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Q .

India celebrated which of the following Independence Day on 15 August 2021?

73th

74th

75th

76th

Correct Answer : Option (C) - 75th

Note : India celebrated its Independence Day on 15 August each year to mark the freedom from British rule. India is celebrating its 75th Independence Day on August 15, 2021. The Indian Independence movement began during World War I and was led by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. On August 15, 1947, India got its freedom, ending an almost 200-year British rule.

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Published On : August 15, 2021

Q .

Which of the following company has become 4th Indian IT firm to hit Rs 3 trillion market-cap?

Infosys

HCL Technologies

Tech Mahindra

Tata Consultancy Services

Correct Answer : Option (B) - HCL Technologies

Note : HCL Technologies market capitalisation (market-cap) touched Rs 3 trillion for the first time on Friday, becoming the fourth Indian information technology (IT) firm to achieve this milestone after Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Infosys and Wipro.

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Published On : August 15, 2021

Q .

What is the name of the new advisory group created by the WHO to study the emergence of future emerging pathogens with pandemic potential?

HALO

SAGO

TAHO

PEARL

Correct Answer : Option (B) - SAGO

Note :

World Health Organization (WHO) has created a new advisory group named, The International Scientific Advisory Group for Origins(SAGO) of Novel Pathogens, or SAGO.

Function : The function of SAGO will be to systematically study the emergence of future emerging pathogens with pandemic potential, and advise the development in this regard to WHO.

WHO has made an open call for nominations to SAGO from the member countries, thus providing a transparent foundation for the new scientific advisory group.

The group will also work towards finding the origin of SARS-CoV-2 virus.

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Q .

India’s first Drone Forensic Lab and Research Center has been inaugurated in which state?

Kerala

Gujarat

Tamil Nadu

Maharashtra

Correct Answer : Option (A) - Kerala

Note :

The much-needed drone research centre has finally come into operation in Kerala. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday(13-08-2021) inaugurated India's first Drone Forensic Lab & Research Centre titled 'Cyberdome' in Thiruvananthapuram. Cyberdome is expected to help the police in mitigating security threats and also to develop an anti-drone system.

Experts working in the lab can identify different types of drones and collect data, even from the wreckage. Inaugurating the lab, Chief Minister Vijayan said that the setting up of such a lab was a priority, as drones are being used for anti-national activities and that the forensic lab will help tackle such challenges effectively.

The lab is equipped with technology that can access drone memory, its software and hardware data so that the routes it had flown can be analyzed and tracked.

CM Vijayan further added that Kerala Police do have plans to develop drones that could be used for maintaining law and order and crowd management. Along with the Chief Minister, DGP and other senior police officials were also present on the occasion. A drone exhibition was organized and air show was held to mark the event.

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Published On : August 15, 2021

Q .

What is the name of India’s first Cattle Genomic Chip for the conservation of pure varieties of indigenous cattle breeds?

GauDham

GauLok

BharGau

IndiGau

Correct Answer : Option (D) - IndiGau

Note :

'IndiGau', India's first cattle genomic chip for the conservation of pure varieties of indigenous cattle breeds such as Gir, Kankrej, Sahiwal, Ongole etc., was launched here on Friday(13-08-2021).

This indigenous chip has been developed by the concerted efforts of scientists at the National Institute of Animal Biotechnology (NAIB), Hyderabad, an autonomous institution under the aegis of the Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology.

"IndiGau is purely indigenous and the largest cattle chip in the world. It has 11,496 markers (SNPs), more than that placed on 777K Illumina chip of US and UK breeds. This chip for our own indigenous cows is a great example of Aatmanirbhar Bharat," said Union Minister of State for Science & Technology, Jitendra Singh.

This chip will have practical utility in the government schemes to achieve the goal of conservation of the indegenous breeds with better characters and help towards doubling the farmers' income by 2022, Singh added.

Renu Swarup, Secretary, Department of Biotechnology, informed that the department is looking forward to implement this technology in the field with the help of other agencies like NDDB, DAHDF, ICAR etc.

To further the use of this chip in generating phenotypic and genotypic correlations, the NIAB has entered into a collaborative agreement with the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB).

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Published On : August 15, 2021

Q .

Recently the government launched brand name and logo for marketing of the urban Self-Help Group (SHG) products. What brand name has been given to these products?

Saras

Gauraiya

SonChiraiya

Neelkanth

Correct Answer : Option (C) - SonChiraiya

Note :

Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs has launched ‘SonChiraiya’, a brand and logo for marketing of the urban Self-Help Group (SHG) products.

While launching the brand and logo, Secretary of Housing and urban affairs ministry, Durga Shanker Mishra, said that one of the priority areas of the government includes helping women to become financially empowered and live a dignified life.

Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Antyodaya Yojana (DAY-NULM), which comes under the purview of MoHUA, has been focusing on equipping the urban poor women with adequate skills and opportunities to enable them to promote sustainable micro-enterprises.

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Q .

Training for Augmenting Productivity and Services (TAPAS) is an online portal launched by which ministry?

Ministry of Steel

Ministry of Minority Affairs

Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment

Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution

Correct Answer : Option (C) - Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment

Note : Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment has launched an online portal named TAPAS (Training for Augmenting Productivity and Services) to provide filmed lectures/courses and e-study material in the field of social defence.

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Published On : August 15, 2021

Q .

PM Modi has declared to observe which day as the ‘Partition Horrors Remembrance Day’?

August 13th

August 14th

August 15th

August 16th

Correct Answer : Option (B) - August 14th

Note : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday(14-08-2021) declared August 14th will be observed as ‘Partition Horrors Remembrance Day’ or ‘Vibhajan Vibhishika Smriti Diwas’ to acknowledge the pain undergone by Indians due to the partition of India in 1947.

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Published On : August 14, 2021

Q .

The IBSA Tourism Ministers’ meeting was organised by India through virtual platform recently, under the Chairmanship of Union Minister of Tourism of India. Name the minister.

G. Kishan Reddy

Bandaru Dattatreya

Raghunandan Rao

Parshottam Rupala

Correct Answer : Option (A) - G. Kishan Reddy

Note : On August 12, 2021, India organized the IBSA (India, Brazil and South Africa) Tourism Ministers’ meeting through virtual platform. The Union Minister of Tourism of India, Shri G. Kishan Reddy, chaired the meeting. The Minister of Tourism of the Federative Republic of Brazil, Gilson Machado Neto and the Deputy Minister of Tourism of the Republic of South Africa, Fish Amos Mahlalela, attended videoconferencing under India’s IBSA Chairship.

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Published On : August 14, 2021

Q .

The Indian Navy recently participated in the multinational SEACAT exercise, organised in which country?

Italy

France

Canada

Singapore

Correct Answer : Option (D) - Singapore

Note :

The Indian Navy demonstrated its maritime maneuvers in U.S. Navy-led Southeast Asia Cooperation and Training (SEACAT) military exercise in Singapore. The military exercise also included navies of 20 other partner nations as well.

Nations like Australia, Bangladesh, Brunei, Canada, France, Germany, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Maldives, New Zealand, Philippines, South Korea, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, East Timor, United Kingdom, United States, and Vietnam took part in SEACAT.

The maritime exercise aimed to foster enhanced cooperation between Southeast Asian countries by incorporating tactics, standardized training, and procedures to combat contingencies or illegal activities in the maritime domain.

Further, the drill is designed to encourage countries to use their naval forces to bolster understanding of the operational environment, build capacity for humanitarian support missions, and uphold international laws and norms...

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Published On : August 14, 2021

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