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Q.1. Which state has recently commissioned the country’s first and the largest liquid mirror telescope?
The country’s first and the largest liquid mirror telescope was commissioned atop Devasthal, a hill in Uttarakhand.
This will aim to identify transient or variable objects such as supernovae, gravitational lenses, space debris, and asteroids.
The Indian Liquid Mirror Telescope (ILMT) is built by astronomers from India, Belgium and Canada.
It is located at an altitude of 2,450 metres at the Devasthal Observatory campus of Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES), an autonomous institute under the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India in Nainital district, Uttarakhand.
About Uttarakhand:
Capitals: Dehradun (Winter), Gairsain (Summer)
Governor: Lt Gen Gurmit Singh
Chief minister: Pushkar Singh Dhami
Q.2. Which state / UT government is planning to change the names of the colonies & streets with the word “Harijan” after the name of BR Ambedkar?
Exp. Union Minister of social Justice and empowerment Dr. Virendra Kumar launched the Scheme “SHRESHTA”
Dr. Virendra Kumar, Union Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment has launched the “SHRESHTA” Scheme for residential education for students in High school in Targeted Areas.
Scheme for Residential Education for Students in High Schools in Targeted Areas (SHRESHTA) scheme provides high quality education for meritorious but poor SC students in CBSE-affiliated reputed residential schools across the country.
Students belonging to marginalized income group with Rs. 2.5 lakh as the parental income are eligible.
Q.4. Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings 2022 was recently released by the Times Higher Education (THE). This year which university of India has topped the list of top 100?
(a) JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research / जेएसएस एकेडमी ऑफ हायर एजुकेशन एंड रिसर्च
(b) Indian Institute of Technology Ropar / भारतीय प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान रोपड़
(c) IIT Gandhinagar / आईआईटी गांधीनगर
(d) Indian Institute of Technology Indore / भारतीय प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान इंदौर
(e) Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology / थापर इंस्टिट्यूट ऑफ़ इंजीनियरिंग एंड टेक्नोलॉजी
Answer & Explanation
Ans. (a)
Exp. THE Asia University Rankings 2022: 4 Indian institutions in top 100, IISC Bengaluru ranked highest at 42nd
Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings 2022 was released by the Times Higher Education (THE).
The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) continued to be the best institute of the country. It ranked at 42nd place.
IISc in the top 100 institutions from Asia were JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research debuting at 65th place, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Ropar at 68th rank and IIT Indore at 87th place.
India was the third most-represented country, behind Japan and mainland China with 71 institutions.
17 Indian universities topped the list under top 200.
Top 4 universities under top 100:
JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research (65th)
Indian Institute of Technology Ropar (68th)
Indian Institute of Technology Indore (87th)
Indian Institute of Science Bangalore (42nd)
Top 10 universities under top 200:
IIT Gandhinagar
Alagappa University
Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology
Saveetha University
Mahatma Gandhi University
Delhi Technological University (DTU)
Banaras Hindu University (BHU)
Institute of Chemical Technology
Jamia Millia Islamia
Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU)
Q.5. Which platform has launched its new featured app ‘AMBER alert’ to find the missing children?
Exp. Instagram launched its new feature ‘AMBER alert’ to help find missing children
Instagram has launched ‘AMBER alert’ feature to help find missing children.
The photo-sharing app has partnered with various organisations globally like the National Centre for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) in the US, the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children, the National Crime Agency in the UK, the Office of the Attorney General in Mexico, Federal Police and more.
The alerts on the Meta-owned platform will include details such as a child’s photo, description, and location of the abduction.
Amber Alerts are available on Facebook since 2015. This feature will be available in 25 countries.
Q.6. Which payments bank has partnered with the Muthoot Finance to offer gold loans on its app?
Exp. Stashfin introduced #LiveBoundless, a credit line card for women
Stashfin is a neo banking platform which introduces #LiveBoundless – a credit line card especially for women.
This card aims at giving women greater financial freedom. It also offers cashback rewards, welcome credits, Free ATM Withdrawals and deals.
The card acts as a virtual and physical medium for shopping, traveling, and eating and includes 1% cashback on every spend to benefits worth Rs 5,000 in the first year.
Q.8. RBI has launched its first global hackathon and announced the results under various categories. Which company is declared as the winner in two segments?
Exp. RBI announced results of its First Global Hackathon – HARBINGER 2021
The Reserve Bank has launched its first global hackathon – “Harbinger 2021 – Innovation for Transformation” under the theme of the “Harbinger 2021 – Innovation for Transformation” is ‘Smarter Digital Payments’ in November 2021.
The results were announced, Tone Tag, a brand of Naffa Innovations Pvt Ltd, has been declared as the winner in two categories.
This was organised to suggest innovative solutions for smarter digital payments.
India-based Tone Tag has been declared the winner in two segments, ‘Innovative, easy-to-use, non-mobile digital payment solutions for converting small-ticket cash transactions to digital mode’ and ‘Context-based retail payments to remove the physical act of payment’.
NapID Cybersec Pvt Ltd (INDIA) and TrustCheckr (INDIA) were the winners of the other two categories.
The runner-ups were Extolabs LLC (USA); neoEYED (USA); Sperotel Technologies LLP (INDIA); Ezetap Mobile Solutions Pvt Ltd (India); and Lalit Kumar Pagaria (India).
Note: About RBI
Governor: Shaktikanta Das
Deputy Governor: Mahesh Kumar Jain
Deputy Governor: M. D. Patra
Deputy Governor: M Rajeshwar Rao
Deputy Governor: T Rabi Sankar
Q.9. The Employees Provident Fund Organization has decided __________ Rate of Interest for the year 2021-22.
(c) Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus / डॉ टेड्रोस घेब्रेयियस
(d) Vinai Kumar Saxena / विनय कुमार सक्सेना
(e) Pieter Elbers / पीटर एल्बर्स
Answer & Explanation
Ans. (a)
Exp. Javier Olivan appointed as the new Chief Operating Officer of Meta
Javier Olivan is the current chief growth officer at Meta Platforms and now will look after the company’s chief operating officer after Sheryl Sandberg.
Olivan has been with Meta (Facebook), for several years.
Olivan grew up in a small town in the Pyrenees Mountains of northern Spain but now lives in Palo Alto, California.
He worked with Siemens AG, Japan’s NTT Data and after this with Facebook.
About Meta:
CEO: Mark Zuckerberg
Founded: February 2004
Headquarters: Menlo Park, California, United States
Q.11. Who has won the Best Male actor award in the International Indian Film Academy Awards held in Abu Dhabi?
Exp. Indian Navy decommissioned two ships INS Nishank, INS Akshay after 32 years of service
Indian Navy Ships Nishank and Akshay were decommissioned, after rendering 32 years of glorious service to India.
The event was conducted at Naval Dockyard in Mumbai.
INS Nishank was commissioned on September 12, 1989.
INS Akshay was commissioned on December 10, 1990 at Poti, Georgia.
INS Nishank is a Veer class corvette, having the length of 56 m (184 ft). It can attain the speed of 32 knots (59 km/h) and a range of1,650 mi (2,660 km).
About Indian Navy
Motto(s): शं नो वरुणः (‘May the Lord of Water be auspicious unto us’)
Headquarters: New Delhi
Founded: 26 January 1950
Commander-in-Chief: President Ram Nath Kovind
Q.13. A joint military training exercise named as Ex SAMPRITI-X is being conducted in which country from 5-16th June 2022?
Exp. India-Bangladesh joint military exercise ‘Sampriti-X’ began in Bangladesh
A joint military training exercise “Ex SAMPRITI-X” is being conducted by India & Bangladesh at Jashore Military Station in Bangladesh from 5-16 June 2022.
The aim is to strengthen interoperability between the two armies and to understand each other’s tactical drills and operational techniques.
The Indian contingent of the Company’s strength is being represented by a battalion of the Dogra Regiment and a contingent departing by road for the exercise.
Exercise Sampriti is an important bilateral defence cooperation endeavour conducted alternately by both countries.
List of some other important exercise:
Al-Mohed Al-Hindi: India and Saudi Arabia
Surya Kiran: India and Nepal
Vajra Prahar: India and United States
Yudh Abhyas: India and United States
Indradhanush: India and UK
Q.14. Who has won the 14th French Open title by defeating Norwegian Casper Ruud?
Exp. 5 June: International Day for the Fight against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing
International Day for the Fight against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing is being celebrated every year on 5th June.
The objective of the day is to draw attention to the threats posed by IUU fishing activities to the sustainable use of fisheries resources as well as to ongoing efforts to fight these activities.
In December 2017, the UN General Assembly proclaimed to celebrate the day.
Q.16. Who has been appointed as the Executive Director at Indian Overseas Bank for the term of 3 year?
Exp. Govt approved the appointment of A Manimekhalai, Ajay Kumar Srivastava & Swarup Kumar Saha as MDs of UBI, IOB and Punjab & Sind Bank resp.
Union Bank of India (UBI), Indian Overseas Bank (IOB), and Punjab & Sind Bank got new MDs appointed.
A Manimekhalai appointed as managing director of Union Bank of India for three years. Canara Bank executive director Manimekhalai replaced Rajkiran Rai G. Manimekhalai becomes the first woman managing director of Union Bank of India.
Ajay Kumar Srivastava, Executive Director at Indian Overseas Bank, has been appointed MD and CEO of the bank for three years. He will replace Partha Pratim Sengupta.
Swarup Kumar Saha is appointed as the head of Punjab & Sind Bank. Saha replaced S Krishnan.
