IASbaba's Flagship Course: Integrated Learning Programme (ILP) - 2024 Read Details
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Context: Palestine accuses Israel of apartheid at ICJ
Background:-
About International Court of Justice :-
Source: The Guardian
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Context: The year 2023 has been confirmed as the hottest year in global temperature records going back to 1850 triggering debates about extreme weather events in the near future.
Background:
About the interconnection between climate change and extreme weather events:
Source: The Indian Express
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Context: Prime Minister Modi will inaugurate the Chenab Bridge, the worlds highest single arch railway Bridge.
Background:
About Chenab bridge
Source: The Indian Express
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Context: An adult male tiger was recently recorded on a camera trap in Buxa Tiger Reserve in north Bengal after 23 years.
Background:
About Buxa Tiger Reserve:
Source: Mongabay
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Context: The Fourteenth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS COP 14) adopted the Initiative for the Central Asian Flyway introduced by India on February 17, 2024.
Background:
About Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
Source: Down to Earth
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Context: A new study has been published in the journal Nature Communications titled- ‘Arctic marine heatwaves forced by greenhouse gases and triggered by abrupt sea-ice melt’, which shows that since 2007, unprecedented Marine Heatwave (MHW) events have occurred over the Arctic Ocean.
Background:
Key findings/highlights of the study:
Sources : Down To Earth
Q1.) Consider the following statements about international Court of Justice:
How many statements given above is/ are correct?
Q2.) With reference to Central Asian Flyway (CAF) initiative, consider the following statements:
How many statements given above is/ are correct?
Q3.) Consider the following tiger reserves in India:
How many of the above are located in West Bengal?
Comment the answers to the above questions in the comment section below!!
ANSWERS FOR ’ 20th February 2024 – Daily Practice MCQs’ will be updated along with tomorrow’s Daily Current Affairs.st
Q.1) – c
Q.2) – b
Q.3) – a