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With respect to the Green Growth Equity Fund (GGEF), Consider the following statements:
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Solution (a)
Green Growth Equity Fund (GGEF), India’s first dedicated climate change fund.
The aim of GGEF is to leverage private sector investment from United Kingdom to invest in Green Infrastructure Projects in India.
Article Link:
https://www.eversourcecapital.com/about/
https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-business/cdc-invests-70-million-in-climate-fund/article37134572.ece
Solution (a)
Green Growth Equity Fund (GGEF), India’s first dedicated climate change fund.
The aim of GGEF is to leverage private sector investment from United Kingdom to invest in Green Infrastructure Projects in India.
Article Link:
https://www.eversourcecapital.com/about/
https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-business/cdc-invests-70-million-in-climate-fund/article37134572.ece
Site Directed Nuclease (SDN) technology aim to bring precision and efficiency into the breeding process using gene editing tools such as CRISPR. In this regard consider the following statements.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Solution (d)
New technologies such as Site Directed Nuclease (SDN) 1 and 2 aim to bring precision and efficiency into the breeding process using gene editing tools such as CRISPR
Site-Directed Nuclease (SDN) genome editing involves the use of different DNA-cutting enzymes (nucleases) that are directed to cut the DNA at a predetermined location by a range of different DNA binding systems. After the cut is made, the cell’s own DNA repair mechanism recognizes the break and repairs the damage, using one of two pathways that are naturally present in cells:
non-homologous end-joining (NHEJ): The cut DNA is rejoined, but while doing this a few base pairs may be eaten away or added resulting in random small deletions (up to 20) or additions (a few base pairs) of nucleotides at the cut site.
homology-directed repair (HDR): a donor DNA that carries the desired change and has homology with the target site is used to introduce this change at the cut site. In this way you can introduce specific intentional insertions, changes or deletions.
“In this case, you are just tweaking a gene that is already there in the plant, without bringing in any gene from outside. When a protein comes from an outside organism, then you need to test for safety. But in this case, this protein is right there in the plant, and is being changed a little bit, just as nature does through mutation. “But it is much faster and far more precise than natural mutation or conventional breeding methods which involve trial and error and multiple breeding cycles.
Article Link:
https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/gene-editing-guidelines-facing-delay/article37118641.ece
Solution (d)
New technologies such as Site Directed Nuclease (SDN) 1 and 2 aim to bring precision and efficiency into the breeding process using gene editing tools such as CRISPR
Site-Directed Nuclease (SDN) genome editing involves the use of different DNA-cutting enzymes (nucleases) that are directed to cut the DNA at a predetermined location by a range of different DNA binding systems. After the cut is made, the cell’s own DNA repair mechanism recognizes the break and repairs the damage, using one of two pathways that are naturally present in cells:
non-homologous end-joining (NHEJ): The cut DNA is rejoined, but while doing this a few base pairs may be eaten away or added resulting in random small deletions (up to 20) or additions (a few base pairs) of nucleotides at the cut site.
homology-directed repair (HDR): a donor DNA that carries the desired change and has homology with the target site is used to introduce this change at the cut site. In this way you can introduce specific intentional insertions, changes or deletions.
“In this case, you are just tweaking a gene that is already there in the plant, without bringing in any gene from outside. When a protein comes from an outside organism, then you need to test for safety. But in this case, this protein is right there in the plant, and is being changed a little bit, just as nature does through mutation. “But it is much faster and far more precise than natural mutation or conventional breeding methods which involve trial and error and multiple breeding cycles.
Article Link:
https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/gene-editing-guidelines-facing-delay/article37118641.ece
Consider the following statements with respect to Article 131
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Solution (a)
For a dispute to qualify as a dispute under Article 131, it has to necessarily be between states and the Centre, and must involve a question of law or fact on which the existence of a legal right of the state or the Centre depends.
In a 1978 judgment, State of Karnataka v Union of India, Justice P N Bhagwati had said that for the Supreme Court to accept a suit under Article 131, the state need not show that its legal right is violated, but only that the dispute involves a legal question.
Article 131 cannot be used to settle political differences between state and central governments headed by different parties.
Under Article 131, the challenge is made when the rights and power of a state or the Centre are in question.
Article Link:
https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/bengal-cant-bar-cbi-centre-tells-sc/article37134440.ece
Solution (a)
For a dispute to qualify as a dispute under Article 131, it has to necessarily be between states and the Centre, and must involve a question of law or fact on which the existence of a legal right of the state or the Centre depends.
In a 1978 judgment, State of Karnataka v Union of India, Justice P N Bhagwati had said that for the Supreme Court to accept a suit under Article 131, the state need not show that its legal right is violated, but only that the dispute involves a legal question.
Article 131 cannot be used to settle political differences between state and central governments headed by different parties.
Under Article 131, the challenge is made when the rights and power of a state or the Centre are in question.
Article Link:
https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/bengal-cant-bar-cbi-centre-tells-sc/article37134440.ece
Consider the following statements:
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Solution (d)
India’s military posture in the Tawang sector of Arunachal Pradesh has added an offensive punch with the Army deploying Pinaka and Smerch long-range, multi-barrel rocket launch systems as well as BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles in the region.
Smerch, procured from Russia, is the longest range conventional rocket system in the Army’s inventory with a maximum range of 90 km
A battery of four launchers can fire a salvo of 48 rockets in 40 seconds, neutralising an area of 1200mX1200m
Pinaka, multiple rocket launcher, indigenously designed and developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation, has a range of 38 km. “A battery of six launchers of Pinaka can fire a salvo of 72 rockets in 44 seconds, thereby neutralising an area of 1000mX800m
The upgraded version of the Pinaka ammunition systems were already in production line and could fire up to a range of 75 km with superior precision
Both Pinaka and Smerch have 12 rockets in each launcher. “In high-attitude areas, the ranges are enhanced significantly which further augments the deep strike capability of the weapon system,”
Article Link:
https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/armys-array-of-rocket-systems-along-lac/article37134018.ece
Solution (d)
India’s military posture in the Tawang sector of Arunachal Pradesh has added an offensive punch with the Army deploying Pinaka and Smerch long-range, multi-barrel rocket launch systems as well as BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles in the region.
Smerch, procured from Russia, is the longest range conventional rocket system in the Army’s inventory with a maximum range of 90 km
A battery of four launchers can fire a salvo of 48 rockets in 40 seconds, neutralising an area of 1200mX1200m
Pinaka, multiple rocket launcher, indigenously designed and developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation, has a range of 38 km. “A battery of six launchers of Pinaka can fire a salvo of 72 rockets in 44 seconds, thereby neutralising an area of 1000mX800m
The upgraded version of the Pinaka ammunition systems were already in production line and could fire up to a range of 75 km with superior precision
Both Pinaka and Smerch have 12 rockets in each launcher. “In high-attitude areas, the ranges are enhanced significantly which further augments the deep strike capability of the weapon system,”
Article Link:
https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/armys-array-of-rocket-systems-along-lac/article37134018.ece
Konkan Shakti, the first tri-service exercise is conducted between India and which of the following nation?
Solution (b)
As the United Kingdom’s Carrier Strike Group (CSG) gets ready for one of the biggest joint exercises — Konkan Shakti — with India’s armed forces
United Kingdom’s Aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabethaims to strengthen cultural ties with India
HMS Queen Elizabeth has an added task — it aims to strengthen military as well as cultural ties with India with an intent to “demonstrate that democracies that have similar views of the world want to work together to keep peace and stability”.
Stationed 50 miles off the Mumbai coast, this is the first aircraft carrier in the world, designed from the outset to operate fifth generation combat aircraft, which will be hosting members from industry, trade, science and technology in coming days, including a chef.
Article Link:
https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-miscellaneous/tp-others/uk-india-joint-military-exercise-is-to-keep-peace-and-stability-csg-top-officer/article37119223.ece
Solution (b)
As the United Kingdom’s Carrier Strike Group (CSG) gets ready for one of the biggest joint exercises — Konkan Shakti — with India’s armed forces
United Kingdom’s Aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabethaims to strengthen cultural ties with India
HMS Queen Elizabeth has an added task — it aims to strengthen military as well as cultural ties with India with an intent to “demonstrate that democracies that have similar views of the world want to work together to keep peace and stability”.
Stationed 50 miles off the Mumbai coast, this is the first aircraft carrier in the world, designed from the outset to operate fifth generation combat aircraft, which will be hosting members from industry, trade, science and technology in coming days, including a chef.
Article Link:
https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-miscellaneous/tp-others/uk-india-joint-military-exercise-is-to-keep-peace-and-stability-csg-top-officer/article37119223.ece
