10 PM Current Affairs Quiz : December 29, 2018

As per CRZ, 2011 Notification, for CRZ-II (Urban) areas, Floor Space Index (FSI) or the Floor Area Ratio (FAR) had been frozen as per 1991 Development Control Regulation (DCR) levels. In the CRZ, 2018 Notification, it has been decided to de-freeze the same and permit FSI for construction projects. Therefore, statement 1 is incorrect
A No Development Zone (NDZ) of 20 meters has been stipulated for all Islands. Statement 2 is correct

The draft bill seeks to replace the existing regulator Central Council for Indian Medicine (CCIM) with a new body to ensure transparency.  It also proposes a common entrance exam and an exit exam, which all graduates will have to clear to get practicing licenses.

To be declared a Census Town, a settlement in India has to fulfil the following conditions:

• the population must be 5,000 or more,
• the density must be at least of 400 persons per square kilometre, and
• 75% of the male main workforce should be employed in the non-agricultural sector.

Amendment to POCSO 2012 Act.

• The modification is made in (POCSO) Act, 2012 to address the need for stringent measures required to deter the rising trend of child sex abuse in the country
• The Union Cabinet approved changes to Section 6 of the POCSO Act, which deals with punishments for aggravated penetrative sexual assault, enhancing the punishment of 10 years to life imprisonment and 20 years to imprisonment for remainder of a person’s natural life or with death.
• Category of offence includes assault on a child under the age of 12 years, gang rape, assault on a mentally or physically challenged child or one that is committed by a relative or a custodian of a child.
• The government has also amended the definition of aggravated penetrative sexual assault to include an offence that causes the death of a child. The minimum punishment for penetrative sexual assault has been increased from seven years in jail to 10 years.
• It also provides for stringent punishment for the offence of administering hormones for making children “artificially major”.
• It is proposed to levy fine for not destroying or deleting, or (not) reporting the pornographic material involving a child. The person can be further penalized with jail term or fine or both for transmitting, propagating, administrating such material in any manner
• More stringent punishment for storing or possessing any pornographic material in any form involving a child for commercial purpose.

Difference between Analog and Digital transmission

Analog Transmission

• The big difference between Analog and Digital is how the signal is transmitted from the source to the TV in your home.
• Analog TV’s transmit audio and video signals over the airwaves in a manner similar to a radio signal.
• Like radio signals, an analog TV signal can experience interference with their frequencies. This can cause static, snow, or ghosting on a channel. It can also cause fluctuations in color, brightness, and sound quality. And like a radio signals, analog transmission declines the further away you are from the source.

Digital Transmission:

• A Digital TV signal, transmits in “packets” of compressed data. The data uses a combination of 1’s and 0’s, similar to your computer, DVD player, and Internet.
• Digital signals do not experience the same interference, or signal loss, that analog TV signals do
• A digital transmission requires less bandwidth when compared to a similar Analog signal.
• This allows a television station to broadcast more channels and more HD channels over the same airwaves, giving you more variety of programming with better quality

• Haryana became the first state in the country to adopt Centres Mahila Police Volunteer scheme and inducted 950 women, who will work as a link between the people and the police.
• Mahila Police Volunteer would be called as Gram Sakhi and they would work as a bridge between the public and the police to curb crimes against women.
• Under this scheme, one Gram Sakhi each would be deputed in each village and ward of Karnal and Mahendergarh.
• The Ministry of Women and Child Development in collaboration with the Ministry of Home Affairs has envisaged engagement of Mahila Police Volunteers (MPVs) in the States/UTs who will act as a link between police and community and help women in distress