10 PM Current Affairs Quiz #17 October 23, 2019

Explanation: Defense Acquisition Council (DAC), chaired by Defense minister has accorded approval for three projects to be indigenously designed, developed and manufactured by the Indian industry.

Explanation: The World’s oldest known natural pearl was discovered at a Neolithic site on Marawah Island off the coast of Abu Dhabi. The pearl has been named as the ‘Abu Dhabi Pearl that has been radio dated to 5,800-5,600 BCE. The discovery proves that pearls and oysters were being used in the UAE nearly 8,000 years ago. Prior to this discovery, the earliest pearl was found in another Neolithic site off the coast of Abu Dhabi. Marawah is a low-lying island off the coast of the Western Region of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates.

Explanation: Union Ministry of State for Culture & Tourism has launched the E-Portal of Centre for Cultural Resources and Training (CCRT) ‘Digital Bharat Digital Sanskriti’. The ‘Digital Bharat Digital Sanskriti’ is an E-portal that will enable dissemination of cultural education through digital interactive medium into classrooms all over the country. The portal will provide a platform for specifically dropout children so that they can join the mainstream and pursue their dreams by making a career out of be it music, painting, or any other art forms. For this initiative,CCRT has tied up with Routes 2 Roots, an NGO for connecting seamlessly all the CCRT Regional Centres.

Explanation: The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has red-flagged the Madhya Pradesh government’s move to increase tourism activities inside the state’s tiger reserves in violation of the existing guidelines and asked it to take corrective steps. This follows a complaint by Bhopal-based wildlife activist Ajay Dubey who has alleged that the state government has increased the tourism carrying capacity of the reserves by allowing in more numbers of vehicles carrying visitors.

Explanation: The annual Crime in India Report 2017 has been published by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). In 2017, there was an increase of 3.6% in registration of cases over 2016. Delhi witnessed the highest crime rate in the country with 1,050 Indian Penal Code (IPC) crime incidents per lakh of the city’s population. On the other hand, the IPC crimes decreased greatly in Mizoram, Gujarat, Himachal, Tripura and Nagaland. The number of crimes against women has been increased by 6% in the country. Uttar Pradesh topped the list with most number of cases followed by Maharashtra and West Bengal. There were around 58,000 incidents of rioting reported. The maximum number of incidents was reported from Bihar followed by Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra.