QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz,23 June 2018

Solution: a.

• After a prolonged decline, world hunger appears to be on the rise again. The estimated number of undernourished people increased to 815 million in 2016, up from 777 million in 2015.
• Much of the recent increase in food insecurity can be traced to the greater number of conflicts, often exacerbated by climate-related shocks. Even in some peaceful settings, food security has deteriorated as economic slowdowns challenge access to food for the poor.

From 2017: The State of Food Security and Nutrition (PDF)

Source/Improvisation: TH;

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Solution: a.

Kumbh Mela (2017) was the latest to be added on the list; First to be added (2008) include – Kutiyattam, Tradition of Vedic chanting, and Ramlila.

• Ramman (2009)
• Chhau dance, Kalbelia folk songs of Rajasthan, and Mudiyettu of Kerala (2010)
• Buddhist chanting of Ladakh (2012)
• Sankirtana of Manipur (2013)
• Traditional brass and copper craft of utensil making among the Thatheras of Jandiala Guru, Punjab (2014)
• Yoga, and Nowruz (2016)

INDIA: Elements on the list;

TH;

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Solution: b.

On June 19, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare J P Nadda released the National Health Profile (NHP)-2018 prepared by the Central Bureau of Health Intelligence (CBHI). The NHP covers demographic, socio-economic, health status and health finance indicators, along with comprehensive information on health infrastructure and human resources in health.

DTE: The TFR in 12 India states has fallen below two children per woman. The TFR in 9 states has reached replacement levels of 2.1 and above. To see in detail, refer to Page 39.

IE: Between 2008 and 2016, a total of just 1128 foeticides happened in the country, says the National Health Profile. Yet, the National Family Health Survey 4 shows that the sex ratio of children born in the last five years before the survey (2010-11 to 2015-16) is just 919 girls per 1,000 births (the ideal ratio is 950). NHP 2018 highlights the under-reporting of foeticides (sex-selective and otherwise) in the country. In an annual birth cohort of 2.6 crore and with the sex ratio in the 0-5 years age group just marginally up in NFHS-4 from the 914 of NFHS-3, that female foeticides continue to happen in the country is not a matter of dispute. However, the abysmally low cases filed for foeticide expose the laxity of the law enforcement system.

Improvisation: Data point, TH (22^nd June, 2018);

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Solution: b.

Improvisation: TH;

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Solution: d.

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Raksha Mantri Nirmala Sitharaman will visit the United States for the first meeting of the ‘2+2 Dialogue’ on 6 July 2018 with Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo and Secretary of Defence James N. Mattis. This new dialogue format was agreed to between the two sides during the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Washington D.C. on 25-26 June 2017. The two sides are expected to share perspectives on strengthening their strategic and security ties and exchange views on a range of bilateral, regional and global issues of mutual interest.

The 2+2 format draws on a framework Japan used for its strategic interactions with the US, France, Russia and Australia. From 2010, India and Japan began direct interactions between their foreign and defence secretaries; this was raised to the level of the respective ministers in 2014. In 2017, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Donald Trump moved to insulate the India-US strategic relationship from feuds over trade by instituting a new level of interaction between the principal actors, the foreign and defence ministers of the two countries.

TH; MEA;

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