10 PM Current Affairs Quiz : November 13, 2018

POSHAN Abhiyaan is a multi-ministerial convergence mission with the vision to ensure attainment of malnutrition free India by 2022. The objective of POSHAN Abhiyaan to reduce stunting in identified Districts of India with the highest malnutrition burden by improving utilization of key Anganwadi Services and improving the quality of Anganwadi Services delivery. Its aim to ensure holistic development and adequate nutrition for pregnant women, mothers, children and adolescent girls.

Swachh Survekshan is a ranking exercise taken up by GoI to assess rural and urban areas for their levels of cleanliness and active implementation of Swachhata initiatives. Ministry of Urban Development takes up Swachh Survekshan in urban areas and the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation in rural areas. The exercise encourages large scale citizen participation and creates awareness about cleanliness while fostering spirit of healthy competition among towns and cities to improve cleanliness

UNESCO Global Geoparks are single, unified geographical areas where sites and landscapes of international geological significance are managed with a holistic concept of protection, education and sustainable development. These are established through a bottom-up process involving all relevant local and regional stakeholders and authorities in the area (e.g. land owners, community groups, tourism providers, indigenous people, and local organizations).

Note: Lonar Lake in Maharashtra and St. Mary’s Island and Malpe beach in coastal Karnataka are the Geological survey of India’s candidates for UNESCO Global Geopark Network status

Statement 1 is correct. It is powered by an 83 MW pressurised light-water reactor with enriched

uranium.

Statement 2 is correct. Equipped with nuclear-tipped ballistic missiles, Arihant is India’s only operational Ship Submersible Ballistic Nuclear (SSBN) asset. It can stay undetected deep underwater for long periods, range far and wide, and launch nuclear missiles when required.

Statement 1 is correct. The Convention on Cybercrime, also known as the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime or the Budapest Convention, is the first international treaty seeking to address Internet and computer crime by harmonizing national laws, improving investigative techniques, and increasing cooperation among nations.

Statement 2 is incorrect. The Convention has 56 members, including India. The Convention has 56 members, including the US and the UK. India is not a member of this convention.

The Committee on Reforms of the Criminal Justice System, or the Justice Malimath Committee, was constituted by the Home Ministry in 2000 by then Deputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani, who also held the Home portfolio. It was headed by Justice V.S. Malimath, former Chief Justice of the Karnataka and Kerala High Courts.