10 PM Current Affairs Quiz #19 October 25, 2019

Explanation: Mission Shakti demonstrates the “nation’s capability to defend its assets in the outer space,” besides vindicating the technological competence of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), the exclusive research and development (R&D) department of the Ministry of Defence. The mission demonstrated anti-satellite technology. The mission destroyed a live orbiting satellite at the Low Earth Orbit. The mission used a missile at a speed of 11 km per second to destroy the satellite. The technology used in the A-SAT mission was named by India as “hit to kill” technology. The covert technology was developed by India. It enables to destroy enemy satellite with 10-centi metre accuracy.
India emerged as the fourth member of the exclusive club of space powers (US, Russia and China) that have had demonstrated ASAT capabilities.

Explanation: Recently, The East Coast Railways commissioned the first waste-to-energy plant of Railways sector of India. It is the fourth such plant in the country. The first of such plant was established by Infosys in 2011 at Bengaluru. The second plant was established in Delhi in 2014 and the third was installed by Hindalco in 2019.
The plant installed converts waste collected from the garbage disposal units into carbon powder, diesel and gas using Polycrack Technology. The diesel oil is to be sold by the Railways to other stake holders for commercial purposes. The gas and carbon powder are to be used in brick manufacturing. The best thing of the plant is that it does not leave any waste at the end. The plant has the capacity to process 500 kg of waste per day and will earn Rs 17.5 lakh per annum.
In Polycrack Technology, waste is processed and reformed in 24 hours. The only drawback is that it requires larger area. The technology involves de-polmerization, cracking, reforming, scrubbing, particle filtration and rapid quenching. The major benefit of the method is that it does not require pre-segregation.

Explanation: On January 25, 2020, India’s first Super Fab Lab was inaugurated in Kerala. The laboratory is to function in collaboration with Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA. It is the only laboratory that is being installed outside US. The Super Fab Lab is being installed in collaboration with KSUM (Kerala Startup Mission). The laboratory will break down barriers between physical world and digital world.
A Fab Lab is a laboratory that offers digital fabrication. It is colloquially defined as, “How to make almost anything”. It is an array of computers that covers almost all materials. It is used in businesses to develop prototypes and also in education. It includes CNC cutting, plasma metal cutting, laser cutting, electronics and microprocessors and 3D printing and scanning.

Explanation: National Voters Day is celebrated on the 25th of January since the year 2011 to mark Election Commission’s foundation day. The objective of the day is to:
a)encourage, facilitate and maximize the enrolment, especially for the new voters and
b)spread awareness among voters for promoting informed participation in the elections.
Theme this year : “Electoral Literacy for Stronger Democracy”.

Explanation: Karwar port is situated at the Southern side of the Kali River in the state of Karnataka. This port has been developed as an all weather port in the Karwar bay. The port, which is operated by the Government of Karnataka services the hinterland of northern Karnataka, Goa and southern Maharashtra.
Recently,the Karnataka High Court has directed the State government to stop all the developmental activities being undertaken at Karwar port under the Sagarmala project.