10 PM Current Affairs Quiz : June 1, 2018

The No Needle Policy was brought in to reduce the incidences of doping and to establish a level playing field. The following are the provisions of this policy:

(i)Needles must not be used except by medically qualified practitioners for treatment of injury, illness or other medical conditions (for which a valid TUE may be required) those requiring auto-injection therapy for an established medical condition with a valid TUE, e.g. for insulin dependent diabetes.

(ii)Every Commonwealth Games Association (CGA) must ensure that needles are stored in a central secured location, access to which is restricted to authorized medical personnel of the CGA delegation.

(iii)Athletes with a valid TUE for use of insulin, and nonathletes requiring other forms of auto-injection may keep appropriate materials with them if safely stored and disposed of in accordance with the following:

(iv)All used needles and associated materials (vials, syringes, and swabs) are disposed of in an appropriate bio-hazards container

(v)Whenever an athlete receives an injection during the Games, the attached “Injection Declaration Form” (IDF) is duly completed and forwarded to the CGF Medical Commission no later than noon the day following such injection.

Recently, two Indian athletes were suspended from the CWG in Australia after the Commonwealth Federation found that they had breached the No Needle Policy.

Mahathir Mohamad is the prime minister of Malaysia. He is oldest currently-serving state leader by age (92 years).

E-Way (Electronic Way) bill is a document required to be carried by a person in charge of the conveyance carrying any consignment of goods of value exceeding Rs. 50,000.

This has been mandated by the government in terms of Section 68 of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Act.

Transit cargo transported to or from Nepal or Bhutan are exempted.

Hoolock Gibbons are the only apes to be found in India. Thus, statement 1 is true.

Hoolock Gibbons are found in certain specific habitats of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh and also in Eastern Bangladesh. Thus, statement 2 is true

World Drug Report is an annual publication of the UN Office of Drugs and Crime.It analyzes market trends, compiling detailed statistics on drug markets. The first report was published in 1997, the same year the agency was established. The agency was tasked with the responsibility of crime prevention, criminal justice and criminal law reform. The World Drug Report is utilized as an annual overview of the major developments of global drug markets and as a tool to publish evidence-based drug prevention plans.

Statement 1 is correct

The Medical Council of India was established in 1934 under the Indian Medical Council Act, 1933. The Act was repealed in 1956

Statement 2 is correct

The objective of MCI is

• To maintain uniform standards of Medical education
• Recommendation for recognition/de-recognition of medical qualifications of medical institutions of India or foreign countries.
• Permanent registration/provisional registration of doctors with recognized medical qualifications.
• Reciprocity with foreign countries in the matter of mutual recognition of medical qualifications.