10) Vice Admiral Rajesh Pendharkar has assumed Charge as Direc | Current Affairs MCQs

10) Vice Admiral Rajesh Pendharkar has assumed Charge as Director General Naval Operations.
➨The Flag Officer is a specialist in Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) and has served on frontline warships of the Navy as ASW Officer.
Ministry of Defence :-
Headquarters - New Delhi
Founded - 15 August 1947
➨Chief of Defence Staff (CDS):- General Bipin Rawat
➨ Chief of the Navy Staff - Admiral Karambir Singh

11) Haryana government has announced the launch of the Pran Vayu Devta Pension Scheme and Oxy Van (Oxygen Forests).
➨For maintenance of trees older than 75 years, a “pension amount” of Rs 2,500 would be given per year in the name of PVDPS.
➨This ‘tree pension’ shall continue to increase every year, on lines similar to the Old Age Samman Pension Scheme in the state.

12) Water Burial has won the best film award on environment conservation at the 67th National Films Awards 2021.
➨Inspired by the popular Assamese novel Saba Kota Manuh, which is written by Yeshe Dorjee Thongchi, Water Burial is in Monpa dialect and has an intriguing storyline around a dark ritual of a local tribe in Arunachal Pradesh.
Arunachal Pradesh :-
➨CM - Pema Khandu
➨Deputy Chief Minister - Chowna Mein
➨Governor :- B. D. Mishra
➨Namdapha Tiger Reserve
➨ Kamlang Tiger Reserve
➨Mouling National Park

13) UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres is all set to be re-elected as chief of the world body after the powerful Security Council adopted by acclamation a resolution recommending his name to the General Assembly for a second five-year term beginning January 1, 2022.
➨ UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres recently honoured Indian UN Peacekeeping officer Yuvraj Singh, who was martyred in the line of duty in 2020 during the UN annual Memorial Service 2021.

14) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin recently revamped the state development policy committee and appointed 10 new members including Narthaki Nataraj, who identifies as a transgender and industrialist Mallika Srinivasan part-time members.
➨Nataraj was the first transwoman to have been honoured witn Padma Shri, India’s fourth-highest civilan award in 2019, for he contribution in the field of Bharatanatyam.
➨The Tamil Nadu government has adjudged Nataraj with the prestigious Kalaimamani award in 2007.
Tamil Nadu :-
➨ CM - M K Stalin
➨Governor - Banwarilal Purohit
➨Sathyamangalam tiger reserve (STR)
➨Kalakkad Mundanthurai tiger reserve (KMTR)