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Questions of the Day:

Q.1 What is the revised compensation to the kin of hit-and-run victims in case of death? 

Q.2 Which Tennis player won the Mexican Open Title 2022? 

Q.3 Which country has been hit by extra-ordinary rains called ‘Rain Bombs’? 

Q.4 The ‘Yilan’ Crater, the largest impact crater on Earth, has been discovered in which country? 

Q.5 DIKSHA, SWAYAM and NISHTHA are initiatives of which Union Ministry? 

Answers: 

1) 2 Lakhs - The compensation to the kin of hit-and-run victims will be increased sharply by eight-fold to Rs 2 lakh in case of death from April 1, according to a notification by the Road Transport and Highways Ministry. 

2) Rafael Nadal - Rafael Nadal (Spain) beat British number one Cameron Norrie 6-4 6-4 to win the singles title of Mexican Open 2022 (also known as Acapulco title). This is the 91st ATP title of his career and the third title of the season.

3) Australia - Australia has been hit by ‘Rain Bombs’, which caused evacuations and power outages. Australia’s third-most populous city Brisbane was most hit by the rains, which brought record flooding to some east coast areas and killed eight people.

4) China - A crescent-shaped crater in Northeast China holds the record as the largest impact crater on Earth that formed in the last 100,000 years.

5) Ministry of Education - DIKSHA, SWAYAM (Study Webs of Active Learning for Young Aspiring Minds), PMeVIDYA (One Class One Channel) and NISHTHA (National Initiative for School Heads' and Teachers' Holistic Advancement) are flagship initiatives of Ministry of Education.