Daily Current Affairs Quiz 1 August 2023

a) Bangalore

Bengaluru has become the first Indian city to be a part of the World Cities Culture Forum (WCCF). With this, Bengaluru has joined the league of cities like New York, London, Paris, Tokyo and Dubai. The Forum currently consists of 40 cities spread over six continents. It was founded in 2012 by Justin Simmons OBE, Deputy Mayor of London for Culture and the Creative Industries.

c) Madhya Pradesh

About Ureilite:

‘Ureilites’ are a rare class of primitive meteorites that constitute just a tiny fraction of meteorites on Earth.
It is named after the locality where the first specimen was discovered, the Novo Urei village in Russia.
Composition:

They consist of silicate rock, mostly olivine and pyroxene, interspersed with less than 10% of carbon (diamond or graphite), metal sulphides and a few fine-grained silicates.
They contain elongated cavities generally stretched in the same direction.
Lack of Chondrules: Unlike many other stony meteorites, ureilites do not contain chondrules, which are small, spherical grains that formed in the early solar system.
Primitive Nature: Ureilites are considered primitive meteorites because their composition closely resembles the material from which the solar system formed.
Key Facts about Dhala Crater:

It is the oldest and the largest impact crater in India.
It is estimated to have formed some 2500 million years ago.
Named after the village Dhala, the crater is an eroded leftover of the original impact structure.
Location: It is located in Shivpuri district in Madhya Pradesh.
Size: It is a massive 11 km in diameter, making it the largest in Asia.

b) Maharashtra

Byculla railway station is India’s oldest railway station. Following five years of extensive restoration efforts, India’s oldest railway station in central Mumbai, with a remarkable 169-year-old history, has been meticulously revived.
As a result of this remarkable achievement, the station has been honoured with the prestigious Asia Pacific cultural heritage award by UNESCO.

d) Punjab

According to a new research by the Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), climate change could potentially turn Punjab, India, into a water-deficient desert in the future.
The reasons are absence of required rain, lack of crop diversification and indiscriminate pumping of groundwater. The state is currently known for its bumper agricultural output.

d) Goa

The Mhadei Wildlife Sanctuary is a designated protected region located in the state of Goa, India. It is situated in the Western Ghats of South India.
Recently, the Goa bench of the Bombay High Court instructed the Goa government to declare the Mhadei Wildlife Sanctuary and other regions mentioned in the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) communications and plans prepared by the Goa forest department as a tiger reserve under the Wildlife Protection Act within a period of three months.