03: Daily Current Affairs 24th April 2021

 1.Which day is observed as World Malaria Day?

a. 22nd April

b. 23rd April

c. 25th April

d. None of These

Ans. (b) 25th April

The day is celebrated to spread awareness about the effects of Malaria disease and also to eliminate Malaria. The theme for 2021,World Malaria Day is 'Reaching the Zero Malaria Target'. This year the World Health Organization has announced that  Malaria to be eliminated and plucked up from 25 countries all over the world, including three from Africaby 2025 under its project on 'E-2025 Initiative'.

2. Closest and one of the smallest  black holes to earth discovered?

 Astronomers and scientists discovered one of the smallest and closest black holes to earth is just about 1,500 light-years away. Scientists call it 'the Unicorn'. It is very unique because it was revealed in the Constellation Monoceros which means  unicorn, according to the information of Ohio State University. That's why it is named after Unicorn.

3. Glacial Burst at Sumna,  Neeti Valley?

 Sumna is an uninhabited place of Uttarakhand on the Indo-China Border. This place is in Chamoli district and around 1000 kilometres from the village of Reni, which was struck by snowslip in February this year.

4. Which species is named as Potamophylax Caronavirus?

 Ans. The newly discovered species of caddisfly.

 Kosovar scientist Halil Ibrahim has named caddisfly, a new discovered insect after Potamophylax Caronavirus. This newly species are smaller and lives in open and high- altitude zones, that is around 2000 metres above the sea levels. The species is found along the Decanit river ecosystem. The construction of hydropower plant project around this river similarly effects to the ecosystem as the coronavirus strikes out on human life.

5. What is the rank of India on Global Energy Transition Index?

 Ans. 87th rank out of 115 countries around the world

02: Daily Geography Current Affairs - 23rd April 2021

 02: Daily Geography Current Affairs - 23rd April 2021

1. Currently which State is conducting 'Wildlife Census'?

a. Haryana

b. Madhyapradesh

c. Chattisgarh

d. Jharkhand.

Ans: a - Haryana

Recently Haryana is conducting the 'Wildlife Census' - the process of counting wildlife animals. The ongoing census focused on the counting of the monkey population in urban areas, with the help of the Haryana forest department, local people, and a special collaboration with Wildlife Institute of India (WII), Dehradun Chapter. For more details click here. 

2. What is the full form of KAAC?

a. Kalyan Accredational and Accounting Council

b. Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council

c. Kolkata Arts and Aesthetics Committee. 

d. Kerala Advance Academy of Culture

Ans. b - Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council

It is located at the district of Karbi Anglong, in the state of Assam, where major tribes are Karbis, Bodos, Kukis, Dimasas, Hmars, Garos, Rengma Nagas, Tiwas, and Man. These groups of people are most demanding for an autonomous status of the district, hence, a long history of political unrest has been prevailing there. By taking the advantages of that unrest, wildlife smuggling and trading - mainly the horn of rhinoceros has mushroomed across the region. 40% area of the region is under forest cover, so the rich bio-diversity is very common.

The smuggling route is - Kaziranga in Assam - Karbi Anglong - Nagaland - Moreh in Manipur - border in Myanmar.

For more details click here

3. What is the nearest neighbor star of the Sun?

a. Alpha Centauri A & B

b. Proxima Centauri.

c. Barnard's Star

d. Wolf 359

Ans: b - Proxima Centauri

Proxima Centauri is the nearest star of our solar system, with a distance of  4.243 light-years or more than 20 trillion miles away from the Earth. It is a red dwarf star that indicates the dimming (i.e., ending of the life) effects of the star itself. Proxima Centauri host two revolving planets, one of them look like the planet Earth. For more details click here.

4. Deep fake Geography?

a. falsify the documents

b. modified the maps and documents

c. falsify the satellite imagery using AI

d. none of the above

Ans: d - Falsify the satellite imagery using AI

The recent development of deep fake technology is based on Artificial Technology, however, it's prime tendency is to falsify the truth. In present-day geographical research, the geo-spatial technique is very much prone to effected by deepfake geography. The bad side machine learning and artificial techniques could cause significant decline of the research quality. For more details click here .

5. When 'Looking East Policy'  launched and by Whom?

a. Manmohan Singh - 2011

b. Atal Bihari Bajpayee - 1999

c. Narashima Rao - 1991

d. Narendra Modi - 2015

Ans: c - Narashima Rao 1991

India's Look East Policy was formulated during Narasimha Rao's government in 1991 for better economic engagement with its eastern neighbours, but the following government successfully turned it into a tool for forging strategic partnership and security cooperation with countries in that region in general and Vietnam and Japan in particular. However PM Modi, administration more focused on the 'Acting East Policy'. For more details click here. 

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01: Daily Geography Current Affairs - 22nd April 2021

1.  What is MOXIE?

The full form of the MOXIE is Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment. Recently on 20th April 2021, this experiment successfully able to produce 5 grams of oxygen from carbon dioxide in the Martian atmosphere, which is enough for an astronaut to breathe for 10 minutes. 

The chemical components of the Martian atmosphere is -

• Carbon dioxide:  ~ 96%
• Oxygen: ~ 0.13%

like the tree, MOXIE, inhale Co2 and Exhale O2, by separating oxygen atoms from carbon dioxide molecules with the help of 800 degrees Celcius temperature. This process also produces CARBON MONOXIDE as a waste product and release into the Martian atmosphere.

The technicality of MOXIE:

• Can generate up to 10grams of Oxygen per hour, placed in the Perseverance rover.
• It is the size of a car Battery, weighing 37.7 pounds (17.1 kg) on the Earth but, it is just 14.14 pounds (6.41 kg) on Mars.

2. World Environment Day?

Each year, World Env.  day is celebrated on 22nd April, to mark the anniversary of the birth of the modern environmental movement in 1970.

The present year theme is: 'Restore Our Earth'.

Few Important quotes of renowned person:- 

• Mahatma Gandhi: Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s need, but not every man’s greed.
• Rachel Carson: The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe about us, the less taste we shall have for destruction.
• Albert Einstein: Look deep into nature and you will understand everything better.
• Benjamin Franklin:  When the well’s dry, we know the worth of water.
• William Shakespeare: The earth has music for those who listen.
• Leo Tolstoy: One of the first conditions of happiness is that the link between man and nature shall not be broken.  

3. Megaplumes - alternative green energy source?

A recent study published in Nature Communication identified  Megaplumes i.e., an underwater volcanic eruption in the deep ocean, caused upward rising water volume, could unleash a huge amount of energy, which could power the US. The Megaplumes are similar to the atmospheric plume on the land surface. On the surface, plumes caused the spreading of volcanic ashes, stones, lavas, and gases around its surroundings. 

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