QUIZ – 2020: Insights Current Affairs Quiz, 24 September 2020

Solution: d)

Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has launched “Chunauti”- Next Generation Startup Challenge Contest.

Aims and Objectives:

• To further boost startups and software products with special focus on Tier-II towns of India.
• Identify around 300 startups working in identified areas and provide them seed fund of upto Rs. 25 Lakh and other facilities.

Under this challenge the Ministry of Electronics and IT will invite startups in the following areas of work:

• Edu-Tech, Agri-Tech & Fin-Tech Solutions for masses.
• Supply Chain, Logistics & Transportation Management.
• Infrastructure & Remote monitoring.
• Medical Healthcare, Diagnostic, Preventive & Psychological Care.
• Jobs & Skilling, Linguistic tools & technologies.

Solution: c)

India climbed four spots on the Global Innovation Index 2020 and is now at 48th position in the list of top 50 innovative countries in the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) annual ranking. India occupied the 52nd position in 2019 and was ranked 81st in the year 2015. India is at the top position among the nations in central and southern Asia.

India has now become the third most innovative lower middle-income economy in the world.

Switzerland, Sweden, US, UK and Netherlands are in the top spots of this year’s ranking

The India Innovation Index, which was released last year by the NITI Aayog, has been widely accepted as the major step in the direction of decentralization of innovation across all the states of India

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Solution: d)

The Union Cabinet recently approved ‘Mission Karmayogi’, a new capacity-building scheme for civil servants aimed at upgrading the post-recruitment training mechanism of the officers and employees at all levels.

Mission Karmayogi programme will be delivered by setting up a digital platform called iGOTKarmayogi.

The platform will act as a launchpad for the National Programme for Civil Services Capacity Building (NPCSCB), which will enable a comprehensive reform of the capacity building apparatus at the individual, institutional and process levels.

Also, there will be a Capacity Building Commission, which will include experts in related fields and global professionals. This commission will prepare and monitor annual capacity building plans and audit human resources available in the government.

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Solution: b)

Copernicus is the European Union’s Earth observation programme coordinated and managed by the European Commission in partnership with the European Space Agency (ESA), the EU Member States and EU Agencies.

It aims at achieving a global, continuous, autonomous, high quality, wide range Earth observation capacity. Providing accurate, timely and easily accessible information to, among other things, improve the management of the environment, understand and mitigate the effects of climate change, and ensure civil security.

The objective is to use vast amount of global data from satellites and from ground-based, airborne and seaborne measurement systems to produce timely and quality information in the domains of environment and security on a global level in order to help service providers, public authorities and other international organizations improve the quality of life for the citizens of Europe.

In other words, it pulls together all the information obtained by the Copernicus environmental satellites, air and ground stations and sensors to provide a comprehensive picture of the “health” of Earth.

Solution: c)

The emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) is the tallest and heaviest of all living penguin species and is endemic to Antarctica. It is the only penguin species that breeds during the Antarctic winter.

Disappearing sea ice impacts Emperor Penguins directly, as the animals use it as a home base for their nine-month breeding season and for feeding and moulting.

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