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1) Union Minister addresses India-UK meet on “Sustaining Food Production under Environmental Stress”.
A) Workshop is being organised by National Agri Food Biotechnology Institute.
B) The Minister said the South Asian region is facing the shrinking arable land, besides the problem of Global climate change.
C) According to World Bank data Arable land in South Asia was reported at 43.18% in 2018.
2) Indonesia Parliament passes a law to relocate its capital from Jakarta to Nusantara.
A) Nusantara is a site 2000km away on Jungle clad Borneo Island.
B) It is being done as Jakarta is slowly sinking due to global warming.
C) New capital will cover about 56,180 hectares in East Kalimantan province on the Indonesian part of Borneo.
3) Robert Lewandowski named as Best Player in the World (Men) in The Best FIFA Football Awards 2021.
A) The Best FIFA Football Awards 2021 is being presented by FIFA.
B) It was first awarded in 2017.
C) It revived FIFA World Player of the Year presented by FIFA till 2015.
4) The Asteroid 1994 PC1 to pass by Earth on January 18, 2022 at a distance of 1.2 million miles.
A) The Asteroid is known by the name 7482.
B) It is put under the category of potentially hazardous Asteroid and also under Earth object category.
C) It was first discovered by Goldstone Radar in 1997.
5) Deep Sea scientists found an icefish breeding colony in Weddell sea of Antarctica.
A) Scientific name of the ice fish is Neopagrtopsis Ionah.
B) The species was discovered in February 2021.
C) The blood of the ice fish is transparent in colour as they do not have RBC.
6) North East Cane and Bamboo Development Council sponsor training programmes on “Bamboo Shoot Processing and Preservation”.
A) NECBDC stands for North East Cane and Bamboo Development Council.
B) It is under the Ministry of DoNER, Government of India.
C) It was incorporated with Objective of organising the hitherto untapped Bamboo sector of NE India.
7) NCGC, Government of India and NIRD&PR sign MoU to promote inclusive good Governance.
A) It will strengthen local institutions and effectively implement government programmes.
B) National Centre for Good Governance (NCGC) is an autonomous institute under the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances.
C) NCGC traces its origin to the National Institute of Administrative Research (NIAR).
8) PM Modi expressed grief over the demise of cartoonist Shri Narayan Debnath Ji.
A) He was an Indian Comics artist, writer and illustrator.
B) He was the creator of popular Bengali Comic strips of Handa Bhonda, Batul the Great and Nonte Phonte.
C) Debnath was awarded Padma Shri in 2021.
9) Scientists of CRS create climate hazards and vulnerability atlas of India.
A) CRS stands for Climate Research and services and it operates under IMD.
B) Scientists create maps based on 14 extreme weather events.
C) Headquarters of CRS is located in Pune.
