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1) Karnataka Government begins to constitute a State Mental Health Authority.
A) The authority is expected to oversee timely and efficient delivery of mental healthcare services to citizens in the state.
B) Mental Health issues were reported widely Among citizens in the state, especially during the crisis linked to Covid 19 pandemic.
C) Experts from NIMHANS in Bengaluru pressurise the government to constitute an exclusive body to keep mental healthcare services provided in the state in check.
2) BJP General Secretary Ram Madhav compares the Moplah Rebellion of 1921 to the first manifestations of the Taliban mindset in India.
A) He claims the LDF in Kerala was celebrating it as a communist revolution.
B) Moplah Rebellion was a uprising of Muslim Tenants against British rulers and local Hindu Landlords.
C) Incidents of uprising took place in regions which are currently under Malappuram district in North Kerala.
3) HAL conducts successful ground run and low speed taxi trials of commercial aircraft-Hindustan 228 for ‘TYPE CERTIFICATION’ by DGCA.
A) This type of certification will enable HAL to he International certification for aircraft.
B) Hindustan 228 aircraft is built on the existing frame of German Dornier 228.
C) Small civilian aircrafts are considered to be an essential element of the UDAN scheme.
4) PM Modi inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of multiple projects in Somnath, Gujarat.
A) Project includes Somnath Promenade, Somnath Exhibition Centre.
B) PM Modi also laid the foundation stone of Shree Parvati Temple during the event.
5) Geological Survey of India launches GSI Mobile App.
A) GSI is an 170 year old premier Geological Institution Under Ministry of Mines.
B) It was set up in 1851 primarily to find coal deposits for Railways.
C) It is the second oldest survey in India after Survey of India.
6) India approves ratification of the Kigali Agreement to the Montreal Protocol.
A) It is being done to phase down HFCs.
B) India now requires to reduce its HFCs usage by 80% by 2047.
C) China and the US have to achieve the same in 2045 and 2034.
7) World Mosquito Day observed on August 20.
A) It is to raise awareness and alertness regarding the diseases caused by mosquitoes.
B) Day also remembers Sir Ronald Ross who discovered a link between Female Mosquitoes and Malaria.
C) As per survey of World’s Deadliest animals, Mosquitoes acquired the top position.
