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1) Women’s Involvement in Science and Engineering Research (WISER) program launched by IGSTC.
A) It is launched to promote women in the field of research and development by lateral entry.
B) It was launched by the Indo-German Science and Technology Centre (IGSTC) to encourage women researchers in Research and Development projects.
C) Programme will enable gender equality as well as participation of women in Science and Technology.
2) NITI Aayog recently published a report on India’s “Multidimensional Poverty Index”.
A) Report is prepared on the basis of the National Family Health Survey for 2015-16.
B) Report states one in every four people in India was multidimensional poor.
C) India was ranked 62nd in MPI for 2021 launched by UNDP and OPHI.
3) Delhi adds Kartarpur Sahib and Velankanni Church to its pilgrimage scheme “Mukhyamantri Teerth Yatra Yojana”.
A) Scheme offers free travel packages to senior citizens of Delhi to five Religious circuits.
B) Since the launch of the scheme more than 30,000 beneficiaries have travelled so far.
C) Employees of local, state and central govt are not eligible for the scheme.
4) WHO classifies the new variant of SARS- CoV-2 as a variant of concern.
A) The newly discovered variant circulating in South Africa has been named as Omicron.
B) The variant has multiple spike protein mutations .
C) The variant belongs to the lineage named B.1.1.529.
5) Army Chief MM Naravane observed the military exercise “Dakshin Shakti” being held in Jaisalmer.
A) The exercise is being held with the Army and Air Force taking part in it.
B) T-72, T-90 as well as Vijayanta tanks of army and IAFs Dhruv and Rudra helicopters and Jaguar fighter aircraft participated in joint exercise.
C) Drill aims to establish best coordination among wings of Armed Forces, Space technology and AI.
6) The Minister of MSME launched a unique anti-bacterial fabric developed by Kumarappa National Handmade Paper Institute, Jaipur.
A) The institute comes under Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC).
B) Fabric is treated with anti bacterial agent extracted from cow dung.
C) Innovative fabric could be great use in hospitals and medical facilities.
7) DBT- NBRC SHADES Unique brain initiative project SWADESH.
A) It focuses on certified neuroimaging, neurochemical, neuropsychological data.
B) It is the first large scale multimodal neuroimaging database designed specifically for Indian Population.
C) SWADESH is supported by JAVA based workflow environments and Python.
