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1) India marks the first anniversary of Nationwide Vaccination Drive against Covid 19 on January 16.
A) PM modi launched World’s largest Vaccination drive to combat pandemic on this day.
B) Vaccination began with health workers.
C) India’s Covid Vaccination coverage has crossed 156 crore 63 lakh mark.
2) Culture Minister announces return of 10th century stone idol of Goat Head Yogini to India.
A) It had been illegally removed from a temple in Lokhari, Banda, Uttar Pradesh.
B) Sculpture is of goat headed Yogini originally belonging to a group of stone deities in sandstone and installed in Lokhari Temple.
C) Sculptures surfaced in the art market in 1988.
3) The Home Minister states that use of Chemical Fertilizers will increase cancer cases by 50% in 15 years.
A) Shah appealed to farmers in Gujarat to adopt Natural farming.
B) Natural farming with use of dung and urine of cows is the only way to restore productivity of soil.
C) Soil is slowly turning into barren due to excess use of chemical fertilizers.
4) Indian Army unveils new combat uniform at Army Day celebrations on January 15.
A) Army day has been celebrated every year since 1949 to mark the day when General Cariappa took over as first Indian Commander in Chief of the Indian Army.
B) New uniform is to be made available to nearly 12 lakh personnel of the Indian Army.
C) It has been designed by NIFT.
5) The Pacific country of Tonga experienced a large volcanic eruption in the Hunga Tonga Volcano.
A) The volcanic eruption followed by Tsunami flooded parts of capital Nuku’alofa.
B) The eruption of Hunga Tonga Ha’apai volcano sent Shockwave across the South pacific.
C) Volcano is part of the highly active Tonga-Kermadec Island volcanic Arc.
6) Bilateral trade between India and China crossed 125 billion USD in 2021.
A) China’s exports to India were 96.52 billion while China imported 28.14 billion USD worth of goods from India.
B) USA maintained its place as China’s third largest trade partner following ASEAN and EU.
C) During pre pandemic times in 2019 bilateral trade was 92.8 billion USD.
7) PM Modi states to celebrate January 16 as National startups day.
A) PM Modi called Startups as the backbone of New India.
B) Mahotsav scheduled from January 10 to 16 marks the 6th anniversary of India’s startup initiative.
C) Event will showcase startups across various sectors including Health, Agriculture, Space, Industry 4.0, Science and more.
8) Philippines approves 364.96 million dollars contract for purchase of shore based Brahmos Anti ship variant.
A) It is the First export order for Brahmos supersonic cruise Missile system.
B) It includes delivery of three batteries training for operators and maintainers as well as Integrated Logistics Support package.
C) Negotiations are in advanced stages with Indonesia and Thailand.
9) Union Minister Jitendra Singh states “Purple Revolution” is Jammu and Kashmir’s contribution to “Startups India” initiative.
A) The Aroma Mission launched by the Ministry of Science and Technology led to the well known Purple revolution in India.
B) It was launched with the help of CSIR.
C) CSIR-IHBT, CSIR-CIMAP, CSIR-NBRI and CSIR-NEIST are also now participating in Aroma Mission.
10) Chhattisgarh Government to launch an employment Mission called ” Rojgar Mission”.
A) Aim is to create 15 lakh job opportunities in the state in the next 5 years.
B) Mission will have experts from IITs, IIITs, IIMs.
C) Chief Minister is the Chairman of the Implementing Committee.
