10 PM Daily Current Affairs Quiz | June 29 2021

The DRDO has successfully flight tested a New Generation Nuclear Capable Ballistic Missile Agni P from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam island off the coast of Odisha. 

About Agni Prime missile: 

• Agni P is a canisterised based missile. Canisterisation of missiles reduces the time required to launch the missile while improving its storage and mobility, 
• This means that it can be launched from rail and road and stored for a longer period.It can also be transported across the length and breadth of the country. 
• Weight: The missile weighs 50% less than Agni III and has new guidance and a new generation of propulsion. 

• Range: The missile has a range between 1000km to 2000km.It has been developed specifically to strike targets in Pakistan.Its range is too short to reach targets in the Chinese mainland. 
•  The Agni-P will replace the Prithvi, Agni-1 and Agni-2 missiles that were built two decades ago with technologies that are now considered outdated. 

Source: PIB 

The central government has extended the term of K.K. Venugopal as Attorney General (AG) for one more year.

About the Attorney General (AG) of India:

• The Attorney General (AG) of India is a part of the Union Executive. AG is the highest law officer in the country.
• Appointment: AG is appointed by the President on the advice of the government. S/he must be a person who is qualified to be appointed a judge of the Supreme Court. i.e.

• s/he must be a citizen of India
• S/he must have been a judge of some high court for five years or an advocate of some high court for ten years or an eminent jurist, in the opinion of the President.

• Procedures and grounds for the removal of AG are not mentioned in the Constitution. S/he holds office during the pleasure of the President (may be removed by the President at any time).

Source: The Hindu

Recently, China has put into operation the Baihetan Dam, world’s Second Biggest Hydropower Dam. (Three Gorges Dam, opened in 2003 on the Yangtze, is the world’s biggest hydroelectric dam.)

About the Baihetan Dam:

• The Baihetan Dam on the Jinsha River, a tributary of the Yangtze, is part of Chinese efforts to curb surging fossil fuel demand by building more hydropower capacity
• The 289-m-tall Baihetan Dam will have 16 generating units with a capacity of 1 million kilowatts each.
• It will eventually be able to generate enough electricity each day once to meet the power needs of 5,00,000 people for an entire year.

Source: Livemint

Recently, the World-Wide Fund for Nature-India (WWF) found a few tigers inhabiting the Barnadi Wildlife Sanctuary in Assam.

About the Barnadi Wildlife Sanctuary:

• It is one of the smallest WS (Wildlife Sanctuary) of Assam and covers an area of 26.22 sq. Km.
• The Sanctuary is bordered by the Barnadi river and Nalapara river to the west and east respectively.
• It was established specifically to protect the Pygmy Hog and Hispid Hare/Assam Rabit

Source: The Hindu

Recently Department of Fertilisers has released an Action Plan for making India Aatmanirbhar in fertiliser production through indigenous resources.

About Rock Phosphate:

• Rock Phosphate is the key raw material for DAP and NPK fertilisers
• India is 90% dependent on imports so the volatility in international prices affects domestic prices of fertilisers and hinders the progress and development of agriculture sector in the country.
• India has almost 30 lakh MT of Phosphorite deposits. It is available in Rajasthan, central part of peninsular India, Hirapur(MP) ,Lalitpur(UP) , Mussoorie syncline , Cuddapah basin(AP).

Source: PIB

Both statements are correct 

• The National Small Savings Fund (NSSF) is a fund body, which pools money from various small saving schemes. It was established in 1999 within the Public Account of India. It is administered by the Ministry of Finance, Government of India, under the National Small Savings Fund (Custody and Investment) Rules, 2001, derived from Article 283(1) of the Constitution. 
• NSSF combines the collections obtained from different small saving schemes. The pool from all such schemes is credited to the NSSF and withdrawals under small saving schemes by depositors are made from this Fund. 

• Further, the money parked in the NSSF is used by the Centre and states to finance their fiscal deficit, while the balance is invested in central and state government securities. 
• As per the recommendations of the Fourteenth Finance Commission, all states in India use the NSSF fund for their financing needs except Kerala, Delhi, Arunachal Pradesh, and Madhya Pradesh as these states get loans at lower rates of interest. 

Source: Article 

• The correct order is – Kerch Strait – Bosporus Strait – Dardanelles Strait

Source: Places in news

• A triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) is a self-powered device that makes use of mechanical energy in the form of vibrations present everywhere in different forms to generate electricity.

Source: Article

• Statement 1 is correct: It is endemic to the Indian subcontinent. It is found in Rajasthan (Desert National Park), Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh in India and parts of Pakistan.
• Statement 2 is incorrect: It is a critically Endangered species with less than 150 birds left in the wild. It is one of the heaviest flying birds (weighing up to 15kgs).
• Read more.

Source: Article

Sea Guardian, is the maritime variant of the Predator MQ-9 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) of USA.