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Janjatiya Gaurav Divas

Current Affairs: Days and Events

• President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Tuesday, 15th November 2022, greeted citizens on the Janjatiya Gaurav Divas and said the tribal communities had enriched the life of the nation with their arts, crafts and hard work.

What Is Janjatiya Gaurav Divas?

• 15th November is celebrated as Janjatiya Gaurav Diwas or Tribal Pride Day to honour tribaldom fighter, Birsa Munda. 
• Born in 1875, Birsa Munda led a rebellious movement against British colonial rule and conversion activities in the areas of the Bengal Presidency, which today are part of Jharkhand. 
• His rebellion in the Munda belt of Khunti, Tamar, Sarwada and Bandgaon helped in the revival of traditional tribal culture.

About Birsa Munda:

• Birsa Munda gave the slogan of ‘Abua Raj Ete Jana, Maharani Raj Tundu Jana’, which translates as “Let the queen’s kingdom end and our kingdom be established.”
• Birsa Munda died at the young age of 25 in British custody at the Ranchi jail. However, in his limited years, Birsa Munda’s contribution to tribal causes earned him the title of ‘Bhagwan’ or Lord.

Question: 

Which day is celebrated as Janjatiya Gaurav Diwas or Tribal Pride Day to honour tribaldom fighter, Birsa Munda?

A. 12th January

B. 18th April

C. 22th September

D. 15th November

Answer: D

Current Affairs: International

Drug-Childhood Global Meet

• The international forum on drug-childhood to be held in Thiruvananthapuram from 16th to 18th November will formulate a strategy for effectively advocating with governments for necessary policy and legislative interventions based on Article 33 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), which obligates States Parties to protect children and youth from involvement with illicit drugs and drug trade.

Details:

• The meeting is organised by the Fourth Wave Foundation (FWF) in partnership with United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and World Federation Against Drugs (WFAD).

Theme:

• ‘Children Matter-Right to a Drug-Childhood’ is the central theme of the convention.

Rationale:

• The conclave will chalk out an action plan advocating urgent measures to save children from falling prey to drugs. 
• It would emphasise the need to increase awareness about Article 33 among all sections of people and ask governments to frame policies and strategic approaches to strengthen its implementation further and check substance abuse.

Question: 

Drug-Childhood global meet will be organised in which of the following cities?

A. Mumbai

B. Bhopal

C. Cuttack

D. Thiruvananthapuram 

Answer: D

Current Affairs: Awards and Recognitions and Sports

National Sports Awards 2022

• The Youth Affairs and Sports Ministry has announced the National Sports Awards 2022. The awardees will receive their awards from the President of India at Rashtrapati Bhavan on the 30th of this month.

What are National Sports Awards?

• National Sports Awards are given every year to recognise and reward excellence in sports.
• Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award- is given for the spectacular and most outstanding performance in the field of sports by a sportsperson over the period of the previous four years.
• Arjuna Award- for outstanding performance in Sports and Games is given for good performance over a period of the previous four years and for showing qualities of leadership, sportsmanship and a sense of discipline.
• Dronacharya Award- for outstanding coaches in Sports and Games is given to coaches for consistently doing outstanding and meritorious work and enabling sportspersons to excel in International events.

• Dhyan Chand Award- for Lifetime Achievement in Sports and Games is given to honour sportspersons who have contributed to sports through their performance and who continue to contribute to the promotion of sports events after their retirement.
• Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar- is given to corporate entities (both in the private and public sector), Sports Control Boards, NGOs, including sports bodies at the State and National level, who have played a visible role in the area of sports promotion and development.
• The overall top-performing university in inter-university tournaments is given the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy.

Key Highlights

• Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award 2022 will be given to Sharath Kamal Achanta
• 25 Sports persons will receive Arjuna Awards for outstanding performance in Sports and Games in 2022

Details of all Awards: 

1. ​Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award 2022

S. No.	Name of the sportsperson	Discipline
1.	Shri Sharath Kamal Achanta	Table Tennis

2. ​Arjuna Awards for outstanding performance in Sports and Games 2022

	Name of the sportsperson	Discipline
1.	Ms Seema Punia	Athletics
2.	Shri Eldhose Paul	Athletics
3.	Shri Avinash Mukund Sable	Athletics
4.	Shri Lakshya Sen	Badminton
5.	Shri Prannoy HS	Badminton
6.	Shri Amit	Boxing
7.	Ms Nikhat Zareen	Boxing
8.	Ms Bhakti Pradip Kulkarni	Chess
9.	Shri R Praggnanandhaa	Chess
10.	Ms Deep Grace Ekka	Hockey
11.	Ms Shushila Devi	Judo
12.	Ms Sakshi Kumari	Kabaddi
13.	Ms Nayan Moni Saikia	Lawn Bowl
14.	Shri Sagar Kailas Ovhalkar	Mallakhamb
15.	Ms ElavenilValarivan	Shooting
16.	Shri Omprakash Mitharval	Shooting
17.	Ms Sreeja Akula	Table Tennis
18.	Shri Vikas Thakur	Weightlifting
19.	Ms Anshu	Wrestling
20.	Ms Sarita	Wrestling
21.	Shri Parveen	Wushu
22.	Ms Manasi Girishchandra Joshi	Para Badminton
23.	Shri Tarun Dhillon	Para Badminton
24.	Shri Swapnil Sanjay Patil	Para Swimming
25.	Ms Jerlin Anika J	Deaf Badminton

3. Dronacharya Award for outstanding coaches in Sports and Games 2022

A. Regular Category:

	Name of the Coach	Discipline
1.	Shri Jiwanjot Singh Teja	Archery
2.	Shri Mohammad Ali Qamar	Boxing
3.	Ms Suma Siddharth Shirur	Para Shooting
4.	Shri Sujeet Maan	Wrestling

B. Lifetime Category:

S.No.	Name of the Coach	Discipline
1.	Shri Dinesh Jawahar Lad	Cricket
2.	Shri Bimal Prafulla Ghosh	Football
3.	Shri Raj Singh	Wrestling

4. ​Dhyan Chand Award for Lifetime achievement in Sports and Games 2022

	Name of the sportsperson	Discipline
1.	Ms Ashwini Akkunji C.	Athletics
2.	Shri Dharamvir Singh	Hockey
3.	Shri B.C Suresh	Kabaddi
4.	Shri Nir Bahadur Gurung	Para Athletics

5. Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar 2022

	Category	Entity recommended for Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar 2022
1.	Identification and Nurturing of Budding and Young Talent	TransStadia Enterprises Private Limited
2.	Encouragement to sports through Corporate Social Responsibility	Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology
3.	Sports for Development	Ladakh Ski and Snowboard Association

6. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy 2022:

•  Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar

Question: 

Which sportsperson ​recently got the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award 2022?

A. Sharath Kamal Achanta

B. Jiwanjot Singh Teja

C. Bimal Prafulla Ghosh

D. Seema Punia

Answer: A

Current Affairs: National

Naan Mudhalvan Scheme

• Corporates, industrial bodies and chambers of commerce are pitching in to play a crucial role in the Tamil Nadu government’s ‘Naan Mudhalvan’ scheme aimed at equipping college students with industry-relevant skills.

What Is Naan Mudhalvan Scheme?

• The Tamil Nadu government has launched a website for Naan Mudhalvan Scheme 2022 at naanmudhalvan.tn.gov.in. 
• Chief Minister M K Stalin has launched this ambitious skill development scheme for students across the state. 

What Is Naan Mudhalvan Portal?

• Naan Mudhalvan portal aims to provide dynamic information on Higher Education courses and consequent careers that Class 9-12 students can evaluate and choose to pursue. 
• It includes live up-to-date information on entrance examinations for colleges across the country, along with Scholarships or Education loans that students can avail of.
• Naan Mudhalvan showcases 2000+ institutes and consequent 300+ career pathways. 
• The portal also contains information on 150+ scholarships for higher education in India.

Aim of the Scheme:

• This scheme aims at honing the educational skills, knowledge, talent, and efficiency of 10 lakh youth annually. Naan Mudhalvan Scheme Website functional at naanmudhalvan.tn.gov.in. 
• The Naan Mudhalvan Scheme was to make all students and youth stand out in the spheres of education, research, thought, action and talent. 
• Moreover, it will also bridge the talent gap in the employment market. 
• The initiative will come under CM’s direct supervision, and efforts will be made to hone the skills of a particular individual in a select sector. And will also include training students on their choice of subjects/areas, languages, technical know-how and so on.

Question: 

Naan Mudhalvan Scheme is launched by which of the following states/UT?

A. Tamil Nadu

B. Kerala

C. Haryana

D. Delhi

Answer: A

Current Affairs: National

First Indian Biological Data Center

• Union Minister of State for Science and Technology, Jitendra Singh, dedicated India’s first national repository for life science data ‘Indian Biological Data Center’ (IBDC) to the nation recently at Faridabad. 
• Indian researchers now store biological data from publicly funded research, reducing their dependency on American and European data banks.

What Is Indian Biological Data Center?

• Supported by the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), IBDC was established at the Regional Centre of Biotechnology (RCB), Faridabad, with a data ‘Disaster Recovery’ site at National Informatics Centre (NIC), Bhubaneshwar. 
• “It has a data storage capacity of about 4 petabytes and houses the ‘Brahm’ High-Performance Computing (HPC) facility. 
• The computational infrastructure at IBDC is also made available for researchers interested in performing computational-intensive analysis.

Features:

• IBDC is committed to the spirit of data sharing as per FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable) principles. 
• It is being developed in a modular fashion wherein different sections would typically deal with particular type/s of life science data. 
• IBDC also hosts an online ‘Dashboard’ for the genomic surveillance data generated by the INSACOG labs. 
• The dashboard provides customised data submission, access, data analysis services, and real-time SARS-CoV-2 variant monitoring across India. 

Question:

Which of the following cities recently established the First Indian Biological Data Center?

A. Panipat

B. Faridabad

C. Kanpur

D. Chennai

Answer: B

Current Affairs: International

India and Finland Agreement on Digital Partnership

• India and Finland have agreed to enhance partnership in areas such as a digital partnership in Future ICT, Future Mobile Technologies and digital education.
• The two countries also emphasised having institutionalised joint working groups on areas of mutual interest.

Areas of Interest:

• Both sides are working out a detailed plan for establishing the Indo-Finnish Virtual Network Centre on Quantum Computing and targeting to develop 20 qubits superconducting based Quantum Computer in 1st phase and further scale it up to 54 qubits in the second phase.
• Sustainable Energy Technologies (generation, conversion, storage and conservation)
• Environment and Clean Technologies
• Bio-based Economy
• Bio Banks and Bio-based materials for different applications of water and Marine Technologies
• Food and Agri Technologies
• Affordable Healthcare (including Pharmaceuticals and Biomedical Instrumentation) and Technologies for Advanced Manufacturing Integration of AI and Machine Learning in all domains

Previous Corporation:

• India and Finland have strong bonding in Science, Technology and Innovation. 
• Within the framework of the S&T agreement, the Department of Science and Technology and the Department of Biotechnology.
• The government of India and the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment of Finland, together with Business Finland and the Academy of Finland, have been successfully collaborating for over a decade.

Latest Development:

• The Indian side has already identified four premier institutes IISER (Indian Institute of Science Education and Research) Pune, IIT Madras, TIFR (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research) Mumbai and C-DAC (Centre for Development of Advanced Computing) Pune, to work with Finnish institutions on joint development of Quantum Computers. 

Question:

Which European nation and India recently signed an agreement regarding a digital partnership in Future ICT, Future Mobile technologies and digital education?

A. Iceland

B. Finland

C. UK

D. Germany

Answer: B

Current Affairs: National

Rythu Bharosa Kendras

• An Ethiopian delegation led by the country’s Agricultural Minister, Dr Meles Mekonen Yimer, is in Andhra Pradesh (AP) to study the first-of-its-kind Rythu Bharosa Kendras (RBKs), which have been set up by the Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy government.
• The Ethiopian delegation will also meet officials from the agriculture and horticulture departments to understand how they work.
• The Centre has recently nominated the RBK concept for the Food and Agriculture Organisation’s “Champion’’ award.  

What are Rythu Bharosa Kendras?

• Set up for the first time in the country, the RBKs are unique seeds-to-sales, single-window service centres for farmers that have been set up across the state.
• They are a one-stop solution to all farmers’ needs and grievances. RBKs sell pre-tested quality seeds, certified fertilisers and animal feed. Farmers can purchase or hire farm equipment and even sell their produce at the prevailing MSP in the RBKs.
• Touted as role models for the country, agriculture and horticulture officials manning the RBKs also provide services like soil testing and make recommendations on which crops to sow and quantity and type of fertiliser to be used. 
• The state government also pays crop insurance, procures grains and makes payments to farmers through the RBKs.

Have the RBKs Proved to Be Helpful to Farmers?

• RBKs facilitate interaction between farmers, agriculture scientists, and agriculture extension officers right at the village level. 
• Apart from providing services and items for sale, RBK officials demonstrate new farm equipment and provide training to farmers.
• According to the state Agriculture Department, many farmers have changed their cropping patterns and benefited immensely based on inputs provided by officials after soil testing and weather conditions. 
• The RBKs have been responsible for eliminating spurious seeds and uncertified and dangerous fertilisers, which can cause crop damage and failures.

What Will the Ethiopian Delegation Do?

• The Ethiopian delegation will visit several RBKs and understand how they function. 
• They will likely sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the state government and Centre to transfer the know-how. At the same time, AP officials will provide training to Ethiopian officials on the operation of RBKs, and share knowledge about the farming systems in the state.

Question:

An Ethiopian delegation led by the country’s Agricultural Minister, Dr Meles Mekonen Yim, recently visited Rythu Bharosa Kendras in which of the following states?

A. Karnataka

B. Telangana

C. Odisha

D. Andhra Pradesh

Answer: D

Current Affairs: International

17th East Asia Summit

• Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar recently addressed the 17th East Asia Summit (EAS) in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, during which he highlighted global concerns on food and energy security and emphasised the role of the EAS mechanism in promoting, open and inclusive Indo-Pacific withdom of navigation and overflight. 
• The US, India, and several other world powers have been discussing the need to ensure a, open and thriving Indo-Pacific in the backdrop of China’s rising military manoeuvring in the region.

What Is the East Asia Summit (EAS)?

• The East Asia Summit (EAS) is the Indo-Pacific’s premier forum for strategic dialogue. 
• It is the only leader-led forum at which all key Indo-Pacific partners meet to discuss political, security and economic challenges facing the region, and it has an important role to play in advancing closer regional cooperation.
• The concept of East Asia Grouping was first promoted in 1991 by the then-Malaysian Prime Minister, Mahathir bin Mohamad. 

Who Are the Members of EAS?

• The EAS has 18 members – the ten ASEAN countries (Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam) along with Australia, China, India, Japan, New Zealand, the Republic of Korea, Russia and the United States. 
• India is one of the founding members of the East Asia Summit.

Major Points Discussed in the Meet:

• China’s aggression
• Opposition by other groupings and nations
• Increase tensions in the Indo-Pacific
• Growing global concerns in the food and energy sector 

Question: 

Which of the following nations recently hosted the 17th East Asia Summit?

A. Philippines

B. Thailand

C. Vietnam

D. Cambodia

Answer: D

Current Affairs: Defence

Third Edition of Coastal Defence Exercise ‘Sea Vigil -2022’

• The third edition of the ‘Pan-India’ Coastal Defence Exercise ‘Sea Vigil-22’ will be conducted on 15-16 November 2022.
• This National Level Coastal Defence Exercise was conceptualised in 2018 to validate various measures that have been instituted towards enhancing maritime security since ‘26/11.
• Exercise Sea Vigil-22 will provide a realistic assessment of our strengths and weaknesses and thus will help in further strengthening Maritime and National Security

What Is Done During This Exercise?

• The exercise will be undertaken along the entire 7516 km coastline and Exclusive Economic Zone of India and will involve all the Coastal States and Union territories along with other maritime stakeholders, including the fishing and coastal communities.
• Coastal Security being a major sub-set of Coastal Defence construct, the concept of ‘Sea Vigil’ is to activate the Coastal Security apparatus across India and assess the overarching Coastal Defence mechanism.

Who Conducts This Exercise?

• The Indian Navy is conducting the exercise in coordination with the Coast Guard and other ministries entrusted with the task of maritime activities.
• This exercise is a build-up towards the major Theatre Level Readiness Operational Exercise (TROPEX), which is conducted by the Indian Navy every two years.

About Sea Vigil 2022?

• Sea Vigil and TROPEX together will cover the entire spectrum of maritime security challenges. 
• Assets of the Indian Navy, Indian Coast Guard, Customs and other maritime agencies will participate in the exercise.
• Sea Vigil provides the opportunity at the apex level to assess preparedness in the domain of maritime security and coastal defence. 
• The Sea Vigil-22 will provide a realistic assessment of strengths and weaknesses to further strengthen maritime and national security.

Question: 

In which year did the first edition of the Pan-India Coastal Defence Exercise ‘Sea Vigil-22’ start?

A. 2012

B. 2016

C. 2018

D. 2022

Answer: C

Current Affairs: Miscellaneous 

Permacrisis

• The Collins Dictionary’s word of the year for 2022 is “permacrisis”

What is Permacrisis?

• ‘Permacrisis’ is a word that describes living in an age of continued upheaval.
• Collins defines the noun as ‘an extended period of instability and insecurity’.
• It perfectly embodies the dizzying sense of lurching from one unprecedented event to another, as we wonder bleakly what new horrors might be around the corner.” 
• It is the top word in the annual compilation of the 10 new or noteworthy words from the 18-billion word database monitored by Collins and from other sources like social media. 

What is Collins Dictionary?

• With a history spanning almost 200 years, The Collins English Dictionary is a printed and online dictionary of the English Language. 
• It is published by HarperCollins in Glasgow.
• The edition of the dictionary in 1979 with Patrick Hanks as editor and Laurence Urdang as editorial director, was the first British English dictionary to be typeset from the output of a computer database in a specified format.

Question: 

Which of the following has recently been declared as Collins Dictionary’s word of the year for 2022?

A. NFT

B. Lockdown

C. Permacrisis

D. Climate strike

Answer: C

Current Affairs: Awards and Recognitions

Shlok Mukherjee wins Doodle for Google contest 2022

• Google declared Shlok Mukherjee from Kolkata as the winner for India for his inspiring Doodle titled ‘India on the centre stage’ on 14^th November, 2022.

Theme: 

• The theme of the contest was “In the next 25 years, my India will…”.

Details: 

• According to Google, this year’s contest received over 115,000 entries from children in classes 1 to 10 from over 1 to 10 from over 100 cities across India.
• The 20 finalists were picked from across the nation, evaluating entries on the criteria of artistic merit, creativity, alignment with the contest theme, and uniqueness and novelty of the approach.

About the Doodle:

• The Google Doodle shows an illustration of a human being hand in hand with a robot, on the Google homepage. 
• It is important to note that there are pictures of the environment and earth in the background of the Doodle.
• The winning illustration by Shlok Mukherjee is titled “India on the centre stage,” and has a profound impact. 
• The Google Doodle is crucial because of its inner meaning.

Winner Prize: 

• The National Winner will also receive ₹5,00,000 college scholarship, ₹2,00,000 technology package for their school or non-profit organisation, a certificate or trophy of achievement, Google hardware devices or allied products (subject to availability), and fun Google collectables.

Question:

Which of the following Indians recently won the ‘Doodle for Google’ contest 2022?

A. Rohan Bajpayi

B. Shlok Mukherjee

C. Chitra Anand

D. Sanmugam Shetty 

Answer: B

Current Affairs: International

World Population Hit 8 Billion People

• The world’s population reached 8 billion people on Tuesday, 15^th November 2022, according to UN estimates. The UN considers this a milestone in human development.
• The latest projections by the United Nations suggest that the global population could grow to around 8.5 billion in 2030, 9.7 billion in 2050, and 10.4 billion in 2100.

 Annual World Population Prospect Report:

• The annual World Population Prospect report, released on Monday to coincide with World Population Day, also notes that the global population is growing at its slowest rate since 1950, having fallen to less than one percent in 2020.

Key Takeaways from the UN Analysis:

Population growth slowdown—

• The UN Population Division estimates that the number of humans on Earth will grow to eight billion on 15^th November, more than three times higher than the 2.5 billion global headcounts in 1950. 

When will we peak?

• Given the increase in life expectancy as well as the number of people of childbearing age, the UN projects the population to continue growing to about 8.5 billion in 2030, 9.7 billion in 2050, and a peak of about 10.4 billion in the 2080s.

Fertility rate drop—

• In 2021, the average fertility rate was 2.3 children per woman over her lifetime, down from about five in 1950, according to the UN, which projects that number to fall to 2.1 by 2050.

Graying globally—

• A key factor driving global population growth is that the average life expectancy continues to increase: 72.8 years in 2019, nine years more than in 1990. 
• The UN predicts an average life expectancy of 77.2 years by 2050. The result, combined with the decline in fertility, is that the proportion of people over 65 is expected to rise from 10 percent in 2022 to 16 percent in 2050.

Unprecedented diversity—

• Beneath the global averages are some major regional disparities. For example, the UN projects that more than half of the population growth by 2050 will come from just eight countries: Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Philippines, and Tanzania.

India to surpass China—

• In another illustration of changing trends, the two most populous countries, China and India, will trade places on the podium as early as 2023, according to the UN. China’s 1.4 billion population will eventually begin to decline, falling to 1.3 billion by 2050, the UN projects.

Question:

The World population recently reached 8 billion on which of the following dates according to  the Annual World Population Prospect report by the UN?

A. 20^th August

B. 15^th September

C. 19^th October

D. 15^th November

Answer: D 

Current Affairs: Awards and Recognitions

Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award

• Spanish film director and writer Carlos Saura will be conferred the Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award 2022 at the upcoming 53^rd edition of the International Film Festival of India at Goa. 
• The announcement was made by the Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting, L Murugan, in New Delhi recently.

What is the Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement award? 

• Spanish filmmaker Carlos Saura, who received the Golden Bear for Best Director at the Berlin International Film Festival for Deprisa Deprisa, along with two Silver Bears for La Caza and Peppermint Frappé, a BAFTA for Carmen, and three awards at Cannes among several others, will be honoured with the Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award and an eight-film retrospective at IFFI.

Dadasaheb Phalke winner retrospective

• Three films of  the 52^nd Dadasaheb Phalke awardee (declared in the 68^th National Film Awards) Asha Parekh for Teesri Manzil, Do Badan, and Kati Patang will be screened as a part of the Asha Parekh retrospective. 

Opening Film and Closing Film

• The Austrian film ‘Alma & Oskar’, directed by Dieter Berner, will open the annual festival while Krzysztof Zanussi’s ‘Perfect Number’ is the closing film.

Question: 

Which of the following foreign film directors has recently been selected for Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award 2022 at the upcoming 53^rd edition of the International Film Festival of India at Goa?

A. Carlos Saura

B. Dieter Berner

C. Krzysztof Zanussi

D. Richard Attenborough

Answer: A

Current Affairs: Environment and Ecology

“In our LiFEtime” Campaign Launched by India at COP 27

• National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), under the Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), jointly launched “In Our LiFEtime” campaign to encourage youth between the ages of 18 to 23 years to become the message bearers of sustainable lifestyle. 
• This campaign envisions to recognise youth from around the world taking climate action initiatives that resonate with the concept of LiFE. 
• This was launched in a side event at the India Pavilion at COP 27, Sharm El-Sheikh.

About the concept of LiFE:

• The concept of LiFE was introduced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at COP 26 in Glasgow on 1^st November 2021. 
• Later, on the occasion of World Environment Day, on 5^th June, 2022, India furthered the vision of LiFE by launching the LiFE Global Movement. Recently, its logo and tagline was launched in Gujarat in the presence of United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres.
• LiFe envisions a circular economy, which is cultivated by mindful choices. It aims to develop a global network of individuals by nurturing “Pro Planet People” (P3). India has included LiFE in its Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) to take climate-oriented actions.

Question:

“In our LiFEtime” campaign was recently launched by which of the following countries at COP 27, Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt?

A. Brazil

B. USA

C. India

D. Germany

Answer: C

Current Affairs: Awards and Recognitions

Kerala Bags Responsible Tourism Global Award at London World Travel Mart

• The Kerala Tourism has bagged the prestigious Responsible Tourism Global award at the World Travel Mart held in London.
• State Tourism Minister P.A. Mohammed Riyas received the award on behalf of the department at London and said it was an encouragement for the Kerala tourism sector.
• The award was given for the STREET project implemented by the Responsible Tourism Mission under the Kerala Government.

What is STREET?

• STREET is an acronym for Sustainable, Tangible, Responsible, Experiential, Ethnic, and Tourism hubs, which was implemented by the Responsible Tourism Mission under the Government of Kerala on March 31, 2022. 
• The STREET Project is an initiative that promotes water conservation and protection with public participation. 
• Under the project, the deepening and cleaning of canals and other water bodies take place to promote tourism. It also preserves the water bodies, such as the backwaters, which Kerala is famous for, and maintains to keep them in good condition.

Question: 

Which state recently won the  Responsible Tourism Global award-2022 at the London World Travel Mart?

A. Rajasthan

B. Gujarat

C. Madhya Pradesh

D. Kerala

Answer: D

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