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Q.1. Srinagar hosted the first-ever Formula 4 car racing demonstration event on the banks of which lake?
Exp. Kashmir hosts first Formula-4 Car Racing Event along Dal Lake
Srinagar hosted the first-ever Formula 4 car racing demonstration event on Sunday on the banks of the world-famous Dal Lake.
The event enthralled locals and motorsport fans as they witnessed stunts performed by professional Formula 4 drivers.
Sleek racing cars roared along a 1.7 km track from Lalit Ghat on the banks of Dal Lake to Nehru Park in the city.
The event, the first of its kind in the Kashmir Valley, was organized by the Federation of Motorsports Clubs of India, which is affiliated with the Federation Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA).
Q.2. The Election Commission of India has launched a new mobile application called KYC. This app allows voters to check if any candidate standing for elections in their constituency has a criminal record. What is the meaning of “C” in “KYC”?
भारतनिर्वाचनआयोगने KYC नामकएकनयामोबाइलएप्लिकेशनलॉन्चकियाहै।यहऐपमतदाताओंकोयहजांचनेकीअनुमतिदेताहैकिउनकेनिर्वाचनक्षेत्रमेंचुनावमेंखड़ेकिसीउम्मीदवारकाआपराधिकरिकॉर्डहैयानहीं। “KYC” में “C” काक्याअर्थहै?
(a) Criminal
(b) Candidate
(c) Customer
(d) Criteria
(e) Candidature
Answer & Explanation
Ans.2.(b)
Exp. Election Commission launches ‘Know Your Candidate’ app
The Election Commission of India, headed by Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar, has launched a new mobile application called Know Your Candidate (KYC).
This app allows voters to check if any candidate standing for elections in their constituency has a criminal record.
The app is available for download on both Android and iOS platforms.
The KYC app provides voters with the ability to access information about candidates with criminal antecedents.
Candidates are required to disclose their criminal records in newspapers and on television three times. The parties nominating such candidates must explain their selection over other deserving candidates.
About Election Commissioner of India (ECI)
It is a constitutional body to conduct and regulate elections in the country.
It consists of a chief election commissioner (CEC) and two election commissioners (usually retired IAS or IRS officers)
Founded – 25 January 1950
25 January – Voter’s Day
HQ – New Delhi
1st Chief – Sukumar Sen
1st Women Chief – V.S. Ramadevi
25th Chief – Rajiv Kumar
Commissioner – Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Gyanesh Kumar
Tenure – 6/65yrs
Q.3. Where is India’s First Oil Palm Processing Unit started operation?
Exp. India’s first integrated Oil Palm Processing Unit by 3F Oil Palm starts commercial operations
India’s first integrated oil palm processing unit in Arunachal Pradesh started operation by one of India’s largest oil palm development companies, 3F Oil Palm.
A new factory has been established in the Lower Dibang Valley district of India’s northeast state. This factory is part of Mission Palm Oil and is India’s first oil palm factory under NMEO-OP.
This integrated Oil Palm project will include a cutting-edge oil palm factory (Palm Oil Processing and Refinery), a zero-discharge effluent plant, a palm waste-based power plant, and additional structures and go-downs for support purposes.
This factory marks the first Oil Palm factory in Arunachal Pradesh and India’s first Oil Palm Factory under NMEO-OP.
3F Oil Palm’s state-of-the-art Integrated Oil Palm Processing Unit has been designed to process fresh fruit bunches (FFBs) into high-quality palm oil with an impressive capacity of 10 metric tons per hour.
With 2,500 hectares of oil palm currently being planted across a farmer base of 500 farmers, 3F Oil Palm Pvt Ltd is a leader and pioneer in Arunachal Pradesh’s oil palm development programme.
Q.4. The Election Commission has launched a special campaign in which state to boost voter turnout in 414 polling stations with less than 60% voting during the last Lok Sabha polls?
Exp. Election Commission launches ‘Mission 414’ campaign in Himachal
The Election Commission has launched a special campaign in Himachal Pradesh to boost voter turnout in 414 polling stations with less than 60% voting during the last Lok Sabha polls.
The main focus of the campaign — “Mission 414” — is increasing the vote percentage in 414 identified polling stations which registered less than 60% voting in the last Lok Sabha polls.
Awareness campaigns and cultural events would be held besides making these 414 stations model polling stations.
Booth youth icons from first time voters would be roped in and special invitation cards made by children would be given to prospective voters.
A similar initiative is under way for 22 Assembly segments and is aimed at increasing the voter turnout to 72% in polling stations where the turnout was less than 70% in the last Lok Sabha elections. The average voter turnout in Himachal Pradesh in 2019 was 72.42%.
About Himachal Pradesh
Capital – Shimla (Summer), Dharamshala (Winter)
Chief Minister – Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu
Deputy Chief Minister – Mukesh Agnihotri
Governor – Shiv Pratap Shukla
Q.5. Guyana Defence Force will acquire two Dornier 228 aircraft from India. Dornier 228 aircraft is manufactured by which Indian company?
(d) Tata Advanced Systems / टाटा एडवांस्ड सिस्टम्स
(e) Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) / भारत इलेक्ट्रॉनिक्स लिमिटेड (बीईएल)
Answer & Explanation
Ans.5.(c)
Exp. Guyana to acquire 2 HAL-Made Dornier 228 Aircraft from India
The Indian defence industry is making forays in the Caribbean with the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) planning to soon acquire two new aircraft from New Delhi with a $23.27 million loan from Export-Import Bank of India.
An agreement in this regard was signed between Guyanese Finance Minister and Deputy GM of EXIM Bank.
Guyana, which has a substantial Indian diaspora, plans to purchase two HAL (Dornier) 228 planes from Hindustan Aeronautics Limited.
These aircraft will be used for maritime patrols and troop movement. India has already given these aircraft to its neighbours like Maldives and Sri Lanka.
About Guyana
Capital – Georgetown
Currency – Guyanese Dollar
Prime Minister- Mark Phillips
President- Mohamed Irfaan Ali
Continent – South America
Q.6. Tata Sons will sale how much percent stake in Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) for ₹9,362.3 crore?
Exp. Tata Sons announces sale of 0.6% Stake in TCS for over ₹9,300 crore
Tata Sons, the holding company of the Tata Group, will be selling 2.34 crore shares or 0.65 per cent equity of Tata Consultancy Services through a block deal for ₹9,362.3 crore ($1.13 billion).
According to the December-end filing, Tata Sons holds a 72.38 per cent stake in TCS.
Holding companies and promoter entities usually sell stakes in group firms to generate cash to pay down debt and stabilise balance sheets.
Recently, British tobacco company BAT Plc sold a 3.5 per cent stake in its Indian associate ITC Ltd for ₹16,690 crore. This monetisation was done chiefly to buy back its shares and continue its deleveraging exercise.
Q.7. Tamilisai Soundararajan has recently resigned from the posts of Governor of Telangana and Lieutenant Governor of which UT?
Tamilisai Soundararajan has resigned from the posts of Governor of Telangana and Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry.
The resignation has been submitted to the Hon’ble President of India.
Tamilisai Soundararajan served as the second governor of the state of Telangana. She assumed the office on September 8, 2019.
In addition to her role as the governor of Telangana, she also served as the Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry since February 18, 2021.
Prior to becoming the governor, Soundararajan held the position of National Secretary and Tamil Nadu State Unit President of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
About Telangana
Established – 2 June 2014
Capital – Hyderabad
Chief Minister – Revanth Reddy (replace K. Chandrashekar Rao)
Deputy CM – Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka
Speaker of Telangana Assembly – Gaddam Prasad Kumar
Legislative Assembly Seats – 119
Q.8. Which bank will support Tata Memorial -support National Cancer Grid with Rs 100 crore contribution?
Exp. Axis Bank to support Tata Memorial-supported National Cancer Grid
A national tumour biobank and cancer teleconsultation network are among the projects that will be supported by a ₹100 crore contribution towards the National Cancer Grid (NCG), from Axis Bank.
As part of the five-year partnership, Axis Bank will support NCG, a network of 300-plus cancer centres across the country, coordinated by the Tata Memorial Hospital (TMH), under the Tata Memorial Centre.
The aim is to improve cancer care and research, in terms of access and digital adoption on formalising a Memorandum of Understanding with Tata Memorial.
About Axis Bank
Founded – 1993
Headquarters – Mumbai, Maharashtra
Chairman – Rakesh Makhija
MD & CEO – Amitabh Chaudhary
Tagline – Badhti Ka naam Zindagi
Q.9. President Vladimir Putin, 71, won Russia’s presidential election with 87.8% of the vote, a record post-Soviet landslide. How many years is the tenure of the President of Russia?
Exp. Vladimir Putin wins Russian presidential election with 87.97% of the vote
President Vladimir Putin, 71, won in a record post-Soviet landslide, winning 87.8% of the vote in Russia’s election.
Putin is set to embark on a new six-year term, which, if completed, would make him Russia’s longest-serving leader in over 200 years, surpassing Josef Stalin.
For Putin, a former KGB lieutenant colonel who first rose to power in 1999, the result is intended to underscore to the West that its leaders will have to reckon with an emboldened Russia, whether in war or in peace, for many more years to come.
About Russia
Capital – Moscow
Currency – Rubel
President – Vladimir Putin
Q.10. Who has been appointed as the Managing Director (MD) & Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Non-Banking Financial Company (NBFC) Poonawalla Fincorp?
Exp. Poonawalla Fincorp appoints Arvind Kapil as MD & CEO
Non-Banking Financial Company (NBFC) Poonawalla Fincorp has appointed Arvind Kapil as Managing Director (MD) & Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the company.
The current MD & CEO of the company, Abhay Bhutada, has been elevated to a group-level role and will be taking up a strategic position at the Cyrus Poonawalla Group, managing its strategy, investment, and finance.
Currently, Kapil is serving as the group head of mortgage banking business at HDFC Bank and manages a book of over Rs 7 trillion. He also handled the merger of HDFC and HDFC Bank.
Recent Appointment in Banking & Insurance Sector
President of ‘One Kotak’ – Jaideep Hansraj
Part time Chairman of Tamilnad Mercantile Bank Ltd – Ravindran
MD & CEO of Jana Small Finance Bank – Ajay Kanwal
Chairperson & Independent Director of PayU – Renu Sud Karnad
MD & CEO of SBM Bank India – Ashish Vijayakar (for 3 years)
Q.11. A bilateral tri-service exercise “TIGER TRIUMPH 2024” between India and which country will be held on the Eastern Seaboard from March 18 to 31?
भारतऔरकिसदेशकेबीचद्विपक्षीयत्रि–सेवाअभ्यास “टाइगरट्राइंफ 2024″ 18 से 31 मार्चतकपूर्वीसमुद्रतटपरआयोजितकियाजाएगा?
(a) Australia / ऑस्ट्रेलिया
(b) Russia / रूस
(c) Japan / जापान
(d) USA / यूएसए
(e) France / फ्रांस
Answer & Explanation
Ans.11.(d)
Exp. India-US Joint Military Exercise “EX TIGER TRIUMPH 2024”
A joint military exercise called Tiger Triumph-24 between India and the United States started on March 18 and will continue until March 31.
This exercise is taking place on the Eastern Seaboard (East Coast) of India.
The exercise, Tiger Triump-24, is aimed at “developing interoperability” for conducting Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) operations and “refine Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to enable rapid and smooth coordination between forces of both countries.
Indian Navy Ships with integral helicopters and landing crafts embarked, Indian Navy aircraft, Indian Army personnel and vehicles and Indian Air Force aircraft and helicopters along with the Rapid Action Medical Team (RAMT) would be participating in the exercis.
Recent Exercise
10th edition of Military Exercise LAMITIYE-2024 between India and Seychelles – Seychelles
5th edition of Military Exercise ‘Dharama Guardian’ between India and Japan – Mahajan Field Firing Ranges, Rajasthan
12th edition of MILAN Naval Exercise – Visakhapatnam
Indian Air Force Conduct Exercise Vayu Shakti-2024 – Jaisalmer, Rajasthan.
1st edition of Military Exercise – SADA TANSEEQ between India & Saudi Arabia – Rajasthan
Q.12. Who will be conferred the 2024 Sangita Kalanidhi award by the Madras Music Academy?
Exp. Carnatic vocalist TM Krishna to be conferred with the Sangita Kalanidhi award
Renowned Carnatic vocalist Thodur Madabusi Krishna will be conferred the 2024 Sangita Kalanidhi award by the Madras Music Academy.
The Sangita Kalanidhi award is considered one of the highest honours in Carnatic music.
The musician will preside over the academic sessions of the 98th Annual Conference and Concerts of The Music Academy, the Deccan Herald reporting quoting Murali. The session will be held from December 15, 2024 to January 1, 2025, when he will receive the award.
In 2016, Krishna was awarded the coveted Ramon Magsaysay Award.
Q.13. Who has been awarded prestigious PV Narasimha Rao Memorial Award for outstanding philanthropic contributions?
Exp. Ratan Tata awarded PV Narasimha Rao Memorial Award
Ratan Tata, former chairman of Tata Sons, was bestowed with the prestigious PV Narasimha Rao Memorial Award for his outstanding philanthropic contributions.
The PV Narasimha Rao Memorial Award, named after the former Prime Minister of India, is an award of recognition for individuals who have demonstrated exceptional dedication to social welfare and humanitarian causes.
Tata Sons Chairman emeritus Ratan Tata, 86, has also received two of the highest civilian awards of India — the Padma Vibhushan (2008) and Padma Bhushan (2000) – for his immeasurable contributions towards nation building.
Exp. Alcaraz beats Medvedev to win second straight Indian Wells title
Carlos Alcaraz (Spain) defeated Daniil Medvedev (Russia) in straight sets, with a score of 7-6 (7/5), 6-1 in the final of the Indian Wells ATP tournament.
With this win, the 20-year-old Alcaraz became the first player to win back-to-back Indian Wells titles since Novak Djokovic did it from 2014 to 2016.
It was Alcaraz’s first title since Wimbledon last July.
