Tnpsc Current Affairs in English – 9th December 2023

1. The Central government has approved the first urban flood mitigation project for which state/UT?

A. Tamil Nadu 🗹

B. Odisha

C. West Bengal

D. Andhra Pradesh

• The Central government has approved the first urban flood mitigation project of Rs 561.29 crore for ‘Integrated Urban Flood Management’ activities for the Chennai Basin project, as per Union Home Minister Amit Shah. This is the first in a series of urban flood mitigation efforts and will help develop a broader framework for urban flood management.

2. Aerial Delivery Research and Development Establishment (ADRDE) is a defence research laboratory under?

A. ISRO

B. DRDO 🗹

C. IISc Bengaluru

D. IIT Madras

• A C-17 transport aircraft of the Indian Air Force airdropped in a military zone in Agra an indigenously developed heavy platform that can carry a maximum load of 16 tonnes. It is for the first time that a platform having a dimension of 24 feet by eight feet with 16 tonnes load capacity was airdropped from an IAF plane. An Indian Air Force C-17 airdropped an ADRDE-developed Type V Platform (24 ft), for the first time. The Aerial Delivery Research and Development Establishment (ADRDE) is a premier defence research laboratory.

3. Tiriyani Block, which secured top position in the first delta rankings of Aspirational Blocks Programme (ABP), is from which state/UT?

A. Tamil Nadu

B. Telangana 🗹

C. Odisha

D. Jharkhand

• Tiriyani Block of Kumuram Bheem Asifabad district, Telangana secured the top position inthe first delta rankings of Aspirational Blocks Programme (ABP) announced by NITI Aayog. The second position was bagged by Kaushambi block of Kaushambi District, Uttar Pradesh. The ranking of the blocks has been calculated on the basis of performance of blocks and progress achieved in the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) in the month of June, 2023.

4. What is the name of the short-range ballistic missile recently launched by India?

A. Agni-1 🗹

B. Astra-1

C. Avani-1

D. Ajwa-1

• India successfully conducted the training launch of short-range ballistic missile ‘Agni-1 from APJ Abdul Kalam Island, off the Odisha coast. The user training launch successfully validated all operational and technical parameters,” said the official. In October last year, India successfully test-fired ‘Agni Prime’ – a new generation of ballistic missiles from off the coast of Odisha.

5. Which city is the host of International Food Convention, IFCON 2023?

A. Chennai

B. Mysuru 🗹

C. Kolkata

D. Varanasi

• The three-day 9^th International Food Convention, IFCON 2023, jointly organised by CSIR-CFTRI and Association of Food Scientists and Technologists (India) (AFSTI) will be held at Mysuru. The event, which is held once in five years, is expecting more than 3,000 delegates including students, industrialists, researchers and others taking part. While the international research and conferences are held in foreign countries, the food convention is being held in India.

6. How many countries are permanent members in the UN Security Council?

A. 3

B. 5 🗹

C. 7

D. 10

• UN President urged the UN Security Council President to help avert a humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza and appealed for a humanitarian ceasefire to be declared. The UNSC comprises five permanent members, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, China and Russia and 10 non-permanent members appointed for specific periods.
• On a rotational basis, each of these 15 countries holds the presidency for a month. Ecuador is the President for December 2023. Article 99 of the UN Charter is the founding document of the United Nations. Based on the powers conferred through it, the UN can take action on a wide variety of issues.

7. Which Union Ministry is associated with the ‘Rubber (Promotion and Development) Bill, 2023’?

A. Ministry of MSME

B. Ministry of Commerce and Industry 🗹

C. Ministry of Labour and Employment

D. Ministry of Power

• Ministry of Commerce and Industry released the revised draft Rubber (Promotion and Development) Bill, 2023, to reconstitute the Rubber Board. On a direction by the government, the Rubber Board is scheduled to hold three open house sessions, to discuss the revised draft. An earlier Bill introduced by the Union Govt-Rubber (Promotion and Development) Bill, 2022, which sought to repeal the Rubber Act of 1947-had ignited widespread protests among rubber farmers.

8. ‘Santiniketan’ is a university town situated in which state/UT?

A. Puducherry

B. West Bengal 🗹

C. Goa

D. Odisha

• A university town in West Bengal’s Birbhum district, ‘Santiniketan’ has recently been included in UNESCO’s World Heritage List. A UNESCO recognized World Heritage Site, Santiniketan refers to the Vishvabharati established at the site by Devendranath Tagore. Santiniketan founded by Devendranath Tagore and the university founded by his son Rabindranath Tagore have got UNESCO World Heritage status.

9. ‘Suchitwa Theeram’ Project, which was seen in the news, was launched by which state?

A. Jharkhand

B. Gujarat

C. Odisha

D. Kerala 🗹

• The Kozhikode district administration is launching ‘Suchitwa Theeram’, a project to keep the coastal areas of the district free of plastic and garbage. The project is being implemented under the aegis of the Department of Local Administration under the ‘Malinya Muktha Navakeralam’ programme. Volunteers under campuses of Kozhikode, National Service Scheme, members of Harithakarma Sena and Kudumbasree will take part in the drive.

10. ‘Impatiens karuppusamyi‘, which was seen in the news, belongs to which species?

A. Fish

B. Plant 🗹

C. Bird

D. Spider

• The researchers of Botanical Survey of India (BSI) have discovered a new species of plant from Kalakad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, Tamil Nadu. The plant has been named ‘Impatiens karuppusamyi’. The species shows similarity with its alike species ‘Impatiens Bicornis’, but differs from it in terms of having small leaves, six to eight flowered, short scape, and small flowers. There are more than 1000 species of ‘Impatiens’ worldwide, of which more than 280 are found in India.

11. Which university is named the world’s most sustainable university, as per “QS World University Rankings: Sustainability 2024”?

A. University of Toronto 🗹

B. IISc Bengaluru

C. IIT Madras

D. Delhi University

• The University of Toronto is named the world’s most sustainable university, followed by the University of California, Berkeley (UCB) in second and the University of Manchester in third place. Ranked 220th globally, Delhi University is at the top among Indian universities in the “QS World University Rankings: Sustainability 2024”, It is the only Indian entity in the top 300, as IITs from Bombay, Madras, Kharagpur and Roorkee are ranked among the top 400.