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A. Daily Wage Earners B. Self-employed persons C. Farmers D. Housewives Solution: A NCRB released the report titled "Accidental Deaths and Suicides in India". As per the report, maximum deaths due to suicide were reported in daily wage earners. However, the highest increase in number of deaths by suicides has been reported in self-employed persons.  10,881 suicides were recorded in the "Persons engaged in the farming sector" group in 2021, including 5,318 under "farmer/cultivator" and 5,563 under "agricultural labourers". Hence, option (A) is correct. 

A. NSDC B. Seva Bharti C. Yuva Vikas Society D. All of the above Solution: D The second phase of the Grameen Udyami Project was launched by NSDC in partnership with Seva Bharti and Yuva Vikas Society. The programme aims to train 450 tribal students in Madhya Pradesh and Jharkhand. Central Government has sanctioned a budget of 85,000 crore rupees exclusively for tribal areas. Hence, option (D) is correct. 

A. Rajnath Singh B. Narendra Modi C. Amit Shah D. Piyush Goyal Solution: C Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated the National Automated Fingerprint Identification System (NAFIS) on August 17, 2022, at the National Securities Strategies (NSS) Conference 2022 in New Delhi. National Automated Fingerprints Identification System (NAFIS) project is a country-wide searchable database of crime- and criminal-related fingerprints.  It is conceptualized and managed by the NCRB at the Central Fingerprint Bureau (CFPB) in New Delhi. Hence, option (c) is correct. 

A. Ahmedabad B. Navi Mumbai C. New Delhi D. Pune Solution: D Union Minister of State for Science and Tech inaugurated CSIR-URDIP's new building in Pune. He also unveiled India's first indigenously developed Hydrogen Fuel Cell Bus in Pune that will give zero greenhouse gas emissions. The bus has been developed by KPIT-CSIR and supported by Ministry of Science and Technology.  The fuel cell makes use of hydrogen and air in order to produce electricity and power the bus. Hence, option (D) is correct.