{"id":1806,"date":"2024-02-29T07:39:05","date_gmt":"2024-02-29T07:39:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lawentranceindia.com\/blogs\/?p=1806"},"modified":"2024-02-29T07:46:31","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T07:46:31","slug":"mlc-daily-current-affairs-29-feb-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lawentranceindia.com\/blogs\/mlc-daily-current-affairs-29-feb-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"MLC Daily Current Affairs – 29 Feb 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today in History (February 29th<\/sup>, 1504)<\/h1>\n

On this day, Christopher Columbus, stranded in Jamaica, used a predicted lunar eclipse to frighten hostile natives into providing food for his crew.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s revise<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

A) What is the full form of DNA?<\/strong><\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Dioxy ribonucleic acid<\/li>\n
  2. Dioxyribonucleic analytics<\/li>\n
  3. deoxyribonucleic acid<\/li>\n
  4. None of the above<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Ans. (c)<\/p>\n

    B) The DNA consists of a double-stranded molecule built up by four bases these are the_____<\/strong><\/p>\n

      \n
    1. ACTP<\/li>\n
    2. ACGT<\/li>\n
    3. ACTM<\/li>\n
    4. ACTB<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Ans. (b)<\/p>\n

      C) The Naxal ideology in India believes in the ideas of _____<\/strong><\/p>\n

        \n
      1. Mao Zedong<\/li>\n
      2. Confucius<\/li>\n
      3. BR Ambedkar<\/li>\n
      4. Jawahar Lal Nehru<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Ans. (a)<\/p>\n

        D) In a first in the private sector, two facilities for the manufacture of ammunition and missiles were opened in<\/strong><\/p>\n

          \n
        1. Hyderabad<\/li>\n
        2. Ayodhya<\/li>\n
        3. Kanpur<\/li>\n
        4. Agra<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          Ans. (c)<\/p>\n

          E) In a first in the private sector, two facilities for the manufacture of ammunition and missiles were opened by\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

            \n
          1. Adani Aerospace<\/li>\n
          2. Relience Defence<\/li>\n
          3. DRDO<\/li>\n
          4. Tata Defence Institute<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            Ans. (a)<\/p>\n

            F) Mission Utkarsh is related with which one of the following?<\/strong><\/p>\n

              \n
            1. Child education<\/li>\n
            2. Girls free education<\/li>\n
            3. Nutrition for adolescent girls<\/li>\n
            4. Nutrition for Scheduled Tribes students<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

              Ans. (c)<\/p>\n

              G) What is the aim of Mission Utkarsh?<\/strong><\/p>\n

                \n
              1. To\u00a0control anaemia\u00a0among adolescent girls<\/li>\n
              2. To abolish female feticide<\/li>\n
              3. To increase education among girls<\/li>\n
              4. To provide technical education for girls<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                Ans. (a)<\/p>\n

                H) Who is the minister of Ayush?<\/strong><\/p>\n

                  \n
                1. Sarwnand Sonowal<\/li>\n
                2. Smriti Irani<\/li>\n
                3. S Jaishankar<\/li>\n
                4. Mansukh Mandaviya<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                  Ans. (a)<\/p>\n

                  Summary of Today’s News<\/h2>\n

                  Appointment of Lokpal Chairperson<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n
                    \n
                  • Former Supreme Court judge A.M. Khanwilkar <\/strong>was appointed the\u00a0Chairperson of the anti-corruption ombudsman Lokpal<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
                  • The Lokpal has been working\u00a0without its regular chief after Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose<\/strong>completed his term on\u00a0May 27, 2022.<\/strong><\/li>\n
                  • Justice Pradip Kumar Mohanty<\/strong>is currently the\u00a0Acting Chairperson.<\/strong><\/li>\n
                  • In India, the\u00a0ombudsman\u00a0<\/strong>is known as Lokpal (\u00a0\u201cprotector of people\u201d)<\/strong>\u00a0or\u00a0Lokayukta ( People\u2019s appointee).<\/strong><\/li>\n
                  • The Lokpal, established as an\u00a0independent anti-corruption ombudsman at the central level<\/strong>\u00a0to investigate allegations of corruption against public officials,\u00a0including PM<\/strong>, derives authority from the\u00a0Lokpal and Lokayukta Act, 2013.<\/strong>\n
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                    • Social activist\u00a0Anna Hazare\u2019s movement against corruption in 2011\u00a0<\/strong>further fueled public demand, leading to the eventual passage of the Lokpal Act.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                      Sudarshan Setu<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

                      \"sudarshan-setu-bridge\" \"Sudarshan-Setu-Map\"<\/p>\n

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                      • PM Modi inaugurated \u2018Sudarshan Setu\u2019, the country\u2019s longest cable-stayed bridge on the Arabian sea.<\/li>\n
                      • The bridge connects\u00a0Bhent Dwarka island\u00a0to mainland\u00a0Okha\u00a0in\u00a0Gujarat\u2019s\u00a0Dev bhumi Dwarka district.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                        B<\/strong>h<\/strong>e<\/strong>n<\/strong>t\/Bet Dwarka<\/strong><\/h4>\n
                          \n
                        • B<\/strong>h<\/strong>e<\/strong>n<\/strong>t<\/strong> Dwarka is an island near Okha port, which is nearly 30 km from Dwarka town, where the famous Dwarkadhish temple of Lord Krishna is situated.<\/li>\n
                        • Before the construction of the bridge, pilgrims had to rely on boat transport to reach Bet Dwarka.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                          Google DeepMind\u2019s Genie<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n
                            \n
                          • Google DeepMind has introduced Genie,<\/li>\n
                          • Genie is a new model that can generate interactive video games<\/strong> from just a text or image prompt.<\/li>\n
                          • Genie is a foundation world model that is\u00a0trained on videos sourced from the Internet.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n
                          • The model can generate an endless variety of playable (action-controllable) worlds from synthetic images, photographs, and even sketches.<\/li>\n
                          • Genie can be prompted to generate a\u00a0diverse set of interactive and controllable environments<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                            The importance of Genie<\/u><\/strong>:\u00a0<\/strong>This opens up many possibilities, especially new ways to create and step into virtual worlds.<\/p>\n

                              \n
                            • With Genie, anyone will be able to create their own entirely imagined virtual worlds.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                              Ecocide<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n
                                \n
                              • Fratricide, the killing of one’s brother.<\/li>\n
                              • Mariticide, the killing of one’s husband.<\/li>\n
                              • Matricide, the killing of one’s mother.<\/li>\n
                              • Filicide, the killing of one’s child.<\/li>\n
                              • It means destruction of the natural environment by\u00a0deliberate<\/u>or\u00a0negligent<\/u>\u00a0human action.<\/li>\n
                              • In other words it means unlawful or wanton acts committed with knowledge that there is a substantial likelihood of severe and either widespread or long-term damage to the environment being caused by those acts.<\/li>\n
                              • Belgium has become the first country in Europe<\/strong> to recognize \u2018ecocide\u2019 as a national as well as an international crime.<\/li>\n
                              • The t<\/strong>erm Ecocide was invented by American Biologist Arthur Galston in 1970.<\/li>\n
                              • In <\/strong>India Ecocide is has not been declared as a crime as other conventional crimes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                                Steadfast Defender 2024<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n
                                  \n
                                • It is\u00a0NATO\u2019s most extensive military exercise since the Cold War era.<\/li>\n
                                • It involves 90,000 forces from\u00a031 member countries and NATO partner Sweden and is conducted across various NATO nations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                                  Key Points about NATO<\/h4>\n
                                    \n
                                  • NATO is a\u00a0security alliance of 31 countries from\u00a0North America and Europe.<\/li>\n
                                  • It was formed in 1949.<\/li>\n
                                  • NATO\u2019s\u00a0fundamental goal is to\u00a0safeguard the Allies\u2019 freedom and security\u00a0by political and military means.<\/li>\n
                                  • It is a\u00a0system of collective defence where independent\u00a0member states agree for mutual defence in case of any attack by an external party.\n
                                      \n
                                    • Article 5 of the Washington Treaty states that\u00a0an attack against one ally is an attack against all.<\/li>\n
                                    • This article forms the\u00a0core of the Alliance, a\u00a0promise of collective defense.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
                                    • Headquarter: Brussels, Belgium.<\/li>\n
                                    • Sweden is set to join North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). It will be 32nd<\/sup><\/li>\n
                                    • Before Sweden, Hungry was the latest (31st<\/sup>) member of NATO.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n