Current Affairs-December 2012 Part-2

181. National Institute for Research and Development in Defence Shipbuilding (Nirdesh) is coming up in ____________?

182. In which among the following State, the 2,000 MW Lower Subansiri Hydro Power project is under development?

Subansiri Lower Hydro Electric project, a run-of-the-river project on Subansiri flowing through Arunachal Pradesh and Assam, is the biggest one under

construction in India.

183. In which among the following States, the central government is planning to set up India’s first geothermal power project?

Abdullah said that the Government is working on the project and the 3 MW will be one of the major geothermal-based projects in the world. He said his

Ministry will also look at how such projects can be extended to other States.

184. Recently, in which among the following State, a village has earned a rare distinction by becoming the first one in Asia to install an innovative, eco-

friendly, waterless toilet – the ECOSAN toilet?

embraced an innovative, eco-friendly, waterless toilet – the ECOSAN toilet. The village situated on the banks of River Krishna achieved a new level of

personal hygiene and general cleanliness with an ECOSAN toilet.Vijayawada-based NGO Arthik Samata Mandal (ASM) implemented this project to save the local

women folk of the hardship of trekking a long distance to reach village outskirts to answer nature’s call. The project is sponsored by Switzerland-based

Terre des Hommes (TDH). The excreta which is stored in a concrete chamber for six months and allowed to convert into compost, was being diverted to the

fields as fertilizers.

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185. What is the name of the secret project under which U.S. planned to detonate a nuclear bomb on the Moon during the Cold War as a show of strength?

States Air Force. The aim of the project was to detonate a nuclear bomb on the Moon to boost public morale in the United States after the Soviet Union took

an early lead in the Space Race. The existence of the project was revealed in 2000 by a former executive at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration

(NASA), Leonard Reiffel, who led the project in 1958. A young Carl Sagan was part of the team responsible for predicting the effects of a nuclear explosion

in low gravity. Project A119 was never carried out, primarily because a moon landing would be a much more acceptable achievement in the eyes of the American

public. The project documents remained secret for nearly 45 years, and despite Reiffel’s revelations, the United States government has never officially

recognized its involvement in the study.

186. What is the name of the newly discovered gene that protects the human embryo could possibly treat and subdue chronic infections such as HIV, hepatitis

and tuberculosis?

discovered gene, called Arih2, is basic to the immune system – making critical decisions about whether to switch it on during an infection or not.

187. LIC and the Employee Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) have recently agreed to fully subscribe to the Rs 7,400 crore bond sale of ____?

India.

188. The MCP card, recently released by the Government of India is related to ___?

Child Development and the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India. The MCP card is a tool for informing and educating the mother and

family on different aspects of maternal and child care and linking maternal and childcare into a continuum of care through the Integrated Child Development

Services(ICDS) scheme of Ministry of Women and Child Development and the National Rural Health Mission(NRHM) of the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare

(MoHFW). The MCP card helps in timely identification, referral and management of complications during pregnancy, child birth and post natal period. The card

also serves as a tool for providing complete immunization to infants and children, early and exclusive breast feeding, complementary feeding and monitoring

their growth.

189. The government is implementing the RNTCP programme for which among the following diseases?

190. . Which among the following sectors is completely closed for FDI in India?