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1) India to stop excess water flowing to Pakistan under the Indus Waters Treaty.
A) India uses excess water to irrigate its own land.
B) India and Pakistan signed the Indus Water Treaty in 1960 after 9 year negotiations.
C) Indus River System comprises River Indus, Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, Beas and Sutlej.
2) Prime Minister Modi addressed countries at the CoWin Global Conclave.
A) India to offer Cowin Platform as digital public goods to other countries to run their Covid 19 vaccination drives.
B) 50 countries including Mexico, Canada, Nigeria, Uganda and Panama have shown interest in adopting Cowin.
C) CoWIN stands for Covid vaccine Intelligence Work.
3) The Department of Education launches the National Initiative for Proficiency in Reading with Understanding and Numeracy (NIPUN Bharat).
A) Vision is to create an enabling environment to ensure universal acquisition of foundational literacy and numeracy.
B) It will be implemented by the Department of School Education and Literacy.
C) A five tier implementation mechanism will be set up at National, State, District, Block and School Level in all states and UT.
4) KVIC initiates the Bamboo Oasis on Lands in Drought (BOLD) project.
A) It is a unique scientific exercise for reducing desertification and providing livelihood and multidisciplinary rural industry support.
B) It is launched from Tribal village Nichla Mandwa in Udaipur, Rajasthan.
C) Initiative has been launched as part of KVICs Khadi Bamboo Festival to celebrate 75 years of independence “Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav”.
5) USA adds Pakistan and 14 other countries to the Child Soldier Recruiter List published under its Annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report.
A) Recruitment or use of children below 15 as soldiers is prohibited by both the UNCRC .
B) The Convention on Rights of Child(CRC) was adopted on November 20,1989.
C) It is also considered a war crime under the Rome Statute of International Criminal Report.
6) NTPC invites Expression of Interest (EOI) for sale of fly ash from designated ports of Middle East and other regions.
A) It is being done for 100% utilization of fly ash.
B) Fly Ash is a by-product of power generation with Coal.
C) The Fly Ash generated at NTPC stations is ideal for use in manufacture of Cement, Concrete etc.
7) Ayurveda Dataset on CTRI Portal to be launched online by Ayush Minister.
A) Ayurveda Dataset of CTRI has been jointly developed by ICMR and CCRAS, Ministry of Ayush.
B) Key feature is provision of selection of Ayurveda Health Conditions from the drop down of 3866 Ayurveda Morbidity codes incorporated from the NAMASTE portal.
8) Tropical Storm ELSA strengthens and nears CUBA.
A) Caribbean Island Govt issued hurricane warnings in provinces of Cienfuegos and Matanzas.
B) ELSA is an active Tropical Cyclone and was first monitored by the National Hurricane Centre as a tropical wave.
