Weekly Current Affairs: Quizzes 16/05/2022 to 21/05/2022

EXPLANATION:

• The Emirates Mars Mission (EMM) has announced a data analysis collaboration initiative with NASA’s MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution) Mars mission.‘Hope’ was developed by UAE scientists in the USA and was launched in July 2020 from the Tanegashima Space Centre in Japan. Hence statement 1 is incorrect.
• The aim of the mission is to create the mankind’s first integrated model of the Red planet’s (Mars) atmosphere.The overall life of UAE’s Mars mission is around one Martian year, which is about 687 days on Earth.UAE’s mission will collect data on Martian climate dynamics and help scientists understand why Mars' atmosphere is decaying into space. Hence statement 2 is correct. 

EXPLANATION:

• The 1948 Genocide Convention defines genocide as crimes committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such. Three cases so far have met international courts’ threshold: the Cambodian Khmer Rouge’s slaughter of minority Cham people and Vietnamese in the 1970s, the 1994 mass killing of Tutsis in Rwanda that, and the 1995 Srebrenica massacre of Muslim men and boys in Bosnia. Hence statement 1 is correct
• To establish genocide, prosecutors must first show that the victims were part of a distinct national, ethnic, racial or religious group.This excludes groups targeted for political beliefs. Hence statement 2 is correct. 
• The jurisdiction of the Court comprises all matters specially provided for in treaties and conventions in force. Such matters are normally brought before the Court by means of a written application instituting proceedings.Hence statement 3 is incorrect.

EXPLANATION:

• A poison pill is officially known as a shareholder rights plan.
• The term poison pill refers to a defence strategy used by a target firm to prevent or discourage a potential hostile takeover by an acquiring company.Potential targets use this tactic in order to make them look less attractive to the potential acquirer.Although they're not always the first—and best—way to defend a company, poison pills are generally very effective.Poison pills allow existing shareholders the right to purchase additional shares at a discount, effectively diluting the ownership interest of a new, hostile party. Hence statement (a) is correct.

EXPLANATION:

• When fuel prices were too high for domestic consumers, governments in the past often asked oil marketing companies (OMCs) to avoid charging consumers the full price.An oil bond is a promissory note issued by the government to the OMCs, in lieu of cash that the government would have given them so that these companies don’t charge the public the full price of fuel. Hence statement 1 is correct.
• An oil bond says the government will pay the oil marketing company the sum of, say, Rs 1,000 crore in 10 years.And to compensate the OMC for not having this money straight away, the government will pay it, say, 8% (or Rs 80 crore) each year until the bond matures. Hence statement 2 is incorrect. 

EXPLANATION:

• It aims at preserving integrity in online gaming and introducing a regulatory regime for online gaming.The Bill brings under its ambit all forms of online gaming irrespective of whether it is a game of skill or chance. Hence statement 1 is correct.
• The Bill, if passed, may face legal hurdles as gambling has been a ‘state-subject’ and the Bill vests the regulatory powers to an agency to be created by the Central Government, i.e., the Commission. Hence statement 2 is correct.
• It seeks to establish a ‘watchdog’, an Online Gaming Commission, to be constituted by the Central Government, with powers to oversee the functioning of online gaming websites and take measures to curb illegal online gaming. The bill envisages a licensing regime and empowers the commission to grant, suspend and revoke license for online gaming websites. Hence statement 3 is correct.

EXPLANATION:

• The United Kingdom has signed a deal with Rwanda to send some asylum seekers to the East African nation.Under this deal, Rwanda will commit to taking in asylum seekers who arrive in the UK on or after January 1, 2022, using illegally facilitated and unlawful cross border migration. Hence statement 1 is correct.
• Countries like Australia, Israel and Denmark have already been sending asylum seekers overseas. Hence statement 2 is incorrect.
• The Geneva Convention does not guarantee asylum-seekers the right to be granted refugee status, even if they fulfill the conditions to be considered refugees; this remains at state discretion. Hence statement 3 is incorrect.

EXPLANATION:

• The code is intended to be a voluntary code with the aim to regulate fair marketing practices in the Medical Device industry.It also aims at giving this industry an identity apart from the marketing dynamics of the pharmaceutical industry. Hence statement 1 is correct.
• The Department of Pharmaceutical (DoP), Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, had recently published the draft Uniform Code for Medical Device Marketing Practices (UCMDMP). Hence statement 2 is incorrect.
• Medical devices companies may voluntarily adopt and follow the UCPMP.Therefore a separate code for medical devices was much needed to accurately capture the ethical marketing practice requirements for the medical device sector. Hence statement (3) is incorrect.

EXPLANATION:

• NITI Aayog said Battery Swapping will fall under the battery-as-a-service (BaaS) business model. Battery Swapping is a mechanism that involves exchanging discharged batteries for charged ones. This provides the flexibility to charge these batteries separately by de-linking charging and battery usage, and keeps the vehicle in operational mode with negligible downtime. Hence statement 1 is correct.
• NItI Aayog has released a draft battery swapping policy. Battery Swapping is generally used for smaller vehicles such as two-wheelers and three-wheelers with smaller batteries that are easier to swap, compared to four-wheelers and e-buses, although solutions are emerging for these larger segments as well. Hence statement 2 is correct. 

EXPLANATION:

• According to the health officials, in India its only parts of Kollam that has seen tomato flu, but now the officials have warned that this could spread to other regions if action is not taken on time.Tomato flu was detected in Kerala.Tomato Flu is a common kind of viral infection in India, wherein children below five years of age experience fever, usually accompanied by rashes, skin irritation, and dehydration. Hence statement 1 is incorrect.
• The flu causes blisters on several parts of the infected child’s body, which are generally red in colour, and thus it is called “tomato flu” or “tomato fever”.Symptoms: High fever; Rashes; Skin irritation, and skin colour change in hands and legs; Blisters; Dehydration; Abdominal cramps, nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea; Cough, cold; Fatigue and body pain. Hence statement 2 is correct. 

EXPLANATION:

• Health authorities in the United Kingdom have confirmed a case of monkeypox, a rare viral infection similar to smallpox.Monkeypox is a zoonosis, that is, a disease that is transmitted from infected animals to humans.According to the WHO, cases occur close to tropical rainforests inhabited by animals that carry the virus. Hence statement 1 is incorrect.
• The monkeypox virus is an orthopoxvirus, which is a genus of viruses that also includes the variola virus, which causes smallpox, and the vaccinia virus, which was used in the smallpox vaccine.According to the WHO, cases occur close to tropical rainforests inhabited by animals that carry the virus. Hence statement 2 is correct.
• It also causes the lymph nodes to swell (lymphadenopathy), which smallpox does not. Hence statement 3 is incorrect.

EXPLANATION: 

• An MoU was signed between ST & SC Development Dept and RMRC, ICMR  for establishing a “Tribal Health Observatory (TriHOb)” in Odisha, a first in the country for ensuring equity in tribal health
• .TriHOb will establish a repository on the health of tribal population of Odisha. It is designed to be policy oriented & a virtually established center, performing systematic and ongoing observation on disease burden and healthcare delivery system pertaining to tribal health in Odisha.
• Tribal Household Wellbeing Survey would be launched first . which might be the primary of its sort and complete survey amongst tribal communities in India, the place of prime quality demographic and well being information shall be made accessible for knowledgeable coverage making.
• This examination will lay the inspiration for additional longitudinal cohort research and implementation policy-oriented analysis. This examination would supply and think in regards to the attainment of the well being programmes and coverage interventions and counsel course correction wherever required. Hence option (a) is correct.

EXPLANATION: 

• World Press Freedom Day is celebrated on 3rd may every year. On this occasion, the ranking of India is declared and Among 180 countries India lies on 150 positions in the World Free Press Index . Hence statement 1 is correct 
• The ranking of Afghanistan in WPFI is 156 . However it is lower than India but it is not 160. Hence statement 2 is incorrect 
• The ranking of Pakistan is lower than India in this WPFI and it is 157, lower than Afghanistan. However the rank of Nepal is far better than India . It is 76. Hence statement 3 is correct