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1) Maharashtra Govt to make amendments in Protection and Preservation of Trees Act 1975 for protection of “Heritage Trees”.
A) A Tree with an estimated age of 50 years or more shall be defined as a Heritage Tree.
B) State climate change department will also consider a tree’s rarity, its botanical, historical, religious and cultural importance.
C) Local Tree Authority to ensure a tree census to be carried out every five years.
2) Scientists at CHIME collaboration have assembled the largest collection of fast radio bursts.
A) CHIME stands for Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment .
B) CHIME is an Interferometric Radio telescope.
C) It is located in British Columbia, Canada.
3) DSF Round-III for international competitive bidding launched by the Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Steel.
A) Government of India launched the Discovered Small Field Policy in 2015 for awarding discovered acreages.
B) It has multiple attractive features like revenue sharing contract model with low regulatory burden, no minimum biddable work programme ,no prior technical qualification required etc.
C) DSF Round-I launched in 2016.30 revenue sharing contracts were signed.
4) The Education Minister releases the Report titled “All India Survey on Higher Education” (AISHE) 2019-20.
A) There are 1043 Universities, 42343 colleges and 11779 Stand alone institutions listed on AISHE portal.
B) States with the highest number of colleges are UP, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, MP and Gujarat.
C) UP comes at number 1 with highest student enrolment.
5) Dr Harsh Vardhan digitally addressed the first meeting of WHO high level Coalition on health and Energy platform of Action.
A) Expert body called National Action Plan on Climate Change and Human Health was constituted by the Government of India.
B) India became a signatory of Male Declaration in 2017 and agreed to promote climate resilient healthcare facilities.
6) PM Modi condoled the demise of boxer Shri Dingko Singh.
A) He was an Indian Boxer from Manipur.
B) He rose to prominence by winning the 1997 kings Cup in Bangkok.
C) He was awarded the Arjuna Award in 1998 and Padma Shri in 2013.
7) Assam Govt notifies Dihing Patkai as 7th National Park of Assam.
A) Assam now has 3rd most National Parks in India.
B) It is a major Elephant habitat and has recorded 310 species of butterflies.
C) Madhya Pradesh tops the list with 12 national parks.
8) “Medicines from the Sky” project to be led by Flipkart along with Telangana Government.
A) Flipkart will deploy drones and will enable deliveries of vaccines and medical supplies.
B) Under the project medicine supplies will be provided to remote areas.
C) Project is conceived by the World Economic Forum and Healthnet Global Limited .
9) UNDP India releases a report on the Aspirational Districts Programme.
A) The program lauds ADP as “Successful model of Local area Development”.
B) Health and Nutrition, education and agriculture and Water Resources have registered massive improvements.
C) ADP was launched by PM Modi in January 2018.
10) European Space Agency announces a probe called “EnVision” to study Venus.
A) Envision will be the next orbiter to circle Venus.
B) It will provide a view of the planet from its inner core to upper atmosphere.
