10 PM Current Affairs Quiz: January 15, 2021

Archaeologists have discovered the world’s oldest known animal cave painting in Indonesia – a wild pig – believed to be drawn 45,500 years ago. It provides the earliest evidence of human settlement of the region.
Painted using dark red ochre pigment, the life-sized picture of the Sulawesi warty pig appears to be part of a narrative scene. The picture was found in the Leang Tedongnge cave in a remote valley on the island of Sulawesi.
Sulawesi is in a key location. It’s the largest island in a group that scientists often refer to as Wallacea after the great 19/20th Century naturalist Alfred Wallace. The group sits on a dividing line, either side of which you find very different animals and plants.

: Anaphylaxis is a serious, life-threatening allergic reaction. The most common anaphylactic reactions are to foods, insect stings, medications and latex.
Most cases are caused by a bee sting or eating foods that are known to cause allergies, such as peanuts or tree nuts. Anaphylaxis causes a series of symptoms, including a rash, low pulse, and shock, which is known as anaphylactic shock. This can be fatal if it isn’t treated immediately.
# A few cases of Anaphylaxis have been reported as adverse events post COVID-19 vaccination in USA.

Thrombocytopenia is a condition that causes low levels of platelets. Platelets (thrombocytes) are colorless blood cells that help blood clot. Platelets stop bleeding by clumping and forming plugs in blood vessel injuries.
Thrombocytopenia might occur as a result of a bone marrow disorder such as leukemia or an immune system problem. Or it can be a side effect of taking certain medications.

OTT stands for ‘Over-the-Top’ and refers to any streaming service that delivers content over the internet. The service is delivered ‘over the top’ of another platform.
Services like Netflix or Amazon Prime Video are video OTT services, another major OTT market is audio, with services such as Spotify.
OTT messaging services like WhatsApp, Telegram or Signal have overtaken SMS as primary text communication mode.

‘Prarambh: Startup India International Summit’ is being organized by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, on 15-16 January, 2021.
The Summit marks the fifth anniversary of the Startup India initiative. With participation from over 25 countries and more than 200 global speakers, the Summit focus on enhancing multilateral cooperation and engagement with countries from around the globe to collectively develop and strengthen the startup ecosystems.

Exercise Sea Vigil 21, the two-day coastal defence exercise was conducted on 12 and 13 January 2021. The conceptual and geographical expanse of Sea Vigil included the entire coastline and EEZ of the country and contingencies from Peace to War-time were exercised. In addition, mitigation measures, on shore, in case of any breach in coastal security were also validated.
The exercise involved deployment of the entire coastal security apparatus and more than 110 surface assets of Indian Navy (IN) and Coast Guard (CG) participated in the exercise. In addition, a large number of Marine Police and Customs assets were also deployed.

Both statements are correct.
National Innovation Foundation (NIF) is an autonomous body of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India. It is India’s national initiative to strengthen the grassroots technological innovations and outstanding traditional knowledge.
Its mission is to help India become a creative and knowledge-based society by expanding policy and institutional space for grassroots technological innovators.
NIF scouts, supports and spawns’ grassroots innovations developed by individuals and local communities in any technological field, helping in human survival without any help from formal sector.
# A National Innovation Portal (NIP) by NIF has been launched recently hosting about 1.15 lakh innovations scouted from common people of the country, covering Engineering, Agriculture, Veterinary and Human Health.

: The first version of Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) scheme was launched in 2015 to encourage and promote skill development in the country by providing free short duration skill training and incentivizing this by providing monetary rewards to youth for skill certification.
PMKVY 2.0 (2016-20) was launched by scaling up sectors, geographies and by greater alignment with other missions / programs of Government of India such as ‘Make in India’, ‘Digital India’ and ‘Swachh Bharat Mission’.
Skill India Mission PMKVY 3.0 envisages to create an ecosystem for the youth to make informed choices on the available skilling avenues by training of eight lakh candidates over a scheme period of 2020-2021 with an outlay of Rs. 948.90 crore.
Statement 1 is incorrect. This scheme will have two components:
–Centrally Sponsored Centrally Managed (CSCM) known as the Central Component to be implemented by the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC).
–Centrally Sponsored State Managed (CSSM) known as the State Component to be implemented by the State Skill Development Missions (SSDMs) / respective Departments of the States / UTs.
Total target of the scheme will be divided approximately in the ratio of 75:25 between Central and State Components respectively. However, States having performed well and willing to take higher targets shall be allocated accordingly based on assessment of their performance.
Statement 2 is correct. It is a demand driven scheme with bottom up approach for identification and mapping of job roles.
District level plan shall be the fundamental level of implementation. district level plan shall be the fundamental level of implementation. District Skill Commitlee (DSC) shall be the focal point of implementation of PMKVY 3.0. DSC shall play major role in preparation of Distrlct level plan, mobilization and counselling of candidates, formation of training batches, monitoring of quality assurance and post training support.

: Statement 1 is incorrect. Wholesale Price Index (WPI) measures the average change in the prices of commodities for bulk sale at the level of early stage of transactions. It is released by Office of the Economic Adviser on 14th of every month (or next working day) with a time lag of two weeks of the reference month and compiled with data received from institutional sources and selected manufacturing units across the country.
Statement 2 is correct. The Wholesale Price Index (WPI) is an index covering prices of products/commodities only pertaining to four sectors comprising agriculture, mining, manufacturing and electricity. The other sectors of GDP, in particular, services sector are not covered under WPI.
Statement 3 is correct. The weight of manufactured products is highest in WPI (2004-05) at 64.2%. The weight of the Primary Article is to 22.6% and the weight of Fuel & Power is 13.2%.

The United Nations Statistics Division, the United Nations Environment Programme, the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, and the European Union have launched the project “Natural Capital Accounting and Valuation of Ecosystem Services” (NCAVES).
The project funded by the European Union through its Partnership Instrument (PI), aims to assist the five participating partner countries, namely Brazil, China, India, Mexico and South Africa, to advance the knowledge agenda on environmental-economic accounting, in particular ecosystem accounting.