10 PM Current Affairs Quiz : January 29 2021

Statement 1 is incorrect. Article 123 of the Constitution grants the President certain law-making powers to promulgate Ordinances when either of the two Houses of Parliament is not in session and hence it is not possible to enact laws in the Parliament.

Statement 2 is correct. The President cannot promulgate an Ordinance unless he is satisfied that there are circumstances that require taking ‘immediate action’ and s/he can withdraw an ordinance at any time.

Article 87 of the Constitution provides for Special address by the President.
At the commencement of the first session after each general election to the House of the People and at the commencement of the first session of each year the President shall address both Houses of Parliament assembled together and inform Parliament of the causes of its summons.
Originally, the President was required to address each session of Parliament. Therefore, during the provisional Parliament in 1950, President Rajendra Prasad gave an address before every session. The First Amendment to the Constitution in 1951 changed this position and made the President’s address once a year.

Statement 1 is incorrect. The India Justice Report (IJR) is an initiative of Tata Trusts in collaboration with Centre for Social Justice, Common Cause, Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, DAKSH, TISS–Prayas, Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy and How India Lives. The maiden IJR was announced in 2019.
Statement 2 is correct. The Report highlights stark conclusions, when aggregated for an all-India picture. Women comprise only 29% of judges in India. Two-thirds of the country’s prisoners are yet to be convicted. In the last 25 years, since 1995, only 1.5 crore people have received legal aid, though 80% of the country’s population is entitled to.
Statement 3 is correct. The second edition of the India Justice Report, India’s only ranking of states on delivery of Justice to people, ranks Maharashtra once again at the top of the 18 Large and Mid-sized states (with population of over one crore each), followed by Tamil Nadu (2019: 3rd), Telangana (2019: 11th) Punjab (2019: 4th) and Kerala (2019: 2nd). The list of seven Small States (population less than one crore each) was topped by Tripura (2019: 7th), followed by Sikkim (2019: 2nd) and Goa (2019: 3rd).

Public goods have two distinct aspects: non-excludability and non-rivalrous consumption.
Non–excludability means that the cost of keeping nonpayers from enjoying the benefits of the good or service is prohibitive, i.e., the good is available to all citizens.
Non-rivalrous means that the goods do not dwindle in supply as more people consume them, i.e., when a good is consumed, it doesn’t reduce the amount available for others.

Statement 1 is incorrect. The Musk Deer inhabits alpine forests and scrub. The Deer is typically found at elevations between 2,200 and 4,300 metres (7,250 to 14,200 feet), and is rarely found below 1,000 metres (3,280 feet).
The Indian states in which Alpine and/or Himalayan Musk deer are found include Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Sikkim, and Arunachal Pradesh.
Statement 2 is correct. Musk Deer is the State animal of Uttarakhand state. It was showcased in front of its tableau at the Republic Day parade.
Statement 3 is correct. Musk Deer is listed under the Schedule I of the Wildlife Protection Act 1972.
Musk or Kasturi is a commonly traded wildlife product. Derived from the musk pod of the highly endangered musk deer, a high altitude Himalayan species persecuted in most of its distribution area, it is considered to be a natural perfume fixative and used in the Aryuveda, Tibetan and Unani systems of medicine.

The World Economic Forum in collaboration with Commons Project Foundation have launched the Common Trust Network in collaboration with a broad voluntary network of public and private stakeholders.
The Common Trust Network is designed to (1) empower individuals with digital access to their health information, (2) make it easier for individuals to understand and comply with each destination’s requirements, and (3) help ensure that only verifiable lab results and vaccination records from trusted sources are presented for the purposes of cross-border travel and commerce.
# Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare addressed the event on Restoring Cross Border Mobility by World Economic Forum’s Common Trust Network recently.

: Statement 1 is correct. An agreement on civil nuclear cooperation was signed between India and France on 30 September 2008 during the visit of then PM to France.
Statement 2 is correct. Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Shri Prakash Javadekar and Ms Barbara Pompili, the French Minister for Ecological Transition launched the Indo-French Year of the Environment in New Delhi recently.
The basic objective is to strengthen Indo-French cooperation in sustainable development, increase the effectiveness of actions in favor of global environment protection and give them greater visibility.
The Indo-French Year of the Environment over the period 2021-2022 would be based on five main themes: environmental protection, climate change, biodiversity conservation, sustainable urban development, and the development of renewable energies and energy efficiency.

The Fiscal Monitor was launched in 2009 by IMF to survey and analyze the latest public finance developments, update fiscal implications of the crisis and medium-term fiscal projections, and assess policies to put public finances on a sustainable footing.
The Fiscal Monitor is prepared twice a year by the IMF’s Fiscal Affairs Department. Its projections are based on the same database used for the World Economic Outlook (WEO) and the Global Financial Stability Report (GFSR).
Fiscal Monitor Update, January 2021:
–Global fiscal support of $14 trillion has contributed to saving lives and livelihoods and has mitigated the effects of the pandemic on consumption and output.
–Global public debt is estimated to reach 98 percent of GDP at the end of 2020, compared with 84 percent for the same date based on projections in the October 2019 Fiscal Monitor.
–Fiscal responses have been shaped by access to financing: average overall deficits as a share of GDP in 2020 are projected at –13.3 percent for advanced economies, –10.3 percent for emerging market and middle-income economies, and –5.7 percent for low-income developing countries.

Statement 1 is correct. Li-ion batteries are subject to ageing even if not in use. During their lifetime Li-ion batteries exhibit a gradual decrease in discharge capacity which is manifested as a loss of autonomy for the powered device. This is observed both during use and on storage.
Statement 2 is incorrect. In 2019, the world’s Top 5 lithium producers were: Australia – 52.9% of global production, Chile – 21.5%, China – 9.7%, Argentina – 8.3% and Zimbabwe – 2.1%.

Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) include several parasitic, viral, and bacterial diseases that cause substantial illness for more than one billion people globally.
The 20 NTDs listed by World Health Organisation are: Buruli ulcer, Chagas disease, Dengue and severe dengue, Dracunculiasis, Echinococcosis, Foodborne trematode infections, Human African trypanosomiasis, Leishmaniasis, Leprosy, Lymphatic filariasis, Mycetoma, chromoblastomycosis and other deep mycoses, Onchocerciasis, Rabies, Scabies and other ectoparasitoses, Schistosomiasis, Soil-transmitted helminthiases, Snakebite envenoming, Taeniasis and cysticercosis, Trachoma and Yaws.
# January 30, 2021 will mark the second annual World Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) Day. India joins the world to Combat Neglected Tropical Diseases. On this day the Qutub Minar will be lit up along with other landmarks across the world.