10 PM Current Affairs Quiz #29 December 4, 2019

Explanation: Pradhan Mantri YUVA Yojana (Yuva Udyamita Vikas Abhiyan) is a centrally sponsored Scheme launched in 2016. The aim of the scheme is to create an enabling ecosystem by 2021 for entrepreneurship development through entrepreneurship education & training, advocacy, and easy access to entrepreneurship network. The target beneficiaries of the scheme are categorized as follows:
•Traditional students enrolled in degree programme across undergraduate/ postgraduate courses/ PhD programme/ Diploma
•School Students
•Students in Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs)
•All citizens including unorganized sector, women, and existing entrepreneurs in rural as well as urban areas, who would like to take up entrepreneurship education through coordination and support programmes.

Explanation: Saudi Arabia became the first Arab nation Sunday to take over the G20 presidency as it seeks to bounce back onto the world stage following global uproar over its human rights record. The oil-rich kingdom has promoted a liberalization drive, including granting greater rights to women, but faced strong criticism over a crackdown on dissent and the murder last year of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The G20 presidency, which Saudi Arabia takes over from Japan, will see it host world leaders for a global summit in its capital next November 21-22.

Explanation: Minor Forest Produce (MFP) is a subset of forest produce. The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 defines minor forest produce as all non-timber forest produce of plant origin. These include bamboo, brushwood, stumps, canes, cocoon, honey, waxes, Lac, tendu leaves, medicinal plants and herbs, roots among others.

Explanation: The Hand-in-Hand exercise is a joint military exercise between India and China.It was held for the first time in the year 2007. This year’s exercise will be held with the theme counter terrorism under United Nations mandate. The aim of the exercise is to practice joint planning and conduct of counter terrorist operations in semi urban terrain. The 8th India-China joint training exercise ‘HAND-IN-HAND 2019’ is scheduled to be conducted at Umroi, Meghalaya.

Explanation: Exercise SURYA KIRAN – XIV is an annual exercise which is conducted alternatively in Nepal and India. The aim of the exercise is a joint training of troops in counter-insurgency, counter-terrorism operations in both jungle and mountainous terrain and disaster management. The exercise will enhance the level of defense cooperation which will further foster the bilateral relations between the two nations.