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1) Ministry of Road Transport and Highways issues notification regarding Electronic Monitoring and Enforcement of Road Safety.
A) Rules specify detailed provisions for placement of electronic enforcement devices.
B) State Government shall ensure that electronic enforcement devices are placed at high risk and high density corridors on National and State Highways.
2) NMCG and NIUA organised “Re -Imagining Urban Rivers”.
A) It is a first of its kind initiative to engage young minds to research and envisage solutions for urban rivers.
B) Competition has three schemes -Re imaging water bodies or wetlands, developing eco-friendly riverfront projects and promoting river tourism.
C) Second edition of the sponsored thesis project competition was launched recently.
3) IAF flagged off an All Women Tri Services Mountaineering Team to Mt Manirang.
A) The team successfully summits Mt Manirang on 15 August 2021.
B) Mt Manirang is one of the highest peaks of Himachal Pradesh, nestled at the border of Kinnaur and Spiti Districts.
4) Defence Minister launched Defence India Startup Challenge (DISC) 5.0.
A) It is launched under Innovations for Defence Excellence -Defence Innovation Organisation (IDEX-DIO).
B) iDEX initiative was launched by PM Modi in 2018 to achieve self-reliance and foster innovation and technology.
C) iDEX will support five times more startups in the next 5 years.
5) DRDO develops Advanced Chaff Technology to safeguard fighter aircraft of IAF.
A) Fighter aircraft would be safe against hostile radar threats.
B) IAF has started the process of induction of this technology after completion of successful user trials.
6) The Minister of Heavy Industries inaugurates the Solar Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging station at Karnal Lake Resort.
A) Delhi chandigarh highway becomes first e -vehicle friendly highway in the country with a network of Solar based EV charging stations.
B) It is set up by BHEL under the FAME 1 scheme.
7) Taliban militants in Afghanistan vandalise and blow up a statue of Shiite militia leader Abdul Ali Mazari in the province of Bamiyan.
A) Mazari, widely known as champion of Hazaras, was executed by Taliban in 1995.
B) Hazaras are an ethnic and religious minority group largely found in the rugged and mountainous central Afghan region of Hazarajat.
