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1) Researchers of ZSI carry out tagging of Olive Ridley Turtles along Odisha Coast.
A) It will help them identify migration paths and places visited by marine reptiles.
B) The three mass nesting sites are Gahirmatha, Devi River mouth and Rushikulya.
C) Coast of Odisha in India is the largest mass nesting site for Olive Ridley.
2) Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu MK Stalin launched the scheme “Meendum Manjappai” to promote usage of Cloth bags.
A) The scheme discourages the use of plastic bags by the general public.
B) CM listed harmful effects of single use plastic products.
C) Organisms are affected in water if plastic is thrown into water bodies.
3) Indian Army launches Army Secure Indigenous Messaging Application (ASIGMA).
A) It is a contemporary messaging application developed by a team of officers of the Corps of Signals of the Army.
B) It will replace Army Wide Area Network messaging applications which have been in service for the past 15 years.
C) Application has been fielded on Army Owned Hardware.
4) December 24 is observed as The National Consumer Day across India.
A) Theme: Tackling Plastic Pollution.
B) World Consumer Rights Day is observed on March 15 every year.
C) Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) was established in 2019 with the aim of protecting the rights of consumers by cracking down on unfair trade practices.
5) DRDO successfully test fires Indigenously developed High Speed Expendable Aerial Target (HEAT)- “ABHYAS”.
A) It is an indigenously developed Target Aircraft for evaluation of various missile systems.
B) Once developed it will meet requirements of High Speed Expendable Aerial Targets (HEAT) for Indian Armed Forces.
C) ABHYAS is designed and developed by DRDOs Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE), Bengaluru.
6) Haryana Government amends the Excise act to reduce Minimum Legal Drinking Age (MLDA).
A) Amendment will reduce legal age to purchase, sell or consume liquor from 25 years to 21 years.
B) Minimum age for purchasing alcohol is 18 in Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Sikkim and Puducherry.
C) Sale of alcohol is prohibited in Bihar, Gujarat, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland and Lakshadweep.
7) Workers at University of Hong Kong take down an 8 metre tall sculpture “Pillar Of Shame”.
A) The sculpture remembered China’s 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protests at Beijing’s Tiananmen Square.
B) There are more than one Pillar of shame erected in Hong Kong, Mexico and Brazil.
C) Tiananmen Square Protests known as fourth June incident in China were student led demonstrations.
8) The Minister of Road Transport and Highways inaugurated India’s first “Intelligent Transport System”.
A) It is being inaugurated on Eastern Peripheral Expressway at Dasna, Ghaziabad.
B) It is built to minimize traffic woes and enhance safety of commuters.
C) System can detect accidents and receive alerts to ensure ambulances can reach the site within 10-15 minutes.
9) Karnataka State Legislative Assembly passed The Karnataka Right to Freedom Bill 2021.
A) The bill is commonly referred to as an anti Conversion bill.
B) The bill prohibits conversion from one religion to another by misrepresentation, force, fraud, allurement or marriage.
C) Bill envisages payment of a compensation of Rs 5 lakh to victims of conversion.
10) Punjab Government approves to set up “State General Category Commission” for Unreserved classes.
A) Commission will work for welfare of Poor belonging to Unreserved Classes.
B) States like Himachal Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh have also set up “State General Category Commission”.
