Answer is B

• The Krishna river originates in the Western Ghats near Mahabaleshwar at an elevation of about 1,300 feet, in the central Indian state of Maharashtra.

Answer is D

• The four-day air exercise ‘Udarashakti’ between the Indian Air Force (IAF) and the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) concluded in Malaysia.

Answer is C

• Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Wednesday said that under Asian Development Bank plan, a state-of-art International Convention Centre would be constructed at Dharamshala and Rs 150 crore would be spent on it.

Answer is A

• Based on the interpretation of IRS Resourcesat-2 LISS III satellite data of the period Oct to Dec 2017, the Forest Cover in the State is 15,433.52 sq km which is 27.72% of the State's geographical area. In terms of forest canopy density classes, the State has 3,112.71 sq km under Very Dense Forest(VDF), 7,125.93 sq km under Moderately Dense Forest (MDF) and 5,194.88 sq km under Open Forest (OF). Forest Cover in the State has increased by 333.52 sq km as compared to the previous assessment reported in ISFR.

Answer is C

• India has an Independent Judiciary. It ensures the proper functioning of the constitution and the enforcement of various provisions of the Constitution.

Answer is C

What is the news?

• Inauguration of the 10th National Conference of women in police at HP Raj Bhavan on 21st of August 2022.
• The inaugural session was presided over by Hon’ble Union Minister of State for Home, Shri Nityanand Rai in the presence of Shri Balaji Shrivastav, Director General, Bureau of Police Research & Development and Shri Sanjay Kundu, DGP H.P.

Who will conduct?

• The national level conference will be held in collaboration with the Union Home Ministry Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D) and Himachal Police.
• It will include 250 women constables to DGPs and para-military officers.

Answer is D

• In law, certiorari is a court process to seek judicial review of a decision of a lower court or government agency.

Answer is D

What is the news?

• A center of excellence in dairy and a center for training members of Panchayati Raj Institutions were being set up at Basal village

Purpose:

• Center of excellence in dairy and a center for training members of Panchayati Raj Institutions were being set up in Basal village in district Una at a cost of Rs 47 crore and Rs 8 crore.
• The diary center would be built with technical assistance from Denmark, where entrepreneurs would be able to get training and technical knowhow regarding the latest interventions in dairy farming.