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1) Indian Army chief Manoj Naravane to inaugurate the Indian Army Memorial at Cassino in Italy.
A) Memorial commemorates 3100 commonwealth servicemen who took part in the effort to liberate Italy in World War II.
B) Indian Army was the largest volunteer force during WWII.
C) The troops fought the Axis Powers as part of their allies.
2) UAEs Hope Spacecraft captures images of glowing atmospheric lights in the Red planet’s night sky known as Discrete Auroras.
A) Data Gathered by orbiters include far and extreme UV auroral emissions which have never been imaged before at Mars.
B) The Hope Prov is Arab World’s first mission to Mars
C) Primary Objective of the mission is to study Martian Weather Dynamics.
3) Nandan Nilekani appointed to the ONDC panel to advise the government on measures to adopt ONDC.
A) ONDC stands for Open Network for Digital Commerce.
B) The task has been assigned to the Quality Council of India(QCI).
C) ONDC aims at promoting open networks developed on open source methodology.
4) Japanese Astronomers develop AI techniques to reveal the actual shape of the Universe.
A) It will reduce noise in Astronomical data because of random variations in galaxy shapes.
B) To compensate for shape noise, Japanese astronomers used ATERUI II.
C) It is World’s most powerful supercomputer dedicated to astronomy.
5) Philippines TAAL Volcano will erupt anytime soon.
A) It is the second most active volcano in the Philippines.
B) It is a large Caldera filled with Taal Lake.
C) This volcano was known as Bombou or Bombon and is a part of Ring of Fire.
6) NASA receives the first sample of Asteroid RYUGU.
A) It was brought to earth by JAXAs Hayabusa 2 spacecraft II december 2020.
B) Mike Zolensky was one of the first scientists to examine these samples so as to determine its basic nature.
7) Experts from TNAU and FCRI undertake projects to identify grasses and Trees to improve Elephant Habitats.
A) Objective is to improve Elephant habitats by restoring them with native grasses and fodder trees.
B) Forest department setup 8 member group after they realised that areas occupied by native grasses and fodder trees in the wild have been degraded.
