Current Affairs Quiz - MECO

💫 Explanation 5: 🌟 🇨🇳 China deployed a powerful Large Phased Array Radar (LPAR) in Yunnan province near the 🇨🇳 China-🇲🇲 Myanmar border. It has a surveillance range of over 5,000 km, covering the 🇮🇳 Indian Ocean 🐳 and deep into 🇮🇳 Indian territory. 🌟 It can detect and track ballistic missile 🚀launches in real time. Unlike traditional radars, it uses electronically controlled antennas for instant scanning. It can track multiple targets, including ballistic missiles 🚀, with high precision. LPARs play a key role in early warning systems and air defense networks. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ☄ Share: @MemoryCometQuiz 

💫 Explanation 4: 🌟 The PM Internship Scheme 2025 is launched by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs to provide hands-on industry experience. It is a 12-month apprenticeship program with 1,25,000 vacancies across various sectors. 🌟 The scheme helps participants develop industry-relevant and soft skills like teamwork and communication. Eligible candidates include 10th, 12th, ITI, Polytechnic, Diploma, or Graduates aged 21-24 years. Applications are open online from October 12, 2024, to March 12, 2025. Selected interns will receive a ₹5000 monthly stipend and a one-time benefit of ₹6000. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ☄ Share: @MemoryCometQuiz 

💫 Explanation 3: 🌟 A rare sighting of the Sarus Crane was reported in Saikhowa, Tinsukia, Assam, drawing bird lovers and wildlife enthusiasts. The Sarus Crane (Grus antigone) is the tallest flying bird in the world. 🌟 It is found in Southeast Asia, northern India, and northern Australia. In India, it is mainly seen along the Gangetic plain and eastern Rajasthan, with fewer in southern regions. The species is non-migratory. It primarily inhabits wetlands like canals, marshes, and ponds, sometimes near human settlements. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ☄ Share: @MemoryCometQuiz 

💫 Explanation 2: 🌟 On March 9, 2023, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare and BJP President Jagat Prakash Nadda launched two welfare schemes for girls in Tripura—Mukhyamantri Balika Samriddhi Yojana and Mukhyamantri Kanya Atmanirbhar Yojana. Under the Balika Samriddhi Yojana, BPL families will receive a Rs 50,000 bond for newborn girls, expected to grow to Rs 10 lakh by the time they turn 18. 🌟 The Kanya Atmanirbhar Yojana will provide free scooties to 140 meritorious girls in Higher Secondary from all education boards. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ☄ Share: @MemoryCometQuiz 

💫 Explanation 1: 🌟 According to Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), 🇮🇳 India was the second-largest arms importer from 2020-24, though its imports fell by 9.3% compared to 2015-19. Ukraine became the world’s largest arms importer, with imports rising nearly 100 times. 🌟 India’s arms imports from 🇷🇺 Russia fell to 36% in 2020-24 from 55% in 2015-19. 🇮🇳 India was the top arms buyer from both 🇷🇺 Russia and 🇫🇷 France. The U.S. led global arms exports with 43%, while 🇷🇺 Russia’s exports dropped by 64%. 🇨🇳 China exited the top 10 arms importers list for the first time since 1990-94, showing domestic production growth. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ☄ Share: @MemoryCometQuiz 

Daily Current Affairs Quiz: March 12, 2025 – GKToday

💫 Explanation 5: 🌟 The government will open “Pashu Aushadhi” stores nationwide to provide affordable veterinary medicines. It follows the model of Pradhan Mantri Bharatiya Janaushadhi Kendras (PMBJK) for low-cost generic medicines. 🌟 The initiative is part of the revised Livestock Health and Disease Control Programme (LHDCP). Stores will be run by cooperative societies and Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samriddhi Kendras (PMKSK). Ethnoveterinary medicines based on traditional knowledge will also be available. ₹75 crore has been allocated to ensure affordable, high-quality veterinary medicines for farmers. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ☄ Share: @MemoryCometQuiz 

💫 Explanation 4: 🌟 Maharashtra government appointed a panel to investigate pollution in the Panchaganga River 🏞️. It is a major tributary of the Krishna River 🏞️, flowing through Maharashtra. 🌟 The river originates from Prayag Sangam in the Sahyadri mountains, Kolhapur district. It is formed by the confluence of five rivulets—Kasari, Kumbhi, Tulsi, Bhogawati, and Saraswati. The river flows about 80 km before joining the Krishna River 🏞️. It holds spiritual significance, with many temples along its banks. Pollution has risen due to untreated sewage from Kolhapur, affecting agriculture and water quality. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ☄ Share: @MemoryCometQuiz 

💫 Explanation 3: 🌟 The Eco-Sensitive Zone (ESZ) monitoring committee decided to ban new commercial construction within 1 km of the BRT Tiger Reserve boundary or up to the ESZ, whichever is nearer. Biligiri Rangaswamy Temple (BRT) Tiger Reserve is in Chamarajanagar district, Karnataka. 🌟 It serves as a bridge between the Western and Eastern Ghats in South India. It was declared a Tiger Reserve in 2011, covering 574.82 sq. km. The reserve is named after “Biligiri,” meaning “white rocky cliff,” home to the ancient Rangaswamy Temple dedicated to Lord Vishnu. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ☄ Share: @MemoryCometQuiz 

💫 Explanation 2: 🌟 Assam’s opposition raised concerns over the plight of ‘D’ (Doubtful) voters and demanded the closure of the state’s only detention centre. D-voters are individuals who couldn’t prove their 🇮🇳 Indian nationality and have cases pending with the Foreigners Tribunals. 🌟 The D-Voter concept is specific to Assam, where migration and citizenship are major political issues. The Election Commission of 🇮🇳 India introduced the D-voter category in 1997. D-voters cannot vote or contest elections as their citizenship is unverified. The Citizenship Act, 1955, and Citizenship Rules, 2003, do not define ‘doubtful voter.’ A decision on D-voters must be made within a specific timeframe, and they may be deported or detained if found to be foreign nationals. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ☄ Share: @MemoryCometQuiz 

💫 Explanation 1: 🌟 The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology launched the IndiaAI Mission’s compute portal and AIKosha platform. The compute portal offers access to over 18,000 GPUs, cloud storage, and AI services for students, startups, researchers, and government bodies. 🌟 AIKosha is a dataset platform providing resources, tools, and expert guidance for turning ideas into industry solutions. The platform aims to offer high-quality non-personal datasets to foster AI innovation and help developers create India-specific AI models. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ☄ Share: @MemoryCometQuiz