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1. Scientists from Tezpur, Assam and Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune have recently reported that Kaziranga National Park in Assam is releasing more carbon than it is absorbing.
A) This potential will decrease mainly due to less rainfall in the region.
B) Under the Metflux India project, researchers had set up a meteorological tower inside Kaziranga National Park in 2015 to conduct the study.
C) Metflux India project sponsored by the Ministry of Earth Sciences in 2015.
2. Astronomers from the Indian Institute of Astrophysics have developed a new way to identify potentially habitable planets.
A) The new AI-based method is named ‘Multi-Stage Memetic Binary Tree Anomaly Identifier (MSMBTAI)’.
B) Earth is the only habitable planet among various planets and is known as an anomaly.
C) Anomaly detection technique is suitable for industrial systems and applies equally for habitable planet detection.
D) Indian Institute of Astrophysics is a research institute and its headquarters in Bengaluru.
3. NITI Aayog released its report titled ‘Reimagining Healthcare in India through Blended Finance’.
A) This report shows around 65 percent of hospital beds in India cater to almost 50 percent of the population in Kerala, Telangana, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra.
B) Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY) could increase the health insurance penetration from 34 per cent to 50 per cent in India.
C) Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY) is a national public health insurance fund that aims to provide free access to health insurance coverage for low-income earners.
4. World Pulses Day was observed on 10 February every year to recognise Pulses as a global food.
A) The theme of World Pulses Day 2022 was ‘Pulses to empower youth in achieving sustainable agri-food systems.
B) Pulses are also known as legumes.
C) Pulses have nitrogen-fixing properties which help improve soil fertility.
5. Delhi government draft policy for delivery services to switch to e-vehicles.
A) Under this policy cab aggregators and delivery services will have to make sure that 10% of all.
new two-wheelers and 5% of all new four-wheelers in their feet are electric.
B) The move has been taken with an aim to reduce air pollution in the Capital.
6. The RBI on Thursday decided to keep the benchmark repo rate unchanged at 4% and reiterated its ‘accommodative’ policy stance in a bid to ensure the economy’s recovery.
A) Repo rate also known as repurchase agreement is a form of short term borrowing.
B) The RBI is India’s central bank and the regulatory body was established in 1935.
C) Shaktikanta Das is Currently the 25th governor of the Reserve Bank of India.
7. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is addressing the high-level segment of ‘One Ocean Summit’ on February 11, 2022, through a video message.
A) The summit will also be addressed by governments from the United Kingdom, Germany, Japan, South Korea and Canada.
B) The One Ocean Summit is organised with the aim of motivating the international community to take concrete action to support and protect healthy and sustainable marine ecosystems.
C) United Nations Ocean Conference was first held in New York in 2017.
8. Australia designated the koala as an endangered species amid pressure on the marsupials’ eucalyptus tree habitats in the eastern states of Australia.
A) The koala is an arboreal herbivorous marsupial that belongs to the Phascolartidae Family.
B) Endangered status means the species and their forest homes should be provided with greater protection.
9. India’s industrial production growth plunges to a 10-month low at 0.4% in December 2021.
A) India’s industrial production report was released by the ministry of statistics and programme implementation (MoSPI).
B) The Ministry of Statistics and Program Implementation (MOSP) was created on 15 October 1999 after the merger of the Department of Statistics and the Department of Program Implementation.
