Daily Current Affairs Quiz 6 May 2022

b) International Renewable Energy Agency

World Energy transition Outlook 2022 was launched by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) at the Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue. It sets out priority areas and actions based on available technologies that must be realised by 2030 to achieve net zero emissions by midcentury.

c) 150

According to the RSF 2022 World Press Freedom Index, India’s ranking has fallen down to 150th position from last year’s 142nd place.
This year, Norway (1st) Denmark (2nd) and Sweden (3rd) were ranked at the top positions, while North Korea remained at the bottom of the list of 180 countries and territories. Reporters sans frontieres (RSF) or Reporters without Borders, a global media watch-dog releases the report every year.

c) Shukrayaan

Shukrayaan-1 is the name of India’s first Venus Mission. It is a planned orbiter to Venus to study the planet’s surface and atmosphere. It is expected to be launched in 2024. ISRO was initially aiming to launch the mission in mid-2023 but pandemic-related delays have pushed the launch date to December 2024. A backup launch opportunity may be available in mid-2026 when Venus and Earth are next aligned to minimize spacecraft fuel use during the planetary transit.

b) 2 only

Cluster munitions are non-precision weapons that are designed to injure or kill human beings indiscriminately over a large area, and to destroy vehicles and infrastructure. Hence, statement 1 is incorrect.
Thermobaric bombs are not prohibited by any international law or agreement presently. Hence, statement 2 is correct.

b) 2, 3

The International Space Station (ISS) is a modular space station (habitable artificial satellite) in low Earth orbit.
The ISS program is a multi-national collaborative project between five participating space agencies: NASA (United States), Roscosmos (Russia), JAXA (Japan), ESA (Europe), and CSA (Canada).
It is an international collaborative effort between multiple countries. The ownership and use of the space station is established by intergovernmental treaties and agreements. It evolved from the Space Station Freedom proposal.
The ISS serves as a microgravity and space environment research laboratory in which scientific experiments are conducted in astrobiology, astronomy, meteorology, physics, and other fields.