10 PM Current Affairs Quiz : May 25, 2018

Surya Kiran is a joint military exercise that takes place between India and Nepal. It is a Bi-Annual exercise taking place alternatively in India and Nepal. It is one of the largest joint exercises in which India takes part. The 13th edition of the Sura Kiran was held in Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand.

The National Sports University Bill, 2017 envisaged setting up of a National Sports University located in Manipur.  It will promote sports education in the areas of: (i) sports sciences, (ii) sports technology, (iii) sports management, and (iv) sports coaching.  It will function as a national training centre for select sports disciplines. It may also establish campuses and study centres in other parts of the country.  The University will be empowered to grant degrees, diplomas and certificates. The key objectives of the University are:

(i) research, development and dissemination of knowledge in physical education and sports sciences,

(ii) strengthening physical education and sports training programmes,

(iii) generating knowledge capabilities, skills and competence at various levels,

(iv) training talented athletes to help them to evolve into international level athletes.

India ranks a lowly 145th among 195 countries in terms of healthcare access and quality in 2016, as assessed in a Global Burden of Disease study published in The Lancet. The study used an index based on 32 causes of death that should be preventable with effective medical care. Each country was given a healthcare access and quality (HAQ) score between 0-100. India’s HAQ score is 41.2, up from 24.7 in 1990.
For the first time, the study also analysed healthcare access and quality between regions of seven countries including India. China and India had the widest disparities of 43.5 and 30.8 points, respectively, while Japan had the narrowest of 4.8 points.

Article 50 of the Treaty of Lisbon gives any EU member state the right to quit unilaterally, and outlines the procedure for doing so. It gives the leaving country two years to negotiate an exit deal and once it’s set in motion it can’t be stopped except by unanimous consent of all member states. No country has ever left the EU before, and there was no way to legally leave the EU before the Treaty of Lisbon was signed in 2007.

Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) is a strip of semi-autonomous tribal land sandwiched between Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) province and Afghanistan. It was being used as a base for terrorist organisations like Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan and al-Qaeda. Recently, the Pakistan’s lower House voted for the merger of FATA with KPK. It believed this move would help in mainstreaming the region and reduce its alienation.

Autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) are neurological conditions that affect the abilities of a person to communicate with others.

Sickle-cell disease (SCD) is a group of blood disorders typically inherited from a person’s parents. The most common type is known as sickle-cell anaemia (SCA). It results in an abnormality in the oxygen-carrying protein haemoglobin (haemoglobin S) found in red blood cells.

Down syndrome (DS or DNS), also known as trisomy 21, is a genetic disorder caused by the presence of all or part of a third copy of chromosome 21. It is typically associated with physical growth delays, characteristic facial features, and mild to moderate intellectual disability.

Hemophilia is one of a group of inherited bleeding disorders that cause abnormal or exaggerated bleeding and poor blood clotting.