10 PM Current Affairs Quiz: January 9, 2021

Statement 1 is correct. Time Use Survey (TUS) provides a framework for measuring time dispositions by the population on different activities. National Statistical Office (NSO) conducted the first Time Use Survey in India during January – December 2019.
81.2 per cent women participate in unpaid domestic services spending an average 299 minutes each day. The participation rate of men in domestic services is low at 26.1 per cent spending around 97 minutes per day while conducting this activity.
Statement 2 is correct. The Code on Wages 2019 prohibits gender discrimination in matters related to wages and recruitment of employees for the same work or work of similar nature. Work of similar nature is defined as work for which the skill, effort, experience, and responsibility required are the same.

General government final consumption expenditure includes all government current expenditures for purchases of goods and services (including compensation of employees).
By convention, expenditure on durable goods, which are used for defence, are also treated as part of consumption expenditure of the Government.
# The National Statistical Office has projected that GDP in the FY 2020-21 would total almost 134.4-lakh crore in constant prices, reflecting a 7.7% contraction from the preceding year’s figure.

Statement 1 is correct. The Gangetic Dolphin was declared as National Aquatic Animal on 5th October 2009.
Statement 2 is correct. The Ganges river dolphins can only live in freshwater and are essentially blind. They hunt by emitting ultrasonic sounds waves that bounce off of fish and other prey.
Statement 3 is incorrect. The Ganges River Dolphin is listed as Endangered in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

Statement 1 is correct. Anemia occurs when there are not enough healthy red blood cells to carry oxygen to body’s organs.
A common cause of anemia is low levels of iron in the body. This type of anemia is called iron-deficiency anemia. Human body needs a certain amount of iron to make hemoglobin, the substance that moves oxygen throughout the body.
Statement 2 is correct. In October 2016, FSSAI operationalized the Food Safety and Standards (Fortification of Foods) Regulations, 2016 for fortifying staples namely Wheat Flour and Rice (with Iron, Vitamin B12 and Folic Acid), Milk and Edible Oil (with Vitamins A and D) and Double Fortified Salt (with Iodine and Iron) to reduce the high burden of micronutrient malnutrition in India. The ‘+F’ logo has been notified to identify fortified foods.

Statement 1 is correct. Avian influenza refers to infection of birds with avian influenza Type A viruses. These viruses occur naturally among wild aquatic birds worldwide and can infect domestic poultry and other bird and animal species.
Wild aquatic birds can be infected with avian influenza A viruses in their intestines and respiratory tract, but usually do not get sick.
However, avian influenza A viruses are very contagious among birds and some of these viruses can sicken and even kill certain domesticated bird species including chickens, ducks, and turkeys.
Statement 2 is correct. Infected birds can shed avian influenza A viruses in their saliva, nasal secretions, and feces. Susceptible birds become infected when they have contact with the virus as it is shed by infected birds. They also can become infected through contact with surfaces that are contaminated with virus from infected birds.

Both statements are incorrect.
The United Nations Statistics Division, the United Nations Environment Programme, the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, and the European Union launched the project “Natural Capital Accounting and Valuation of Ecosystem Services” (NCAVES) in 2017.
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.
The main objective of the UNSD-led project is to mainstream natural capital accounting and the valuation of ecosystem services in data-driven decision and policy-making at the national, regional and local levels.
# NCAVES India Forum 2021 is being organised by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI). In India, the NCAVES project is being implemented by the MoSPI in close collaboration with the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) and the National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC).

Option 1 is correct. Rafale is a French twin-engine, canard delta wing, multirole fighter aircraft designed and built by Dassault Aviation. France, Qatar, India and Greece are the countries operating this fighter jet.
Option 2 is correct. The Dassault Mirage 2000 is a French multirole, single-engine fourth-generation jet fighter manufactured by Dassault Aviation. France, India, UAE, Egypt are among the major countries operating this aircraft.
Option 3 is incorrect. The Ilyushin Il-78 is a Soviet four-engine aerial refueling tanker based on the Il-76 strategic airlifter.
# Diplomatic Advisor to the French President is on a visit to India for the India-France Strategic Dialogue, held on January 7, 2021.

Statement 1 is incorrect. National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI) is a not-for-profit Organization under section 25 of the Companies Act 1956, and was registered on 19th July, 2003.
NIXI was set up for peering of ISPs among themselves for the purpose of routing the domestic traffic within the country, instead of taking it all the way to US/Abroad, thereby resulting in better quality of service (reduced latency) and reduced bandwidth charges for ISPs by saving on International Bandwidth.
Statement 2 is correct. (dot)IN is India’s Country Code Top Level domain (ccTLD). The Govt. of India delegated the operations of INRegistry to NIXI in 2004. The INRegistry operates and manages India’s (dot)IN ccTLD.
# NIXI has announced that it will offer a free IDN (Internationalized Domain Name) in any of their preferred 22 official Indian language along with every IN domain booked by the registrant.

The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) was established by the Government of India under the APEDA Act, 1985. It has been entrusted with the responsibility of export promotion and development of agricultural and processed food product groups listed in the Schedule to the APEDA Act:
Fruits, Vegetables and their Products; Meat and Meat Products; Poultry and Poultry Products; Dairy Products; Confectionery, Biscuits and Bakery Products; Honey, Jaggery and Sugar Products; Cocoa and its products, chocolates of all kinds; Alcoholic and Non-Alcoholic Beverages; Cereal and Cereal Products; Groundnuts, Peanuts and Walnuts; Pickles, Papads and Chutneys; Guar Gum; Floriculture and Floriculture Products; and Herbal and Medicinal Plants.
# APEDA has organized Virtual Buyer Seller Meet (BSM) in various countries during to the ongoing Covid19 pandemic, when the export promotion programme was not possible to be organized physically.

The Indian Army is divided into six operational commands (field armies) and one training command, each under the command of a Lieutenant General, who has an equal status to the Vice-Chief of Army Staff (VCOAS), working under the control of Army HQ in New Delhi.
The Western Command(Chandimandir), Eastern Command (Kolkata), Northern Command (Udhampur), Southern Command (Pune), Central Command (Lucknow), Army Training Command (Shimla) and South-Western Command (Jaipur).