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Questions of the day: 

Q.1 French Polynesia is an overseas collectivity of France, located in which continent? 

Q.2 Geological Survey of India (GSI) has approved to set up India’s first Geo-Park in which state? 

Q.3 Which country known as a tax haven, has introduced ‘Federal Corporate Tax’ for the first time? 

Q.4 Which state launched ‘Project Sadbhawana’ to improve Governance? 

Q.5 Khijadiya wildlife sanctuary, is a new Ramsar site, located in which state/UT? 

Answers: 

1) Oceania - French Polynesia is an overseas collectivity of France, comprising more than 100 islands in the South Pacific in Oceania. 

2) Madhya Pradesh - The Geological Survey of India (GSI) has approved to set up India’s first Geo-Park at Lamheta village on the banks of the Narmada River in Madhya Pradesh.

A Geo-Park is a unified area which aims to protect the geological heritage in a sustainable way. The site is already in the UNESCO Geo-heritage tentative list. Several dinosaur fossils had been found in the Narmada valley, in the Bhedaghat-Lameta Ghat area of Jabalpur. 

3) UAE - The United Arab Emirates has announced to introduce a ‘Federal Corporate Tax’ from mid-2023, as per its Finance Ministry. 

4) Assam - Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma launched “Project Sadbhawana”. It aims to dispose over 4-5 lakh pending files lying in the State secretariat within a year.

A portal will be created where people can inform of their pending files. Along with project Sadbhavana, a Swachhata Abhiyan in Janata Bhawan will also be launched to promote cleanliness in all the departments in the Secretariat. 

5) Gujrat - Two new Ramsar sites were announced on the occasion of World Wetlands Day. They are: Khijadiya wildlife sanctuary in Gujarat and Bakhira wildlife sanctuary in Uttar Pradesh.