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1) Famous Snana Yatra of Lord Jagannath has begun in Puri.
A) It is a ceremonial grand shower festival celebrated on the Purnima of the Hindu month of Jyeshtha.
B) After the Snan Yatra the gods are traditionally believed to fall ill and are kept in a sick room to recuperate in privacy under care of Raj Vaidya.
2) June 26 is observed as International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.
A) UNGA by resolution in 1987 adopted the day as International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.
B) Global observance aims to raise awareness of the major problem that illicit drugs represent to society.
C) UNODC is the nodal agency for observing the day.
3) ARDE, Pune along with HEMRL made a state of the art Canopy Severance System (CSS).
A) It provides a safe escape path for a pilot operating an aircraft in case of emergency.
B) Escape system has been designed for the Indigenously developed Light Combat Aircraft Tejas.
C) CSS is a life saving device that helps in the safe ejection of a fighter aircraft pilot in a time of distress.
4) DRDO initiates the trials of advanced stealth SWIFT Drone.
A) SWIFT is an advanced technology project which prepares the Technology Readiness Levels.
B) SWIFTs validated technologies will be used in India’s Ghatak Stealth flying wing combat drone powered.
C) SWIFT has been powered by an NPO Saturn 36 MT turbofan engine.
5) DRDO set for trials of their new missile “Agni Prime”.
A) It is the advanced version of the Agni-1 missile.
B) It is a short range ballistic missile with a range of 1000 km to 1500 km.
C) It is a surface to surface missile that can carry a payload of around 1000kg or a nuclear warhead.
6) Smart City awards 2020 announced under “Smart Cities Mission”.
A) Uttar Pradesh ranked as top performing state under Smart Cities Award Contest 2020.
B) Madhya Pradesh and Tamil Nadu were 2nd and 3rd consecutively.
C) Surat and Indore won the best award for their overall performance in 2020.
7) The Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Launches Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan on International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.
A) Day is observed worldwide to strengthen action and cooperation in achieving the goal of a sustainable world free of substance abuse.
B) The Social Justice and Empowerment Ministry is the nodal Ministry for drug demand and reduction.
8) Suresh N Patel appointed as acting Central Vigilance Commissioner.
A) He is a former Vigilance Commissioner.
B) Central Vigilance Commission is headed by CVC and can have a maximum of two vigilance commissioners.
9) FATF adds Malta, Haiti, Philippines and South Sudan to the grey list.
A) Malta is an exceptional EU country to be put on the list.
B) The list also includes Pakistan, Zimbabwe and Syria.
