[MISSION 2022] INSIGHTS CURRENT AFFAIRS ( 7 September 2021) REVISION THROUGH MCQS

Ans: (c)

Explanation: Assam Cattle Preservation Act, 2021,

• The new legislation will repeal the Assam Cattle Preservation Act, 1950 and is aimed at regulating “slaughter, consumption, illegal transportation” of cattle.
• It also prohibits the inter-state transport of cattle to and from, as well as through Assam without valid documents — a clause that was included ostensibly to check cattle smuggling to Bangladesh, which shares a 263-kilometre-long border with Assam.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/09/07/assam-cattle-preservation-act-2021/

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• What are the Prophylactic Medicines?
  • Prophylactic means a preventive measure.
  • The word comes from the Greek for “an advance guard,” an apt term for a measure taken to fend off a disease or another unwanted consequence.
  • A prophylactic is a medication or a treatment designed and used to prevent a disease from occurring. For example, prophylactic antibiotics may be used after a bout of rheumatic fever to prevent the subsequent development of Sydenham’s chorea.
• S2: Continuing its series of activities under the ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’, the Ministry of Ayush launched a campaign of distributing Ayush prophylactic medicines and written guidelines on diet and lifestyle.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/09/07/ayush-prophylactic-medicines/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has declared Emergency regulations pertaining to the distribution of essential food items.
• As per the regulations:
  • Authorities are empowered to provide essential food items at a “concessionary rate” to the public by purchasing stocks of essential food items, including paddy, rice and sugar, at government-guaranteed prices, and prevent market irregularities and hoarding.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/09/07/what-is-the-food-emergency-in-sri-lanka/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• The Eastern Economic Forum was established by decree of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin in 2015.
• It supports the economic development of Russia’s Far East and to expand international cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region.
• It takes place each year in Vladivostok, a city in Russia.
• It serves as a platform for the discussion of key issues in the world economy, regional integration, and the development of new industrial and technological sectors, as well as of the global challenges facing Russia and other nations.
• Over the years, it has emerged as an international platform for discussing the strategy for developing political, economic and cultural ties between Russia and Asia Pacific.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/09/07/eastern-economic-forum-2021/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• Entrepreneur Elon Musk’s SpaceX recently announced that ‘Inspiration4’, its first all-civilian, non-governmental spaceflight, is on track for launch on September 15.
• The Crew Dragon spacecraft is set to be launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Centre in Florida in the US.
• It will take a group of four private citizens into space for three days.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/09/07/inspiration4-spacexs-first-all-civilian-space-mission/

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• The Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council (KAAC) is an autonomous district council, which is protected under the Sixth Schedule of the Indian Constitution.
  • Sixth Schedule in the Indian Constitution established Autonomous District Councils (ADC) in four northeastern states, namely Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram. These ADCs envisage protecting and preserving tribal culture.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/09/07/karbi-agreement/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• The National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources (NBAGR) has recognised the Manda buffalo as the 19th unique breed of buffaloes found in India.
• It is found in the Eastern Ghats and plateau of Koraput region of Odisha.
• The Manda are resistant to parasitic infections, less prone to diseases and can thrive on modest resources.

Refer: Facts for prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/09/07/mission-2022-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-7-september-2021/

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• Four more Indian sites have been recognised as wetlands of international importance under the Ramsar Convention taking the number of such sites in the country to 46.
• The new sites include:
  • Sultanpur National Park, Haryana: More than 10 globally threatened, including the critically endangered sociable lapwing, and the endangered Egyptian Vulture, Saker Falcon, Pallas’s Fish Eagle and Black-bellied Tern birds are found here.
  • Bhindawas Wildlife Sanctuary, Haryana: It is a human-made freshwater wetland. It is also the largest in Haryana.
  • Thol, Gujarat: It is a Wildlife Sanctuary in Gujarat lies on the Central Asian Flyway and more than 320 bird species can be found here. It supports more than 30 threatened waterbird species, such as the critically endangered White-rumped Vulture and Sociable Lapwing, and the vulnerable Sarus Crane, Common Pochard and Lesser White-fronted Goose.
  • Wadhwana, Gujarat: It is internationally important for its birdlife as it provides wintering ground to migratory waterbirds, including over 80 species that migrate on the Central Asian Flyway. Pallas’s fish-Eagle, the vulnerable Common Pochard, and the near-threatened Dalmatian Pelican, Grey-headed Fish-eagle and Ferruginous Duck are some birds found here.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/08/17/four-more-indian-sites-get-ramsar-recognition/

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• Montreux Record under the Convention is a register of wetland sites on the List of Wetlands of International Importance where changes in ecological character have occurred, are occurring, or are likely to occur as a result of technological developments, pollution or other human interference.
• It is maintained as part of the Ramsar List.
• The Montreux Record was established by Recommendation of the Conference of the Contracting Parties (1990).
• Sites may be added to and removed from the Record only with the approval of the Contracting Parties in which they lie.
• Currently, two wetlands of India are in Montreux record: Keoladeo National Park (Rajasthan) and Loktak Lake (Manipur).
• Chilka lake (Odisha) was placed in the record but was later removed from it.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/08/17/four-more-indian-sites-get-ramsar-recognition/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• Recently, a report “Tightening the Net” published by Oxfam International has said that announcing Net Zero Carbon Targets may be a dangerous distraction from the priority of cutting carbon emissions.

Refer: https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/net-zero-carbon-emissions-climate-change-7436649/