10 PM Current Affairs Quiz: December 30, 2020

Statement 1 is correct. The Kolar Leaf-Nosed Bat is exclusive to Karnataka. Till few years back, it was found in only two caves in the village of Hanumanahalli in Kolar district of Karnataka. For reasons that are still unknown, the bat became locally extinct in one of the two caves.
Statement 2 is correct. The Kolar Leaf-nosed Bat (Hipposideros hypophyllus) is listed as Critically Endangered in the IUCN Red List with decrasing population trend.
There are five species of bats that live in the caves of Hanumanahalli, of which the Kolar Leaf-Nosed Bat is just one. According to recent estimates, there are just 150 Kolar Leaf-Nosed Bats left in these caves.

Statement 1 is correct. Net zero carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are achieved when anthropogenic CO2 emissions are balanced by anthropogenic CO2 removals over a specified period. Net zero CO2 emissions are also referred to as carbon neutrality.
Statement 2 is incorrect. India’s Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs):
–To reduce the emissions intensity of GDP by 33%–35% by 2030 below 2005 levels;
–To increase the share of non-fossil-based energy resources to 40% of installed electric power capacity by 2030, with help of transfer of technology and low-cost international finance including from Green Climate Fund (GCF);
–To create an additional (cumulative) carbon sink of 2.5–3 GtCO2e through additional forest and tree cover by 2030.

All of the above are correctly matched.
Indian Naval Ship Kiltan, carrying humanitarian assistance as part of ongoing Mission Sagar-III arrived at Sihanoukville Port, Cambodia after offloading relief material for flood-affected people at Vietnam’s Nha Rong Port, Ho Chi Minh City.
Kuantan Port is a multipurpose port in the East Coast Region of Peninsular Malaysia.

Some 200 km from Leh are the villages of Dha, Hanu, Garkone and Darchik on both sides of the Indus River, inhabited by the Buddhist Dard Tribes. The villages are together called the “Aryan valley. The word ‘Dard’ is derived from a Sanskrit word, ‘Daradas’, which means people who live on hillsides.
# The ‘Dard Aryan’ is not among the list of notified Schedule Tribes.
# Meteorological (Met) Centre at Leh (Ladakh) has been launched recently. It will provide forecast for important tourist places like Nubra, Changthang, Pangong Lake, Zanskar, Kargil, Drass, Dha-Baima (Aryan valley), Khalsi among others.

Statement 1 is correct. To harness the potential of this new wave of technology and make India a leading player in CPS, the National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (NM-ICPS) is being implemented by the Department of Science & Technology (DST).
# Cyber-Physical System (CPS) combines digital/ cyber elements with physical objects (e.g. machines, autonomous vehicles) and data with capabilities of communication, data collection & processing, computing, decision making and action.
Statement 2 is correct. The Mission aims at establishment of 15 numbers of Technology Innovation Hubs (TIH), six numbers of Application Innovation Hubs (AIH) and four numbers of Technology Translation Research Parks (TTRP).
# The Department of Science and Technology (DST) has sanctioned Rs. 135 crores to IIT Hyderabad under NM-ICPS to set up a Technology Innovation Hub on Autonomous Navigation and Data Acquisition Systems (UAVs, RoVs, etc.). ‘TiHAN-IIT Hyderabad’ is India’s first Test bed for Autonomous Navigation Systems (Terrestrial and Aerial).

Both statements are correct.
Digital Ocean platform is a first of its kind platform for ocean data management. It has been developed by the Indian National Center for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) of Ministry of Earth Sciences.
It includes a set of applications developed to organize and present heterogeneous oceanographic data by adopting rapid advancements in geospatial technology. It facilitates an online interactive web-based environment for data integration, 3D and 4D (3D inspace with time animation) data visualization, data analysis to assess the evolution of oceanographic features, data fusion and multi-format download of disparate data from multiple sources viz., in-situ, remote sensing and model data, all of which is rendered on a georeferenced 3D Ocean.

Statement 1 is correct. National Informatics Centre (NIC) under Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY) has been conducting the biennial Digital India Awards (DIA) to promote innovation in e-Governance and digital transformation of government service delivery mechanism.
The awards have been held for 5 seasons earlier, in 2009, 2012, 2014, 2016 & 2018. The Awards were initially known as Web Ratna Awards until 2014 and were re-named Digital India Awards from the 2016 season.
Statement 2 is correct. The 6th Digital India Awards 2020 includes ‘Innovation in Pandemic’ category to felicitate a Government Entity which has developed an outstanding, innovative digital solution to facilitate the citizens to undertake various activities with ease during the time of pandemic in areas like communication, health, education, travel etc. or to ensure continuity of government services.
# Digital India Awards have been institutionalized under the ambit of National Portal of India to honor exemplary initiatives/practices in Digital-Governance. The National Portal of India is a Flagship Project to facilitate single window access to Government Information and Services in cyberspace.

Statement 1 is correct. SAROD-Ports is established under Societies Registration Act, 1860 with the objective of affordable and timely resolution of disputes in fair manner Enrichment of Dispute Resolution Mechanism with the panel of technical experts as arbitrators.
SAROD-Ports consists members from Indian Ports Association (IPA) and Indian Private Ports and Terminals Association (IPTTA).
SAROD-Ports will advise and assist in settlement of disputes through arbitrations in the maritime sector, including ports and shipping sector in Major Port Trusts, Non-major Ports, including private ports, jetties, terminals and harbours.
It will also cover disputes between granting authority and Licensee/Concessionaire /Contractor and also disputes between Licensee/Concessionaire and their contractors arising out of and during the course of execution of various contracts.
Statement 2 is correct. India’s first seaplane Service operation was inaugurated by Prime Minister in October, 2020, between Kevadia and Sabarmati River front in Ahmedabad.
# Ports handle around 90% of EXIM Cargo by volume and 70% by value.

Statement 1 is correct. The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) is a comprehensive statement addressing the human rights of indigenous peoples. It was drafted and formally debated for over twenty years prior to being adopted by the General Assembly on 13 September 2007.
The document emphasizes the rights of indigenous peoples to live in dignity, to maintain and strengthen their own institutions, cultures and traditions and to pursue their self-determined development, in keeping with their own needs and aspirations.
The Declaration addresses both individual and collective rights, cultural rights and identity, rights to education, health, employment, language, and others.
Statement 2 is incorrect. India voted in favour of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples 2007.

Statement 1 is incorrect. Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance is a public–private global health partnership with the goal of increasing access to immunization. It is not a United Nations body.
Gavi’s impact draws on the strengths of its core partners, the World Health Organization, UNICEF, the World Bank and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and plays a critical role in strengthening primary health care (PHC), bringing us closer to the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) of Universal Health Coverage (UHC).
Statement 2 is incorrect. On the Gavi board, UNICEF, WHO, the World Bank and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation hold permanent seats; representatives of other Gavi partners serve on time-limited basis.
Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare has been nominated by the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI) as a member on the GAVI Board. The Gavi Board is currently chaired by Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, a Nigerian-born economist.