2.37 in 2017 to 1.66 in 2100
For India the reports projects a population of 1.6 billion in 2048, up from 1.38 billion in 2017. By 2100 the population is projected to decline by 32% to 1.09 billion.
There will be a steep decline in tfr until about 2040 reaching 1.29 in 2100
The number of working age adults in India is projected to fall from around 7:48 million in 2017 to around 578 million in 2100 however this will still be the largest working population age in the world by 2100
From 2017 to 2100 India is projected to rise up the list of countries with largest GDP from 7th to 3rd
India is projected to have the second largest net immigration in 2100
Consider the following statements about elections to the panchayats:
- Article 243 K deals with the elections to the panchayats
- The superintendence direction and control of the preparation of the electoral rolls for and the conduct of of all the elections the panchayat shall be vested in a state election commission.
Both statements are correct.
Subject to the provisions of any law made by the state legislature the conditions of service and the tenure of office of the state election commissioner shall be such as the Governor made by rule determine.
However his state election commissioner shall not be removed from his office except in like manner and on the like ground as a judge of high court.
The conditions of service of the state election commissioner shall not be varied to his disadvantage after his appointment
AP Panchayat Raj second amendment Ordinance 2020 try to reduce the 10 year from five years to three years.
The ordinance was struck down by high court of the state
Governor of Andhra Pradesh has directed the state government to take steps for the reinstatement statement of nimmagadda Ramesh Kumar state election commissioner as per the May 29 2020 High Court judgement.
Article 36 of which convention provides for consular access
Vienna Convention
As per 36 article of the Vienna Convention the host country has to notify foreign Embassy or consulate if any national from that country is detained or arrested
Also states that the arrested National has the right to regular consultation with their continents officials during their detension and trial.
India has demanded a meaningful and credible consular access to Jadhav under the rules of the Vienna Convention on consular relations of 1963
Consul who is not a diplomat is a representative of a foreign state in a country and works for the interest of his countrymen in the host country.
Kurma app has been developed by
Wildlife conservation Society India in Association with Indian turtle conservation action network and turtle survival Alliance India
It will cover 29 species of freshwater Turtles and tortoises of India
It provides uses a database to identify the species and the location of the nearest rescue Centre for turtles across the country
Kargil Vijay Diwas was observed on
26 July
On July 26 1999 operation Vijay came to to main India emerge victorious in Kargil War
The first operation Vijay was launched in 1961 that liberated Goa and Daman and Diu.
