10 PM Current Affairs Quiz : August 8, 2018

Project Blue flag –

To enhance standards of cleanliness on beaches, the environment ministry has launched a pilot

project for its clean-up and development.

With prime objective of enhancing standards of cleanliness, upkeep and basic amenities at

beaches, this Ministry has launched a pilot project for beach cleanup and development, also

striving for the “Blue Flag” Certification for such identified beaches.

Each year, UNICEF’s flagship publication, The State of the World’s Children, closely examines a key issue affecting children. 2017 theme was “Children in a digital world”, the latest report provides country-level examples to give a sense of the kinds of barriers girls and women

confront.

Highlights of the report:

With less than one-third of India’s internet users being females, the country’s girls and women risk becoming further marginalised in society and at home if they remain digitally illiterate in the backdrop of the country making a public push towards a more digital economy.

Globally, 12% more men than women used the internet in 2017. In India, where only 29% of all internet users are female, girls in rural areas often face restrictions on their use of ICTs solely because of their gender.

Correct match:

• Article 46 –  promote the educational and economic interests of SCs, STs, and other weaker sections of the society and to protect them from social injustice and exploitation
• Article 338 – National Commission for Scheduled Castes
  • investigate and monitor all matters relating to the constitutional and other legal safeguards for the SCs and to evaluate their working;
  • inquire into specific complaints with respect to the deprivation of rights and safeguards of the SCs;
• 338-A – National Commission for Scheduled Tribes
  • Its functions are same as that of NCSC, but with respect to ST than SC

Statement 1 is correct: Establishment of Exclusive Special Courts and specification of Exclusive Special Public Prosecutors also, to exclusively try the offences under the PoA Act to enable speedy and expeditious disposal of cases

Statement 2 is correct: If the accused was acquainted with the victim or his family, the court will presume that the accused was aware of the caste or tribal identity of the victim unless proved otherwise.

Statement 1 is correct: The Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) is a non-profit charitable organisation registered under the Societies’ Registration Act, 1860.

Statement 2 is correct: Recently, INTACH has called for transforming heritage buildings in Rajasthan into “economic assets” or the society.

Statement 1 is incorrect: It is categorized as “Vulnerable” in the red list of endangered species of the IUCN.

Statement 2 is correct: It is listed in the schedule IV of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 and prohibited from export under the Foreign Trade policy.