10 PM Current Affairs Quiz : May 23, 2018

The Draft Passenger Charter was released by the Union Ministry of Civil Aviation providing the passenger certain rights.These include:

(i)If an air passenger cancels their ticket within 24 hours of booking, and provided travel is to take place after 96 hours, then they could be allowed to do this without charge.

(ii)When flight is expected to be delayed for more than 4 hrs from the published scheduled time departure or previously revised departure time (communicated more than 24 hours prior to original scheduled departure time), airlines to offer an option of full refund of ticket to the passenger

When delay is more than 24 hrs from published scheduled time of departure and involves flight to fly on the next day i.e. beyond 0000 hours, passenger to be offered free-of-charge hotel accommodation (including transfers).

Airlines to compensate passengers for missing connecting flights:

If delay more than 3 hours: INR 5,000

If delay between 4 and 12 hours: INR 10,000

If delay more than 12 hours: INR 20,000

(iii)Passenger dies or undergoes bodily injuries on board an aircraft: Limit of liability to be paid by the airline must be same for both international and domestic passengers

(iv) Baggage lost, delayed, or damaged: a) Limit of liability to be paid by the airline to be the same for both international and domestic passengers, and b) the minimum compensation will be as follows:Rs. 3,000 per kg for loss of baggage, Rs. 1,000 per kg for delay and Rs. 1,000 per kg for damage of baggage

According to a report by the World Health Organization, there is “strong evidence” that the emergence of bat-related viral infections can be attributed to the loss of the animal’s natural habitats. As the flying fox(fruit bats) habitat is destroyed by human activity, the bats get stressed and hungry, their immune system gets weaker, their virus load goes up and a lot of virus spills out in their urine and saliva.

Statement 1 is correct – The Tokay gecko or gekko gecko, a lizard species with orange-spotted blue-grey skin, is protected under the Schedule III of the Indian Wildlife Protection Act.

Statement 2 is correct – Tokay geckos communicate vocally, using calls to find members of the opposite sex during the breeding season, and as a means of defense (they emit a hissing or croaking noise when being attacked).

National Highway 37 (NH 37) is a National Highway in India. This highway starts from Sutarakandi near Karimganj in Assam and terminates at Bhali in Manipur

Statement 1 is incorrect: Minimum entry Age is 60 years

Statement 2 is incorrect: minimum pension under the scheme is Rs 1000 and Maximum is Rs 5000.

Statement 1 is correct: Government e Marketplace (GeM), has been envisaged by Government of India as the National Procurement Portal of India. GeM strives to keep pace with ever-evolving technological challenges and stakeholder aspirations and in line with this endeavour, GeM has come up with a scaled up third version- GeM 3.0..

Statement 2 is correct:

Some of the notable enhancements in the 3.0 version:

i)Market Based generic requirements across all government agencies