[MISSION 2022] INSIGHTS CURRENT AFFAIRS ( 6 January 2022 ) REVISION THROUGH MCQS

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In)is an office within the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology of the Government of India.
• It is the nodal agency to deal with cyber security threats like hacking and phishing. It strengthens security-related defence of the Indian Internet domain.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/01/06/what-is-github-at-the-centre-of-online-sexual-harassment-probe/

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• The Ministry of Women & Child Developmenthas launched Sexual Harassment electronic Box (SHe-Box) as an effort to provide a single window access to every woman, irrespective of her work status, whether working in organised or unorganised, private or public sector, to facilitate the registration of complaint related to sexual harassment.
• Any woman facing sexual harassment at the workplace can register their complaint through this portal. Once a complaint is submitted to the ‘SHe-Box’, it will be directly sent to the concerned authority having jurisdiction to take action into the matter.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/01/06/what-is-github-at-the-centre-of-online-sexual-harassment-probe/

Ans: (d)

Explanation: Mullaperiyar Dam– what you need to know?

• Although the dam is located in Kerala, it is operated by Tamil Nadufollowing an 1886 lease indenture for 999 years (the Periyar Lake Lease Agreement) that was signed between the Maharaja of Travancore and the Secretary of State for India for the Periyar Irrigation works.
• Constructed between 1887 and 1895, the dam redirected the river to flow towards the Bay of Bengal, instead of the Arabian Sea and provide water to the arid rain region of Madurai in Madras Presidency.
• The dam is located on the confluence of the Mullayar and Periyar rivers in Kerala’s Idukki district.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/01/06/mullaperiyar-dam-issue-4/

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• E-Daakhil portal was launched by National Consumer Dispute Redressal Commission (NCDRC) on 7th September, 2020,  for online redressal of consumer grievances.
• The Consumer Protection Act, 2019, which has come into force from 20th July, 2020, has provision for e-filing of consumer complaints in the Consumer Commissions and online payment of the fees for filing a complaint.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/01/06/consumer-protection-rules-2021/

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• Scheduled Banks in India refer to those banks which have been included in the Second Schedule of Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934.
• Every Scheduled bank enjoys two types of principal facilities:It becomes eligible for debts/loans at the bank rate from the RBI; and, it automatically acquires the membership of clearing house.
• About Airtel Payments Bank:
  • It is among the fastest-growing digital banks in the country, with a base of 115 million users.
  • It offers a suite of digital solutions through the Airtel Thanks app and a retail network of over 500,000 neighbourhood banking points.
  • The bank turned profitable in the quarter ended September 2021.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/01/06/airtel-payments-bank-is-now-a-scheduled-bank/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• It is a common counter-terrorism grid under the Intelligence Bureauthat was made operational in 2001 following the Kargil War.
• As many as 28 organisations, including the Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW), armed forces and State police, are part of the platform.
• Various security agencies share real-time intelligence inputs on the MAC.
• Now functioning 24/7 as the nodal body for sharing intelligence inputs, MAC coordinates with representatives from numerous agencies, different ministries, both central and state.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/01/06/multi-agency-centre-mac/

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations (UN). It was established in June 1945 by the Charter of the United Nations and began work in April 1946. The seat of the Court is at the Peace Palace in The Hague (Netherlands).

Refer: https://www.icj-cij.org/en

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• Nationwide River Ranching Programme was recently launched in Uttar Pradesh.
• River ranching programme was introduced as special activity under the ‘Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY) scheme to augment and enhance fish production and productivity by expanding, intensifying, diversifying and utilizing land & water productively.
• National Fisheries Development Board, Hyderabad is the nodal agency under central component of the PMMSY.

Refer: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=1761869

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• NASA has announced the launch of ‘Lucy’ mission. It will be launched next week.
• The spacecraft will fly by the Earth twice in order to use the planet’s gravitational field to assist it on its journey to the asteroids.

Refer: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/lucy/overview/index

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• This is NASA’s first mission to explore the Jupiter Trojan asteroids.
• It is a solar-powered mission.
• It is estimated to be over 12 years long, during the course of which the spacecraft will visit eight asteroids covering a distance of about 6.3 billion km to deepen the understanding of the “young solar system”.

Refer: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/lucy/overview/index