QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz, 13 December 2018

Solution: a)

The TRAI Act of 1997 was amended in the year 2000 and TDSAT was set up to adjudicate disputes and dispose of appeals with a view to protect the interests of service providers and consumers of the telecom sector. (Statement 1)

The decision of TDSAT is appealed to Supreme Court of India. (Statement 2)

Solution: a)

• Partners’ Forum is a global health partnership launched in September 2005 to accelerate efforts to reduce child and maternal mortality, improve adolescent, child, newborn and maternal health.
• The fourth Partners’ Forum was recently held in New Delhi. It was hosted by the Government of India, in association with the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (PMNCH).
• The previous chapters were held in Johannesburg, South Africa (2014), New Delhi, India (2010) and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (2007). This is the second time India is hosting the Partners’ Forum.

Solution: c)

The Ministry of Commerce & Industry launched National Mission on GeM (NMG) on 5th September 2018. The objective of the Mission was to accelerate the adoption and use of Procurement by Major Central Ministries, States and UTs and their agencies (including CPSUs/PSUs, Local Bodies) on the GeM platform.

Solution: d)

NASA’s ICESat-2 — launched less than three months ago — has mapped melting ice sheets in Antarctica and the resulting sea level rise across the globe, which could help improve climate forecasts.

            Solution: d)

Akademik Lomonosov is the world’s first “floating” nuclear power plant (FNPP). It is coming up in Russia.