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1. Green Forest Wellness gets Rs 2.50 crore funding at the ‘Global Ayush Investment and Innovation Summit 2022’.
A) The Ministry of Ayush has taken several initiatives to encourage a startup culture in the field of traditional medicines.
B) Sarbananda Sonowal is the Union minister of Ayush.
C) Neelkanth Mardia is the founder of Green Forest Wellness.
2. The Department of Fisheries has organised a webinar on “Neoteric Techniques and Technologies in Fisheries and Aquaculture”.
A) Shri Jatindra Nath Swain is the secretary of The Department of Fisheries.
B) In this event growth and development of the fisheries sector was widely discussed.
3. OIL has signed a MoU for Carbon sequestration and restoration of degraded forest land in Digboi.
A) The initiative has been undertaken under OIL’s CSR project Vasundhara.
B) Sushil Chandra Mishra is the Chairman and Managing Director of OIL India.
4. India to get 5000 LPG panchayats on the occasion of Ujjwala diwas on 1st May 2022.
A) Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) was launched by Prime Minister Modi on 1st May 2016.
B) This scheme was launched to promote greener fuel and easier access to LPG in rural areas.
5. International Labour Day is celebrated on 1st May annually across the globe.
A) Labour Day was first celebrated on May 1, 1890. The first Labour’s Day in India was celebrated in 1923 in Chennai.
B) It is observed to salute the commitment, dedication & hard work of countless workers who play an instrumental role in ensuring development and progress of the nation.
6. Naveen Srivastava has been appointed as the new ambassador to Nepal.
A) Naveen Srivastava has played an important role in negotiations with the Indo-China border conflict.
B) Presently he is an Additional secretary to the Ministry of External affairs.
7. The Rajkot Airport received a new “Ambulift” for the easy movement of flyers with reduced mobility.
A) The initiative was started by AAI under the Accessible India Campaign (Sugamya Bharat Abhiyan) of the Government of India to provide convenient air travel to flyers with reduced mobility.
B) These ambulifts can cater to six wheelchairs and two stretchers with an attendant at a time and attached with air conditioning facilities.
8. The Union Government has signed a MoU with Sony, BEL, ISRO, Atomic energy to drive the semiconductor ecosystem.
A) Currently Taiwan is the largest semiconductor manufacturer in the world.
B) India has signed these agreements to Catalyse India’s semiconductor ecosystem.
