10 PM Current Affairs Quiz: November 23, 2020

Statement 1 is incorrect. ‘Betting and gambling’ is listed as Entry 34 under the State List of Seventh Schedule under the Constitution.

Statement 2 is incorrect. The Information Technology Act 2000 regulates cyber activities in India but does not explicitly regulate or mention online betting or gambling. Various states have their own legislation on gambling, and most States have an exemption for games of skill.

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has published the rules stating the rights of Good Samaritans:

– They shall be treated respectfully without any discrimination on the grounds of religion, nationality, caste or sex.

– No police officer or any other person shall compel a Good Samaritan to disclose his/her name, identity, address or any such other personal details. However, he may voluntarily choose to disclose the same.

– Every public and private hospital shall publish a charter in Hindi, English and vernacular language, at the entrance or other conspicuous location, and on their website, stating the rights of Good Samaritans under the Act and the rules made thereunder.

– If a person has voluntarily agreed to become a witness in the case in which he has acted as a Good Samaritan, he shall be examined in accordance with the provisions of this rule, for which detailed guidelines and process has been mentioned in the rules.

Statement 1 is correct. The Electronic Vaccine Intelligence Network (eVIN) is an innovative technological solution aimed at strengthening immunization supply chain systems across the country. This is being implemented under National Health Mission (NHM) by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

Statement 2 is correct. eVIN aims to provide real-time information on vaccine stocks and flows, and storage temperatures across all cold chain points in the country.

# The Electronic Vaccine Intelligence Network (eVIN) system is being enhanced to address the needs for distribution and tracking of COVID-19 vaccine, whenever it becomes available.

Both statements are correct.

eSanjeevani is Government of India’s flagship telemedicine technology developed by Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (Mohali).

‘eSanjeevani’, is a web-based comprehensive telemedicine solution. It extends the reach of specialized healthcare services to masses in both rural areas and isolated communities.

The Askot Wildlife Sanctuary, with altitude range from 600m to 6,905m is located in the Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand. The term ‘Askot’ is derived from ‘Assi Kot’ or Eighty Forts, many of which are located in Nepal.

The River Kali forms the international boundary and separates it from Nepal in the east and to the west it is bounded by West Almora Forest Division, to the north by Tibet and the south by Pithoragarh Forest Division.

The New Caledonia is a French overseas territory in South Pacific Ocean. It is rich in resources and accounts for around 10% of the world’s nickel reserve.

New Caledonia enjoys a large degree of autonomy but depends heavily on France for matters like defence and education.

Option 1 is correctly matched. The Strait of Hormuz is a strait between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. It provides the only sea passage from the Persian Gulf to the open ocean.

Option 2 is correctly matched. Since the 1967 Six-Day War, the western two-thirds of the Golan Heights has been occupied and administered by Israel, whereas the eastern third remains under control of the Syrian Arab Republic.

Option 3 is correctly matched. Nagorno-Karabakh lies within Azerbaijan but has been under the control of ethnic Armenian forces backed by Armenia.

Statement 1 is correct. A Government Security (G-Sec) is a tradeable instrument issued by the Central Government or the State Governments. It acknowledges the Government’s debt obligation.

Such securities are short term (usually called treasury bills, with original maturities of less than one year) or long term (usually called Government bonds or dated securities with original maturity of one year or more).

In India, the Central Government issues both, treasury bills and bonds or dated securities while the State Governments issue only bonds or dated securities, which are called the State Development Loans (SDLs).

A regulatory sandbox (RS) usually refers to live testing of new products or services in a controlled/test regulatory environment for which regulators may (or may not) permit certain regulatory relaxations for the limited purpose of the testing.

It allows the regulator, the innovators, the financial service providers (as potential deployers of the technology) and the customers (as final users) to conduct field tests to collect evidence on the benefits and risks of new financial innovations, while carefully monitoring and containing their risks.

All of the above are listed in the Concurrent List under Seventh Schedule of the Constitution. In the Concurrent list;

Entry 6 is Transfer of property other than agricultural land; registration of deeds and documents;

Entry 33(b) is Trade and commerce in, and the production, supply and distribution of foodstuffs, including edible oilseeds and oils; and

Entry 38 is Electricity.