Important Topics for Exam 15th December 2022

Important Topics for Exam 15th December 2022 : It will cover all the topics from current affairs which have very high probability to be asked in the competitive examinations like UPSC, SSC, IBPS, State PSC and other competitive examinations in India.

• Forabot is a robot capable of sorting, manipulating and identifying microscopic marine fossils.
• It has an accuracy rate of 79% for identifying forams (single celled organism), which is better than trained human.
• Robot’s AI uses images to identify the type of foram and sort it accordingly.
• Foraminifera also known as form, are very simple micro-organisms that secrete a tiny shell, a little longer than a millimetre.
• These organisms have existed in the ocean for more than 100 million years.

• It is one of most advance air defence system developed by US.
• It is surface-to-air guided missile system that can target cruise missile, aircraft and short range ballistic missile.
• US is planning to give the Patriot missile defence system to Ukraine to help in ongoing war with Russia.

• On national Energy Conservation Day, President of India launched the EV Yatra and mobile application to encourage adoption of electric mobility in country.
• Mobile Application will facilitate navigation to nearest electric vehicle charging state.
• Web Portal will provide access to information related to benefits of e-mobility and schemes run by government for promotion of e-vehicles.
• It is developed by Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), Centre Nodal Agency for rollout of EV Public Charging Infrastructure.

• Gamosa/Gamusa/Gamucha is a white rectangular piece of cloth with primarily a red border in three sides and red woven motifs on the fourth.
• Gamosa is offered as a mark of respect and honour by Assamese people.
• Recently, Gamosa gets GI tag under Geographical Indication of Goods (Registration and protection) Act, 1999.
• GI tags cover under Intellectual Property Rights which comes under Paris Convention for Protection of Industrial Property and Trade Related Aspect of Intellectual Property Right (TRIPS) -WTO.

• Gonds are Dravidian ethno-linguistic group, one of largest tribal groups in India.
• Recently, Upper House (Rajya Sabha) passed a bill to move Gond community from Schedule Caste (SC) to Schedule Tribe (ST) in four districts of Uttar Pradesh (UP).
• Gone People speak Gondi language and mostly are peasant and natural worshippers.

• India and Kazakhstan are conducting Joint Military Exercise name “Kazing-2022” in Umroi (Meghalaya).
• Kazind exercise first conducted in 2016 with name “Prabal Dostyk” and renamed “Kazind” in 2018.

Bosnia and Herzegovina

• It is a Balkan country situated in South-Eastern Europe.
• Recently, European Union decided to grant membership candidate status to Bosnia and Herzegovina.
• It is bordered by Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro.
• Save and Neretva rivers are the major rivers, and Mount Magic is the highest peak.
• Its capital is Sarajevo.

• Tawang is the western most district of Arunachal Pradesh, surrounded by Tibet (China) in north and Bhutan in the south.
• Recently, Indian army foiled an incursion attempt from Chinese troops along the Line of Actual Control in the Tawang sector of Arunachal Pradesh.
• Significance of Tawang : It is home to Tawang Monastery which is the largest monastery of India and 2nd largest in the world after Potala Palace in Lhasa (Tibet).

• The report released by United Nation Environment Programme (UNEP).
• As per report, finance for Nature based Solution (NBS) is currently $154 billion per year which is still less than half of $384 billion per year required by 2025.
• Nature based Solutions (NBS) refers to sustainable management and use of natural features and proactively tackle socio-environmental challenges like climate change, water security, water pollution, biodiversity loss, food security and disaster risk management etc.

• Lecanemab is a drug that is currently in clinical trial for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease.
• It is developed by Pharma company name “Biogen and Eisai”.
• Alzheimer disease is a neurological disorder that cause the brain to shrink and brain cells to die. It is the most common cause of dementia.