email: [email protected] ÷ªÙÞœüŒî¦ô¢Ù 14  2019 - Unnat Bharat Abhiyan Unnat Bharat Abhiyan aims to find solutions to accelerate sustainable growth in rural India. It is an initiative of the Ministry of HRD. Common Service Centre’s(CSC) e-Governance Services India Limited, a special purpose vehicle under the Ministry of Electronics & IT, said it has tied up with Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Kanpur to upscale ‘Unnat Bharat Abhiyan’. Under the Unnat Bharat Abhiyan, IIT- Kanpur has brought together 15 leading high- er education institutions from Uttar Pradesh. Movie on Bangabandhu India and Bangladesh are going to produce movie on life, works of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Both Nations co-produce the documentary on Bangladesh Liberation War also The movie will be directed by acclaimed filmmaker Shyam Benegal and writer of the movie is Atul Tiwari. India played an important role in the war of liberation of Bangladesh, under the leadership of Sheikh Mujibur Rehman and the people admire him as the Father of the Bangladesh. Healthy Oceans Action Plan Asian Development Bank launched the Action Plan for Healthy Oceans and Sustainable Blue Economies for the Asia and Pacific region at the 52nd Annual Meeting of ADB’s Board of Governors in Fiji on 2 May 2019. The action plan will support the efforts of ADB’s developing member countries to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including SDG 14 Life below Water. The Action Plan will expand financing and technical assistance for ocean health and marine economy projects to $5 billion from 2019 to 2024 including cofinancing from partners. It will focus on 4 areas: creating inclusive livelihoods and business opportunities in sus- tainable tourism and fisheries; protecting and restoring coastal and marine ecosystems and key rivers; reducing land-based sources of marine pollution, including plastics, waste- water, and agricultural runoff; and improving sustainability in port and coastal infrastructure development. Year of Next of Kin Indian Army observes 2019 as 'Year of Next of Kin' to help families of martyrs. The Army chief said that it is his top priority to ensure that families of fallen heroes deserve every bit of support they require and deserve. Indian Army had marked 2018 as the 'Year of Disabled in the Line of Duty' National Technology Day The nation greeted the scientific community on National Technology Day, marking the anniversary of the Pokhran nuclear Tests on 11 May 1998. India re-elected India was re-elected as an observer to intergovernmental forum Arctic Council on 7 May 2019 at the 11th Arctic Council ministeri- al meeting at Rovaniemi in Finland. The Arctic Council promotes cooperation, coordination and interaction among Arctic states, the region's indigenous communities and other inhabitants on common issues, par- ticularly on sustainable development and envi- ronmental protection. India's National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research, an institute under the Ministry of Earth Sciences, has set up a research station, 'Himadri', in Svalbard in Norway that works on the mass balance of glaciers and the effect of the warming on the marine system etc. Jagjit Pavadia re-elected Jagjit Pavadia was re-elected to the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) for another term. She has been a member of the INCB since 2015 and her current term is set to expire in 2020. INCB endeavours in cooperation with Governments, to ensure that adequate sup- plies of drugs are available for medical and scientific uses and that the diversion of drugs from illicit sources to illicit channels does not occur. The INCB also monitors Governments' control over chemicals used in the illicit man- ufacture of drugs and assists them in prevent- ing the diversion of those chemicals into the illicit traffic. Established in 1968, the International Narcotics Control Board is the independent and quasi-judicial monitoring body for the implementation of the United Nations international drug control conven- tions. World Red Cross Day World Red Cross (WRC) Day is observed on May 8. It is also known as Red Crescent Day and this day is celebrated to honour volun- teers who have contributed to help people in duress or need. World Red Cross Day marks the birthday of Henri Dunant. He generated the International Committee of the Red Cross in 1863 in Switzerland, Geneva. The theme for World Red Cross Day 2019 is "#Love". This year theme focuses on broad- ening people's understanding of the society by highlighting diversity and universality of work and approach of Red Cross. India and Nepal Contract Konkan Railways Corporation Ltd signed a contract agreement with Nepal's Department of Railways to supply two 1600 HP DEMU train sets. These trains will be used to opera- tionalise railway link between Jayanagar in India and Kurtha in Nepal. The train sets will be manufactured by the Integrated Coach Factory, Chennai. The 34 kms Jayanagar-Kurtha Railway Link has been built by IRCON with Government of India financial grant under India-Nepal Development Partnership programme. General Awareness #Love..WRC day theme Amara Veeraswamy Subject Expert Writer 1. World Thalassaemia Day is celebrated on .. 1)12 May 2) 7 May 3) 8 May 4)10 May 5) 17 May 2. To discuss about climate crisis, the G7 Environment Ministers Meeting was held at.. 1) Washington, USA 2) Rome, Italy 3) Ottawa, Canada 4) Tokyo, Japan 5) Metz, France 3. V K Krishna Menon award conferred on whom for his outstanding contribution as a pioneer of decolonised journalism recent- ly? 1) Robert Fisk 2) G D 'Robert' Govender 3) Kate Adie 4) Christiane Amanpour 5) Shereen Bhan 4. Which Indian Navy’s frontline missile destroyer, decommissioned at the naval dockyard in Visakhapatnam on 6 May 2019 after having served for 36 years? 1) INS Godavari 2) INS Ranaprathap 3) INS Ranjit 4) INS Raguveer 5) INS Sravya 5. Who is the present president of ADB? 1) Jim Yong Kim 2) K.V.Kamath 3) Takehiko Nakao 4) Jin Liquin 5) Christine Legarde 6. India procured first Apache Helicopter from.. ? 1) Russia 2) Israel 3) UK 4) USA 5) Italy 7. Who had beaten Simona Halep to win the 2019 women's title in the Madrid Open tennis tournament? 1) Petra Kvitova 2) Karolína Plískova 3) Kiki Bertens 4) Victoria Azarenka 5) Angelique Kerber 8. Presidential Medal of Freedom, the USA's highest civilian honour, conferred recently on..? 1) Tiger Woods 2) Pete Sampras 3) Serena Jameka Williams 4) LeBron James 5) Bradley Beal 9. First Anti-Naxal Women’s Commando unit named ‘Danteshwari Ladake’ or ‘Fighters of Goddess Danteshwari’ deployed by…? 1) Chhattisgarh 2) Maharashtra 3) Telangana 4) Odisha 5) West Bengal 10. ‘Game Changer’ is the autobiography of which famous cricket player and co-authored by Wajahat S Khan? 1) Virat Kohli 2) Shahid Afridi 3) Sunil Gavaskar 4) Kapil Dev 5) Wasim Akram 11. UNO to hold 2020 ocean conference in ..? 1) Lisbon 2) Paris 3) Geneva 4) New Delhi 5) Washington D C MODEL QUESTIONS KEY: 1 - 3, 2 - 5, 3 - 2, 4 - 3, 5 - 3, 6 - 4 7 - 3, 8 - 1, 9 - 1, 10 - 2, 11 - 1. Vela, the fourth Scorpene class submarine constructed by Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) for the Indian Navy launched. Vela was built in India with French collabo- ration boosts Indian capability to defend and secure the strategic sea lanes.The Scorpene class of submarines can under- take multifarious tasks typically undertaken by any modern submarine which include anti-surface as well as anti-submarine war- fare. Vela launched