10 December 2021 Current Affairs Quiz

About the Project
History: After coming to power in 1999, the then-prime minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, set up a task force to accelerate the project.
Aim of the project: Transferring of water from the Ken River to the Betwa River through the construction of Daudhan dam and a canal linking the two rivers, the Lower Orr Project, Kotha Barrage and the Bina Complex Multipurpose Project.
1st centrally-driven river interlinking project: It is the first major centrally-driven river interlinking project in the country between Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.
Tributaries of river Yamuna: Both these rivers are tributaries of river Yamuna.
Ken-Betwa Link Project Authority (KBLPA): A Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) called Ken-Betwa Link Project Authority (KBLPA) will be set up to implement the project.
The project will be of immense benefit to the water-starved Bundelkhand region, spread across the states of MP and UP.

Justice BN Srikrishna Committee:
The Committee was constituted in August, 2017 to examine issues related to data protection, recommend methods to address them, and draft a data protection Bill.

Guru Tegh Bahadur

Born: He was born at Guru Ke Mahal (now a Gurudwara with the same name), Amritsar in 1621.
He had regular schooling from the age of six. Where he also learnt classical, vocal and instrumental music.
He was also given military training like horsemanship, swordsmanship, javelin throwing and shooting.
He had witnessed and even participated in the battles of Amritsar and Kartarpur.
But in spite of all this, he developed an extraordinary mystic nature in due course of time.
He was the fifth and the youngest son of Guru Hargobind Sahib.
His childhood name was Tyag Mal.
He became the ninth Sikh Guru after the eighth guru, Guru Har Krishan (1656-1664) and was followed by the tenth guru, Guru Gobind Singh (1666-1708).
The Sikhs began to call him Teg Bahadur after the battle of Kartarpur against Painda Khan in which he proved to be a great sword player or gladiator.

Recommendations of Kasturirangan Committee:

Western Ghats area under ESA:
The Kasturirangan report seeks to bring just 37% of the Western Ghats under the Ecologically Sensitive Area (ESA) zones — down from the 64% suggested by the Gadgil report.
Prohibition on Development activities in the Area:
It has recommended prohibition on development activities in a 60,000 sq. km ecologically sensitive area spread over Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Goa, Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
Out of this, 20,668 sq km of the area falls in Karnataka covering 1,576 villages.
The report recommended a blanket ban on mining, quarrying, setting up of red category industries and thermal power projects.
Although hydro power projects are allowed with few restrictions.
Impact assessment:
It also stated that the impact of infrastructural projects on the forest and wildlife should be studied before permission is given for these activities.

Sperm whales (Physeter catodon)
They are the largest of the toothed whales, with males up to 19 meters (62 feet) long—more than five times the length of a large elephant—and females up to 12 meters (39 feet) in length.
They are easily recognized by their enormous square head and narrow lower jaw.
IUCN Red List: Vulnerable