MLC Daily Current Affairs – 06 May 2024

Today in History (May 06^th, 1861)

Motilal Nehru, independence activist and member of the Indian National Congress was born on 6 May, 1861.

Let’s revise

A) The Prohibition of Child Marriage Act (PCMA) was enacted in _____

1. 2003
2. 2005
3. 2006
4. 2014

Ans. (c)

B) BBBP-Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Scheme-to ensure girls education and delaying marriage was launched in _____

1. 2015
2. 2018
3. 2016
4. 2019

Ans. (a)

C) Sukanya Samridhi Yojna was launched in ___

1. 2015
2. 2018
3. 2019
4. 2024

Ans. (a)

D) Asian Development Bank has its head office at____

1. Manila Philippines
2. Jakarta, Indonesia
3. Singapore
4. Srilanka

Ans. (a)

E) Shaksgam Valley is located in ____

1. Kerala
2. Arunachal Pradesh
3. Jammu & Kashmir
4. Sikkim

Ans. (c)

F) Kun Lun Mountains are in the _____of India.

1. South
2. North
3. West
4. East

Ans. (6)

G) Shyok River flows from which one state?

1. Arunachal Pradesh
2. Nagaland
3. Jammu & Kashmir
4. Sikkim

Ans. (7)

H) PlayTrue Campaign is associated with ____

1. Wold Bank
2. NADA
3. Indian Army
4. NITI Aayog

Ans. (b)

I) The highest battle field in the world is ____

1. Rann of Katch
2. Siachen Glacier
3. Arunachal Pradesh
4. Nagaland

Ans. (b)

Summary of Today’s News

Bajran Punia Suspended for doping

• The NADA officials had approached several wrestlers, including Bajrang, for their samples during the selection trials (for Olympic qualifiers) conducted in Sonipat, but they could not get Bajrang’s sample.
• This sample collection was done by the Indian Olympic Association (IOA).
• After 44 days, the NADA sent a letter, to Bajrang saying he had been provisionally suspended for his ‘refusal’ to give his urine sample for dope testing.
• Bajrang has already questioned the sample collection method that was due to an outdated kit to collect his sample.
• “I want to clarify about the news coming about me for dope test! I never refused to give the sample to NADA officials; I requested them to answer me as to what action they took on the expired kit which they had earlier brought to collect my sample. And then take my dope test. My lawyer Vidush Singhania will reply to this letter in due course of time,” said Bajrang.

Tamil Nadu blamed Kerala for obstructing the work on Mullaperiyar Dam

• Tamil Nadu has accused Kerala in the Supreme Court of “crying foul” about the safety of the Mullaperiyar dam while at the same time “wilfully obstructing” work essential to maintain the structure.
• Tamil Nadu blamed that “The State of Kerala on one hand raises the issue of comprehensive dam safety review, but on the other hand is obstructing in granting permissions and approvals for conveying materials and machinery to enable Tamil Nadu from completing the remaining strengthening works,”.
• It said Kerala has managed to delay even routine annual maintenance works, including painting, patch works, and repair to staff quarters.
About Mullaperiyar Dam
• It is a masonry gravity dam situated on the Periyar River in Thekkady, Idukki district, in Kerala.
• It is located on the Cardamom Hills of the Western Ghats.
• The dam is built at the confluence of the Mullayar and Periyar rivers.
• Its construction began in 1887 and was completed in 1895. The construction was carried out by the British Corps of Royal Engineers under the leadership of Pennycuick.
• The Periyar National Park is located around the dam’s reservoir.
• Although the dam is located in Kerala, it is operated and maintained by the neighbouring state of Tamil Nadu. It was according to a 999-year lease agreement made during the British rule that the operational rights were handed over to Tamil Nadu.

The need of the hour to operationalise Indian Defence University

• The Greek thinker Thucydides said that a nation which makes a distinction between its scholars and its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards and its fighting done by fools.
• In modern world several nations have established ‘defence universities’.
• It is to promote academic rigour and enhance strategic thinking in their armed forces.
• In India’s own neighbourhood, Pakistan has created two universities for its armed forces
• China has three, although a report of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute lists more than 60 Chinese universities with military and security links.
• In India the absence of the Indian Defence University (IDU) is concerning. India need to learn for USA which has become the country with one of the most powerful defence player in the world.

The United states accuses Russia of employing the chemical agent chloropicrin in Ukraine

• Chloropicrin is a broad-spectrum fumigant chemical that can be used as an antimicrobial, fungicide, herbicide, insecticide, nematicide and also as a warfare agent.
• It was first used as a poison gas in the First World War, both by Allied and Central Powers.
Characterstics of Chloropicrin:
• Colorless to yellow oily liquid.
• Highly volatile and is a gas at room temperature.
• Its effects are like severe irritation to eyes, skin, respiratory tract, induce vomiting, etc.
• Chemical weapons are munitions and other devices which use the toxic effects of chemicals on living organisms to cause death or other harm.
Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)
• It is the implementing body for the Chemical Weapons Convention.a
• Its mission is to implement the provisions of the Chemical Weapons Convention to achieve a vision of a world free of chemical weapons.
• Its Members: 193 (India is also its member).
• Nobel Prize for peace was awarded in 2013 for ‘its extensive efforts to eliminate chemical weapons’.