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1) NASA sent a Psyche Mission to visit a giant asteroid called Psyche.
A) Psyche Asteroid orbits around the Sun in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.
B) Psyche is largely made of metal according to data gathered through Earth based radar and optical telescopes.
C) NASA will send its Psyche Mission in August 2022 launch.
2) October 4 is observed as World Habitat Day.
A) Aim is to promote the basic right of adequate shelter and housing for everyone across the world.
B) THEME: Accelerating Urban Action for a Carbon free world.
C) The day is observed on the first Monday of October, every year.
3) American Scientists David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian have won the 2021 Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology.
A) Award is given for discoveries of receptors for temperature and touch.
B) Julius has been studying the different compounds in chilli peppers and spider venom to understand how our bodies sense heat and chemical irritants.
4) Union Health Minister launches ICMRs Drone response and outreach in north-east (i-Drone).
A) Delivery model is aimed at ensuring that life saving vaccines reach everyone.
B) India is home to geographical diversities and drones can be used to deliver essentials to the last mile.
C) Drone based delivery project has been granted permission for implementation in Manipur and Nagaland as well as Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
5) Minister of Earth Sciences addresses the International Conference commemorating the signing of Madrid Protocol on Environment Protection to the Antarctic Treaty.
A) India signed an Antarctic treaty on 19 August 1983.
B) The Madrid protocol designates Antarctica as a “Natural Reserve, devoted to Peace and Science”.
C) India is one of the 29 Consultative Parties to the Antarctic Treaty.
6) Joint Initiative of UNDP and OECD “Tax Inspectors Without Borders (TIWB)” launched its programme in Seychelles.
A) India was chosen as the Partner Administration and has provided Tax Expert for this programme.
B) Focus of the programme will be on Transfer Pricing cases of Tourism and Financial Service Sectors.
C) This Programme is the sixth TIWB programme which India has supported by providing Tax Expert.
7) PM Modi inaugurated “Azadi@75-New Urban India:Transforming Urban Landscape Conference cum expo” in Lucknow.
A) He digitally interacted with beneficiaries of PMAY-U.
B) Under the PMAY scheme 17.3 lakh houses have been sanctioned.
C) Setting up Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee chair in BBA University Lucknow was also announced.
