08 Feb.

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1. WHO released Global Cancer within 5 years after cancer

Burden Report diagnosis was 53.5 million.
 Key facts
 Lung cancer is the most commonly
diagnosed cancer worldwide, with
2.5 million new cases, accounting
for 12.4% of total new cases.
 Female breast cancer ranks second
(2.3 million cases, 11.6%), followed
by colorectal cancer (1.9 million
cases, 9.6%), prostate cancer (1.5
million cases, 7.3%), and colon
 The International Agency for
cancer (970 000 cases, 4.9%).
Research on Cancer (IARC), the
 Lung cancer was the leading cause
cancer agency of the World Health
of cancer deaths (1.8 million
Organization (WHO), released the
deaths, 18.7% of total cancer
Global Cancer Burden Report, the
deaths), followed by colorectal
latest estimate of the global
cancer (900,000 deaths, 9.3%), liver
burden of cancer.
cancer (760,000 deaths, 7.8%),
 WHO also published survey results
breast cancer.
from 115 countries. Cancer is the
 Among women, the most
second leading cause of death
commonly diagnosed cancer and
globally, causing an estimated 9.6
leading cause of death was breast
million deaths in 2018, or 1 in 6
cancer, while for men it was lung
deaths.
cancer. Breast cancer was the most
 In 2022, there will be an estimated
common cancer in women in most
20 million new cancer cases and 9.7
countries (157 out of 185).
million deaths. The estimated
 Cervical cancer was the eighth
number of people who survived
most commonly diagnosed cancer

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globally and the ninth leading
cause of cancer deaths, with
661,044 new cases and 348,186
deaths.
 More than 35 million new cancer
cases are predicted in 2050, a 77%
increase from the 20 million cases
projected in 2022.
 Lung, prostate, colorectal, stomach
and liver cancer are the most
common types of cancer in men,
while breast, colorectal, lung,
cervical and thyroid cancer are the
most common in women. While
tobacco, alcohol and obesity are
the major factors behind the
increasing incidence of cancer, air
pollution is still the major driver of
environmental risk factors.
2. Mio Oka appointed
Director of ADB India
 The Asian Development Bank (ADB)
has appointed Mio Oka as its
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Director for India, succeeding
Takeo Konishi, who has been
promoted as ADB Director General
for South Asia, based in Manila
headquarters.
 Ms. Oka will be responsible for
leading ADB operations in India
and fostering relationships with
the Government and other
development partners in the
country. She will lead the
implementation of ADB's Country
Partnership Strategy, 2023-2027.
 It is designed to catalyze strong,
climate-resilient and inclusive
private sector-led growth in India.
This will be achieved through
accelerated structural
transformation and job creation,
promoting climate-resilient green
growth, and increased social and
economic inclusivity.
 Since the beginning of its country
operations in 1986, ADB has been a
steadfast partner in supporting
India's development goals and
economic growth. A Japanese
national, Ms. Oka has nearly three
decades of professional experience,
including more than 18 years with
ADB.
 Prior to her tenure at ADB, Ms. Oka
worked with the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs of Japan, the Japan
Bank for International
Cooperation, and the Japan
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International Cooperation Agency
Bangladesh Office.
 Asian Development Bank
 India is currently ADB's fourth
largest shareholder and one of its
largest borrowers since 2010. In
2023, ADB has pledged a sovereign
loan of $2.59 billion to India in
addition to $16.31 million in
technical assistance and $5.25
million in grants under the
Sovereign Portfolio.
 ADB is committed to achieving a
prosperous, inclusive, resilient, and
sustainable Asia and the Pacific
while continuing its efforts to
eradicate extreme poverty.
Established in 1966, it is owned by
68 members – 49 of whom are from
the region.
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3. In Anti-Cheating Bill-24, paper
leaking or tampering with answer
sheets has been included in the
category of crime.
 Lok Sabha passed a public
examination (prevention of unfair
means) Bill, 2024 to prevent
government recruitment
examination fraud including paper
leaks.
 Currently, there is no specific
concrete law to deal with improper
methods adopted by various
institutions involved in conducting
public examinations by the central
government and agencies.
 The Public Examination Bill
introduced by Union Minister of
State for Personnel Jitendra Singh,
in 2024 as a crime committed by a
person, group of individuals or
institutions, "leaking of question
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paper or answer key",
"Unauthorized in public
examination It also includes the
manner directly or indirectly
assisting the candidate and
"tampering with a computer
network or computer resource or
computer system".
 It provides for a minimum of 5 to 10
years jail sentence and a minimum
of Rs 1 crore fine for cooperating
with the authorities in leaking test
paper or tampering with answer
sheets. Under this Bill, 2024,
copying in the examination is
considered a crime.
 In addition, the Criminal Law
(Amendment) Ordinance, 1944 has
made unfair examination practices
a criminal offense.
 All offences under the Bill will be
cognizable, non-bailable and non-
compoundable, meaning the police
will have the right to act on their
own (and arrest suspects without a
warrant), the accused will not be
entitled to bail, and alleged
offences cannot be settled through
compromise.
 The Bill includes recruitment
examinations conducted by Union
Public Service Commission (UPSC),
Staff Selection Commission (SSC),
Railway Recruitment Board (RRB),
Banking Personnel Selection
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Institute (IBPS) and National
Testing Agency (NTA).
4. Uttarakhand became the
first state to pass the historic
Uniform Civil Code Bill.
 The Uttarakhand Assembly on 7
February 2024 passed the historic
Uniform Civil Code Uttarakhand
2024 Bill, fulfilling a key promise
made by the BJP during the 2022
assembly elections.
 Speaking in the Assembly during
the discussion on UCC, Chief
Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said
that after independence, the
Constitution makers gave the right
under Article 44 that states can
also implement UCC at the
appropriate time. The bill, which
will become law after it is approved
by the Governor.
 However, nothing contained in the
proposed UCC Bill shall apply to
members of any Scheduled Tribe
within the meaning of clause (25)
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of article 366 read with article 342
of the Constitution of India and to
persons and groups of persons
whose customary Have rights.
Protected under Part XXI of the
Constitution of India.
 In fact, Goa also has a uniform civil
code for people of all religions;
After the liberation of 1961, it
retained the Portuguese Civil Code
of 1867.
 UCC bill
 The UCC Bill proposes uniform laws
governing issues such as marriage,
divorce and inheritance for all
religions.
 Among several proposals, the
Uniform Civil Code Bill makes it
mandatory for live-in relationships
to be registered under the law.
Once the proposed UCC Bill comes
into force, “live-in relationships”
will have to be registered under the
law within 1 month from the “date
of entering into the relationship”.
 Additionally, adults must obtain
consent from their parents if they
choose to be in a live-in
relationship. Children born from
such live-in relationships will be
considered legitimate children of
the couple under this
 This bill imposes a complete ban on
child marriage and introduces a
uniform procedure for divorce. It
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provides equal rights to women of
all religions in their ancestral
property.
 The final Uniform Civil Code draft
for Uttarakhand recommends a
ban on triple talaq and halala.
 The UCC Bill also proposes to give
equal rights in inheriting property
to sons and daughters of all
classes, including legitimate or
illegitimate children, biological or
adopted children, or children born
through surrogacy or assisted
reproductive technologies. There
will be no difference between.
 According to the UCC Bill, the age
of marriage in all communities will
be 18 years for women and 21 years
for men. Marriage registration is
mandatory in all religions and
marriages without registration will
be void. No divorce petition will be
allowed to be filed after one year of
marriage.
 If one person in a married couple
changes his/her religion without
the consent of the other person,
the other person will have every
right to apply for divorce and
maintenance allowance. It will also
bar second marriage if one of the
spouses is alive.
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allspice and star anise were
5. 7th session of Codex
finalized. The final step is to send 8
Committee on Spices and
recommendations to the Codex
Culinary Herbs held in Kochi
Alimentarius Commission (CAC) for
adoption as full Codex standards.
 The strategy of grouping of spices
was successfully implemented for
the first time in this committee.
Thus the Committee finalized the
first group standard for 'Spices
derived from fruits and berries'
(covering 3 spices, namely juniper
berry, allspice and star anise) in the
current session.
 Proposals for development of
Codex standards for dried
coriander seeds, black cardamom,
sweet marjoram and cinnamon
were placed before the Committee
and accepted. The committee will
work on draft standards for these
 The 7th session of the Codex
four spices in its upcoming
Committee on Spices and Culinary
editions.
Herbs (CCSCH) of the World Food
 CCSCH7
Organization and the World Health
 The Codex Alimentarius
Organization was held in Kochi,
Commission (CAC), established
Kerala from 29 January 2024 to 2
jointly by FAO and WHO, is an
February 2024.
international, intergovernmental
 Following the COVID-19 pandemic,
body with a membership of over
CCSCH7 was the first physically
194 countries, based in Rome, Italy,
held session of the Committee. 109
and is charged with the
delegates from 31 countries
responsibility of formulating
participated in the session.
internationally accepted standards
 In this session of CCSCH7, quality
related to human food. The work
standards for 5 spices, black
has been assigned.
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 The Codex Committee on Spices
and Culinary Herbs (CCSCH) was
established in 2013 as one of the
Commodity Committees under the
Codex Alimentarius Commission
(CAC).
 CAC standards are recognized by
WTO as the international reference
point for resolution of trade
disputes related to food safety and
consumer protection.
6. Union Education Minister
Dharmendra Pradhan started
‘Vidyanjali Scholarship Programme’
 Union Minister of Education & Skill
Development & Entrepreneurship
Dharmendra Pradhan launched the
EdCIL Vidyanjali Scholarship
Program (VSP) on 6 February 2024
at VSP Rang Bhawan, All India
Radio, New Delhi.
 It aims to revolutionize
opportunities for quality education
and access to higher education
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institutions. Under this initiative,
there is a system to provide
uninterrupted education facilities
to the resourceless meritorious
students from secondary to higher
education.
 This program guarantees access to
high quality learning systems.
Towards an educated India,
ensuring that no child is left
behind. The event will strengthen
the efforts of the government in
promoting educational inclusivity
and socio-economic upliftment in
the country.
 On this occasion, Pradhan said that
VSP is in line with the
arrangements envisaged in NEP
2020. During the program,
important MoUs were exchanged
with five different groups in the
field of education in the presence
of the Union Minister.
 These groups are: Fiat India, HDFC
Bank Ltd, Clearmedi Healthcare,
Bharat Forge and Bill and Melinda
Gates Foundation.
 Under this initiative, schools are
expected to connect with
experienced professionals from
various fields. These may mainly
include the following: Indian
expatriates, professional youth,
retired teachers, retired
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government officials and retired
professionals.
 Vidyanjali Program
 The Vidyanjali program was
launched by Prime Minister
Narendra Modi on the occasion of
Shiksha Parv in September 2021.
Vidyanjali is a unique school
volunteer management program of
the Ministry of Education,
Government of India under the
Department of School Education
and Literacy. The program provides
opportunities for communities and
organizations and volunteers to
connect with schools located in
urban and rural areas.
7. IIT Kanpur developed the
country's first hyper velocity
expansion tunnel 'Jigarthanda
(S-2)' facility.
 IIT Kanpur has developed and
successfully tested the country's
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first 24 meter long Hyper Velocity
Expansion Tunnel ‘Jigarthanda (S-
2)’ facility. With this technical
facility developed by IIT Kanpur,
hypersonic cruise missiles can be
prepared for precise targeting.
 It will be used in Gaganyaan, RLV as
well as in various research and
projects of ISRO and DRDO. It is
India's first Hyper Velocity
Expansion Tunnel facility, designed
by Ibrahim Sugarno, Associate
Professor and his team at the
institute.
 According to IIT Director S Ganesh,
it has been installed in the
Hypersonic Experimental
Aerodynamics Lab of the Institute's
Aerospace Engineering
Department.
 It has been prepared with the help
of Aeronautical Research and
Development Board (ARDB),
Department of Science and
Technology (DST) and IITs. It took
three years to prepare its
indigenous design.
 This test facility will make it easier
to prepare future hypersonic cruise
missiles or rocket launcher vehicles
to give accurate results in high
speed conditions.
 'Free Piston Driver' system has
been prepared in the tunnel ready
for testing. In this it is fired at a
speed of 150-200 meters per second
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at atmospheric high pressure of 20-
35 atm and is stopped completely
without any deceleration.
 With the help of this test facility,
atmospheric entry of rocket
launcher vehicles, asteroid entry,
scramjet flights can be studied.
Flight speeds between 3-10 km per
second can be achieved in the
tunnel. How an aircraft or missile
behaves at hypersonic speeds,
which design reacts in which way.
8. Telangana Football
Association to host FIFA World
Cup qualifier match for the
first time in Hyderabad
 Telangana Football Association will
organize a top level international
football match on its soil for the
first time in its history. The
qualifier match for the FIFA
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Football World Cup will take place
between Kuwait and India on June
6, 2026 in Hyderabad.
 Telangana Football Association
Secretary GP Palguna has
confirmed this news. He thanked
All India Football Federation (AIFF)
president Kalyan Choubey for
allotting the match to Hyderabad.
 The Chief Minister expressed his
support for the event, paving the
way for the historic match. The
State Government confirmed its
support for this initiative after a
meeting between Dr Mahi, Mr
Palguna, Mr Shahnawaz Qasim IPS,
OSD and Mr Ajith Reddy.
 FIFA Football World Cup-2026
 The FIFA World Cup 2026, hosted by
the United States, Canada and
Mexico, will start at the Estadio
Azteca Stadium in Mexico City and
end at the MetLife Stadium in New
York, New Jersey on July 19, 2026.
 The tournament will feature 104
matches in 16 cities, featuring 48
teams, with Canada hosting its first
FIFA World Cup, while the United
States will host the tournament for
the second time since 1994.
 Dallas will host the largest number
of matches, a total of nine, making
it the most prominent host city in
the tournament. The Estadio Azteca
stadium will be hosting the World
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Cup for the third time by Mexico
after the 1970 and 1986 editions.
9. Rajasthan Education
Department started ‘Bounce
of Joy Programme’
 “Bounce of Joy” as an innovative
initiative in the state by the
Department of School Education
and Stairs Foundation (in
collaboration with National Sports
Promotion Organisation-NSPO and
ITC) to promote sports and nurture
sports talent in schools of
Rajasthan. The program has been
started.
 Inaugurating the program, Shri
Jain, Government Secretary, School
Education Department, said that
through the 'Bounce of Joy'
program, special training will be
given to the physical teachers of
our schools, so that they can
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nurture the young sports talents in
the schools.
 Under the 'Bounce of Joy'
programme, 100 schools and 132
physical education teachers across
Rajasthan have been selected in
the pilot phase based on 'Need Gap
Analysis'.
 'Bounce of Joy' emphasizes the
recognition of teachers along with
the school selection process.
 Physical education instructors are
selected not only for their
professional expertise but also for
their unwavering dedication
towards promoting sports in
education.
 Additionally, 'Bounce of Joy' covers
wider aspects of student well-
being, beyond the scope of sports
education. Aspects like nutrition,
health, hygiene and life skills
awareness have been integrated in
this module.
 Under this, a dedicated team of
professional football trainers will
conduct more than 100 classes
across the state. This includes
activities such as distributing and
assembling training goalposts,
providing uniform and high quality
infrastructure in all participating
schools, distributing professional-
grade footballs to promoting the
standard of accessible sports
equipment.
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10. Maharashtra government
will launch ‘Mukhyamantri
Vayoshri Yojana’ 2024
 On 5 February 2024, the launch of
Mukhyamantri Vayoshri Yojana has
been announced under the
leadership of Maharashtra CM
Eknath Shinde. Under this scheme,
citizens above 65 years of age will
be screened and those found
eligible will be given Rs 3,000.
 Through this Mukhyamantri
Vayoshri Yojana, around 15 lakh
senior citizens who are suffering
from any physical or mental
disability are likely to get benefits.
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Mukhyamantri Vayoshri Yojana will
be implemented in almost all the
districts of the state. A budget of Rs
480 crore has been released for
this.
 Applicant must be a permanent
resident of Maharashtra state.
Senior citizens who are suffering
from any physical or mental
disability are eligible. The
minimum age required is 65 years
i.e. the age of the beneficiaries
should be at least 65 years.
 Due to old age, senior citizens have
to face many problems. Such as not
being able to hear well, not being
able to see well, difficulty in
walking etc. Apart from this, many
citizens also start having mental
problems. Who needs therapy. But
due to his weak financial condition
he cannot buy the necessary
equipment to solve this problem.
 That is why Maharashtra State
Government has started
Mukhyamantri Vayoshri Yojana to
provide financial assistance to the
citizens. The amount will be
deposited in the beneficiary's bank
account through Direct Benefit
Transfer (DBT).
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[1] According to WHO's Global Cancer [6] Who has recently started
Burden Report, which cancer has ‘Vidyanjali Scholarship
the highest number of cases in the Programme’?
year 2022? (a) UGC
(a) Lung cancer (b) NITI Aayog
(b) Female breast cancer (c) NCERT
(c) Colorectal cancer (d) Ministry of Education
(d) Prostate cancer [7] Who has recently developed the
[2] Who has been recently appointed country's first hyper velocity
as the Director of ADB India? expansion tunnel 'Jigarthanda (S-
(a) Takeo Konishi 2)'?
(b) Masatsugu Asakawa (a) IIT Kanpur (b) IIT Delhi
(c) Mio Oka (c) IIT Mumbai (d) IIT Bangalore
(d) Dilma Vana Rousseff [8] Where will the qualifier matches
[3] How much penalty is provided in for FIFA Football World Cup-2026
the Public Examination be held in India?
(Prevention of Unfair Means) Bill, (a) Kolkata
2024 recently passed in the Lok (b) Hyderabad
Sabha? (c) Ahmedabad
(a) 1 Crore (b) 2 Crore (d) Kochi
(c) 3 Crore (d) None of these [9] Who has recently started the
[4] Which is the first state to pass the ‘Bounce of Joy Programme’?
historic Uniform Civil Code Bill (a) Punjab
recently? (b) Haryana
(a) Uttarakhand (c) Rajasthan
(b) Haryana (d) Himachal Pradesh
(c) Himachal Pradesh [10] Who has recently announced
(d) Uttar Pradesh financial assistance of Rs 3000
[5] Where was the 7th session of the under 'Mukhyamantri Vayoshri
Codex Committee on Spices and Yojana' 2024?
Culinary Herbs of FAO and WHO (a) Karnataka
held recently? (b) Tamil Nadu
(a) Surat (c) Maharashtra
(b) Guwahati (d) Goa
(c) Kochi
(d) Mumbai

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