Answer is B

What is the Lumpy Skin Disease?

• Lumpy skin disease is caused by a virus in the family Poxviridae, genus Capripoxvirus which affects cattle and water buffalo in Africa, the Middle East, and recently, expanding into southeastern Europe (EFSA, 2019).
• According to a report by GAVI, the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation, the Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD) disease is caused by a virus called the Capripoxvirus and is “an emerging threat to livestock worldwide”.
• It is genetically related to the goatpox and sheeppox virus family.

Why in news?

• Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann today gave announced to set up a Group of Ministers (GoM) for effective monitoring and control of the lumpy skin disease amongst animals in the state on a day to day basis.

Answer is A

• The Punjab Railway was established shortly after the Scinde Railway Act of Parliament in July 1855 was passed. The Punjab Railway began soon after the Karachi-Kotri Railway Line opened in 13 May 1861. The Indus Flotilla was set up to transport passengers from Kotri to Multan by steamship.

Answer is D

• The four-day air exercise ‘Udarashakti’ between the Indian Air Force (IAF) and the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) concluded in Malaysia.

Answer is B

What is the news?

• Gauging the immense potential in agri-subsidiary sectors in the state of Punjab, the delegation of the Oklahoma State University of United States of America, called on the Animal Husbandry, Fisheries & Dairy Development Minister Laljit Singh Bhullar for providing and developing the latest services and technology.

Cabinet Minister Laljit Singh Bhullar shared:

• The university is keen to develop the latest vaccine and technology in animal husbandry sector.

Answer is D

• In law, certiorari is a court process to seek judicial review of a decision of a lower court or government agency.

Answer is B

• The Krishna river originates in the Western Ghats near Mahabaleshwar at an elevation of about 1,300 feet, in the central Indian state of Maharashtra.

Answer is C

• India has an Independent Judiciary. It ensures the proper functioning of the constitution and the enforcement of various provisions of the Constitution.

Answer is C

Why in news?

• Punjab government led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has given nod for appointing noted agriculture exert Dr. Satbir Singh Gosal as the Vice Chancellor of the Punjab Agricultural University.