Daily Current Affairs Quiz 27 April 2022

b) Railways

Head on Generation (HOG)—is being adopted by the Indian Railways, power supply is tapped from overhead power lines and distributed to train coaches.

What is Head on Generation (HOG) technology?

The system runs the train’s ‘hotel load’ (the load of air conditioning, lights, fans, and pantry, etc.) by drawing electricity from the overhead electric lines through the pantograph.

a) Foreign policy

Raisina Dialogue is India’s flagship foreign policy and geo-economics conference. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the seventh edition with the chief guest Ursula von der Leyen, the President of European Union Commission.
Over 200 speakers from 90 countries are participating in the seventh edition. The conference is a joint venture of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and think tank Observer Research Foundation (ORF). This year’s theme is “Terranova: Impassioned, Impatient, and Imperilled”.

d) None of the above

Green ammonia, closely followed by green hydrogen, strikes the most advantageous balance of favorable features among a range of different zero-carbon candidate bunker fuels including biofuels, hydrogen, ammonia and synthetic carbon-based fuels. Specifically, these crucial features relate to the fuels’ lifecycle GHG emissions, broader environmental factors, scalability, economic viability, and the technical and safety implications of using these fuels. Hence, statement 1 is incorrect.
Green Hydrogen has very high energy density (120 MJ/Kg), almost 3 times of hydrocarbons, making it an efficient source of energy. Hence, statement 2 is incorrect.
Ministry of Power notified the first part of the Green Hydrogen/Green Ammonia Policy to enable production of Green Hydrogen/Green Ammonia using Renewable Sources of Energy. Hence, statement 3 is incorrect.

c) Delhi, Punjab

The Delhi and Punjab governments signed a unique Knowledge Sharing Agreement on April 26, 2022. The agreement was signed by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann in the presence of other AAP leaders. The agreement will allow the two states to learn from each other’s good deeds for the betterment of the people of Delhi and Punjab.

b) Malaria

E-2025 Initiative
In 2017, WHO launched the E-2020 initiative to support a group of countries to achieve zero indigenous cases of malaria by 2020.
Some 21 countries across five regions were identified as having the potential to reach the milestone of eliminating malaria.
The report ‘Zeroing in on malaria elimination’ brings out the progress made through the E-2020 initiative of WHO.
Building on the successes of the E-2020, WHO has identified a new group of 25 countries that have the potential to stamp out malaria within a 5-year timeline.
The E-2025 countries will receive technical and on-the-ground support by WHO and its partners. In return, they are expected to audit their elimination programmes annually, participate in elimination forums, conduct surveillance assessments, and share malaria case data periodically.
Hence, option B is correct.