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1) PM Modi expresses grief over the passing away of eminent writer Shri Buddhadeb Guha.
A) He was an Indian Writer of fiction in Bengali language.
B) Guha received Ananda Puraskar in 1976.
C) His early life is depicted in his Rivu Series.
2) NDMA and IIT Roorkee developed an app in a Joint Venture that can predict Natural Disasters.
A) Development of the app is in line with proposal by Central govt to simplify the disaster parameters of 2011
B) Doppler Radar has started functioning at Mukteswara.
C) Doppler Radar is a specialized radar that makes use of the Doppler effect to produce velocity data about distant objects.
3) Chief Justice of India NV Ramana administered the oath of office to Nine New Supreme Court judges including 3 women.
A) Total strength of SC judges would increase to 33 out of sanctioned strength of 34.
B) It will happen for the first time in the history of the Supreme Court when 9 judges will take oath of office in one go.
C) First Women Judge was M Fathima Beevi appointed in 1989.
4) The Union Home Minister launches Nutritious “Laddu distribution Scheme” for pregnant women.
A) He launched the scheme in his Parliamentary Constituency Gandhinagar.
B) 7000 pregnant women in Gandhinagar area will be provided 15 nutritious laddu each till birth of their child.
C) There will be no expenditure by the government as responsibility for this will be borne by NGOs.
5) August 30 was observed as National Small Industry Day.
A) On this day in 2000 a comprehensive policy package for the SSI (Small Scale Industry) sector was launched.
B) Government of India approved the upward revision of MSME definition on 1st June 2020 under Atmanirbhar Bharat Package.
C) National SC-ST hub has been launched to promote entrepreneurship culture in the SC-ST community.
6) The Minister of Finance inaugurated the newly constructed Mohanpur Sub Station in Tripura.
A) Substation has been constructed by Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID) under NE Region Power System Improvement Project(NERPSIP).
B) NERPSIP is a central sector scheme of the Ministry of Power envisioned to drive economic development of the NE region.
C) Scheme is implemented for six beneficiary states namely Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura.
7) Sumit Antil set three world records on his way to winning the men’s javelin throw F64 gold medal.
A) He made his debut at the Paralympics games in Tokyo.
B) He dominated the competition with four best throws and setting a world record at 68.55m.
