Current Affairs-February 2013 Part-1
Current Affairs-Februrary 2013
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17. The Maheshwar power project, which is recently in news is located in _________?
Madhya Pradesh
The 400-Mw Maheshwar power project in the Narmada valley in Madhya Pradesh is facing a possibility of cancellation, as the state government has been advised to scrap the power purchase agreement (PPA) signed with them two decades ago.
18. Who among the following Indian is a member of the Global Ocean Commission (GOC), which is recently formed to restore health and productivity to the ocean?
Ratan Tata
The Global Ocean Commission (GOC), which is formed recently brings together eminent people from different parts of the world for a new initiative to restore health and productivity to the ocean. It is an independent body of international leaders and aims to reverse the degradation of the ocean and restore it to full health and productivity. Chaired by former Costa Rican President Jose Maria Figueres, South African Cabinet Minister Trevor Manuel and former UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband MP, the Commission brings together senior political figures, including former Heads of State, Foreign Ministers and Finance Ministers from around the world, alongside business leaders and development specialists. Ratan Tata is one of the member of it.
19. Recently, the environment ministry has constituted a committee to review how elephant reserves and corridors across the country can get a higher level of legal protection under existing green laws. The committee is headed by ____________?
Vinod Rishi
The environment ministry has constituted a committee to review how elephant reserves and corridors across the country can get a higher level of legal protection under existing green laws. The move comes after concerns were raised within the National Board for Wildlife about lack of legal cover for elephant reserves and corridors against changes in the vast landscapes that pachyderms occupy in the country. The committee will be headed by Vinod Rishi, retired senior forest officer, along with the director of Project Tiger as member convener.
20. . Table tennis legend Zhuang Zedong, who played a major role in ping-pong diplomacy passed away recently. He hails from ________?
China
One of China’s most famed Table Tennis champions, who played a key role in the ‘Ping Pong diplomacy’ that paved the way for normalising relations with the U.S. died recently. Zhuang Zedong was a sportsman famed in China in the 1960s for his unmatched skill on the Ping Pong table.
21. Which among the following is the first state in India to ban manual scavenging?
Delhi
Delhi has become the first state in the country to ban manual scavenging. Last month, the Supreme Court had pulled up the Centre for failing to enact a law banning manual scavenging. The Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and Their Rehabilitation Bill, 2012 is pending in Parliament. According to the Bill, the district magistrate has to ensure that no person within his/her jurisdiction is engaged as a manual scavenger. It makes it mandatory for municipalities, cantonment boards and railway authorities to construct adequate number of sanitary community latrines within three years of the Act coming into force.
22. In which among the following States, the world’s largest Vedic temple is coming up?
West Bengal
To spread the Vedic knowledge, the world’s largest Vedic temple is coming up in West Bengal. Alfred Brush Ford, a great-grandson of Ford Motors’ founder Henry Ford is investing $35 million (nearly Rs 189 crore) to spread Vedic Knowledge. A follower of the International Society of Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), the Ford family scion has been overseeing the development of the $75-million Temple of The Vedic Planetarium at Mayapur in West Bengal for the last couple of years.
23. Which among the following is the proposed site for India’s first open Agriculture University?
Nagpur
Arvind Krushi Mukta Vidyapeeth, the first-ever open agricultural university, dedicated to practical education in the field of agriculture, will come up soon in Nagpur. Farmer suicides, poor yields, low remunerations, crop damage due to untimely or inadequate rains, were some issues disturbing me for the last few years, said former Maharashtra Agriculture Minister Ranjeet Deshmukh, who will be at the helm of this proposed varsity, named after his father.
24. Which among the following is not a moon of the Pluto?
Europa
Recently, the two new moons of the Pluto, P4 and P5 are renamed as Vulcan and Cerberus respectively. Pluto has five moons. The other moons of the Pluto are Hydra, Charon and Nix.
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