PRELIMS BITS
1. In Manipur, which tribe has declared that inhabited areas will be a Drug-Free Zone supporting the State government’s War on Drug campaign:
-- The Poumai tribe
(A huge delegation of the Poumai tribe by MLA and leaders of the students union and civil organization met Chief Minister N. Biren Singh today at Imphal and conveyed the resolution of the Drug-Free Zone in Poumai inhabited areas of the State. They also informed the Chief Minister that the poppy plantation will not be allowed in the Poumai areas.)
• Manipur Chief Minister: N Biren Singh;
• Capital of Manipur: Imphal;
• Manipur Governor: La. Ganesan.
2. Which state government to launch ‘Shaili App’ for diagnosing, and controlling lifestyle diseases:
--Kerala government.
(The app has been set up as part of the population-based screening project launched by the Health Department under the Nava Kerala Karma plan.)
• Kerala Capital: Thiruvananthapuram;
• Kerala Governor: Arif Mohammad Khan;
• Kerala Chief Minister: Pinarayi Vijayan.
3. Which state government launched ‘e-Adhigam’ Scheme to distribute tablets to students:
--Haryana State Government
‘e-Adhigam’ scheme under which nearly 3 lakh students will be receiving tablet computers to aid their online education.
4. Supreme Court gets 2 new judges to regain full strength of 34:
--Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia, the chief justice of Gauhati High Court, and Justice Jamshed Burjor Pardiwala, a judge of the Gujarat High Court, are appointed as judges of the Supreme Court.
5. Delhi Govt recently announced which policy to aid the entrepreneur:
--“Delhi Startup Policy”
6. Name the Indian Grandmaster who has emerged as champion in the 1st Chessable Sunway Formentera Open 2022 chess tournament in Punta Prima:
--D Gukesh
It was a hat-trick of titles for him after he had previously won the La Roda tournament and the Menorca Open in recent weeks.
7. Which book is released by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh at the 37th Air Chief Marshal PC Lal Memorial Lecture organised by the Air Force Association in New Delhi, Delhi:
--‘INDO-PAK WAR 1971- Reminiscences of Air Warriors’
The book was edited by Air Marshal Jagjeet Singh and Group Captain Shailendra Mohan.
8. Name the Nepal’s legendary climber who has climbed Mt Everest, the tallest peak in the world for the 26th time to set a new world record:
-- Kami Rita Sherpa
Leading an 11-member rope fixing team, Kami Rita & his team reached the summit, breaking his own previous world record.
9. Who has become the first Indian woman to climb five peaks above 8000 metres?
-- Priyanka Mohite from Maharashtra’s Satara district
Priyanka achieved the milestone after climbing Mount Kanchenjunga. The 30-year-old climbed the third highest peak on Earth on May 5 at around 4:42 pm.
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10. Utkarsh Mahotsav
Three-day Utkarsh Mahotsav is being organized by Central Sanskrit University in New Delhi. The objective behind organising the Utkarsh Mahotsav is to promote the Sanskrit language across the country and beyond.
The event is being jointly organised by the Central Sanskrit University, New Delhi, Shri Lal Bahadur National Sanskrit University, New Delhi and National Sanskrit University, Tirupati.
The main theme of this Mahotsav is ‘Global Orientation of Sanskrit Studies in the New Educational Era’ Vice-Chancellors of 17 Sanskrit Universities, Scholars and a large number of students participated in the event.
11. IRCTC’s Bharat Gaurav Tourist Train to stop at Nepal’s Janakpur
The Indian Railway Catering and Ticketing Corporation (IRCTC) will launch its maiden Bharat Gaurav Tourist train, with a stop in Nepal’s Janakpur.
This train will go around the Ramayana Circuit, which has been identified under the Swadesh Darshan scheme and includes major locations related with Lord Shri Rama’s life, such as the Ram Janaki temple in Janakpur, Nepal.
After Ayodhya, the tourists will travel to Buxar, Bihar, where they will see Maharishi Vishwamitra’s hermitage and the Ramrekha Ghat, where they can take a holy plunge in the Ganga. The train then travels to Sitamarhi to see Sita’s birthplace before continuing on to Janakpur by road (Nepal). Tourists will spend the night in Janakpur hotels and visit the famed Ram-Janaki Temple.
After Sitamarhi, the train travels to Varanasi, the world’s oldest living city.
Tourists visiting Kashi will go about the temples of Varanasi, ‘Sita Samahit Sthal,’ Prayag, Shringverpur, and Chitrakoot. At Varanasi, Prayag, and Chitrakoot, hotel accommodations will be given.