10 PM Daily Current Affairs Quiz | July 1 2021

• These principles called for the development of a universal set of standards for non-coercive interviewing and associated procedural safeguards during investigations to ensure that no person — including suspects, witnesses, victims, and other persons being interviewed — is subjected to torture, ill-treatment, or coercion while being questioned.

Source: Article

Both statements are correct 

• An independent Director is a director on a board of directors representing minority shareholders. He/she does not have a pecuniary relationship with the company or related persons, except for sitting fees. 
• Their role is to take an unambiguously and independently stand to have a check and balance on the majority shareholders. It reduces exposure of the company to unwarranted risks. 
• As per the Companies Act, 2013 all listed public companies need to have at least one-third of the total Directors to be independent. 

 Source: Article 

• NATRAX is one of the state-of-the-art automotive testing and certification centre under NATRiP, a flagship project of the Ministry of Heavy Industries, Govt of India planned under the Automotive Mission Plan launched by Government of India.
• The track has been designed for neutral speeds up to 250 kmph and a maximum speed of up to 375 kmph on curves. There is no limit to maximum speed on the straight patch.
• The zero-percent longitudinal slope makes this track an open-air test laboratory for precise measurement of the performance of vehicles.
• Moreover, the track is open to having vehicles from overseas being evaluated here as part of the testing process.

Source: Article

• Global Economic Prospects report is released by World Bank

Source: Article

• Option 1 is correctly matched: The Bomdi-La pass in Arunachal Pradesh connects it with Lhasa, the capital city of Tibet. 
• Option 2 is incorrectly matched: The Sela Pass is a high-altitude mountain pass located on the border between the Tawang and West Kameng Districts of Arunachal Pradesh state in India. 
• Option 3 is incorrectly matched: Zoji La pass in the Himalayas in the Union territory of Ladakh connects the Kashmir Valley to its west with the Drass and Suru valleys to its northeast and the Indus valley further east. 

Statement 1 is incorrect. Securities and Exchange Board of India(SEBI) has come up with a framework for creating so-called accredited investors. 

Statement 2 is incorrect. An investor need to have an annual income greater than ₹2 crores  to become an accredited investor.    

Statement 3 is correct. They get relaxation in the minimum amount to be invested in the Alternative Investment Funds (AIF)   

Statement 4 is incorrect. Accredited Investors are those investors who may be considered to be well-informed or well-advised about investment products. 

Statement 1 is correct. These projects will be in the space of Artificial Intelligence (AI)/Machine Learning (ML), platform systems, circuits & architecture, Internet of Things (IoT), security, and so on from edge to cloud. 

Statement 2 is incorrect. The program intends to select highly impactful research projects in every cycle (typically once or twice a year) which have breakthrough potential at a national or global level. 

According to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), hydrogen will make up 12% of the energy mix by 2050. Hydrogen is one of the most abundant elements on earth for a cleaner alternative fuel option. 

Type of hydrogen depend up on the process of its formation.  

• Green hydrogen: It is produced by electrolysis of water using renewable energy (like Solar, Wind) and has a lower carbon footprint. 
• Brown hydrogen: It is produced using coal where the emissions are released to the air. 
• Grey hydrogen: It is produced from natural gas where the associated emissions are released to the air. 
• Blue hydrogen: It is also produced from natural gas. But the emissions are captured using carbon capture and storage. 

Source: Down To Earth 

Statement 1 is incorrect. A 10-point increase in air pollution from black carbon led to an average 5% increase in mortality. 

Statement 2 is correct. Black carbon is formed through the incomplete combustion of fossil fuels, biofuel, and biomass. 

Statement 3 is correct. Blue Carbon refers to coastal, aquatic and marine carbon sinks held by vegetation, marine organisms, and sediments. 

Recently, due to Covid-19-Pandemic an app called chendavia is gaining popularity among the students of kalbeliya dance. 

About Kalbeliya dance: 

• It is associated with a Rajasthani tribe of Kalbeliya 
• In 2010, it was included in the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organizations (UNESCO) list of Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH). 
• It is generally performed for any joyous celebration and is considered to be an integral part of the Kalbeliya culture. 

• Women in flowing black skirts dance and swirl, replicating the movements of a serpent, while men accompany them on the “khanjari” instrument and the “poongi”, a woodwind instrument traditionally played to capture snakes. 

• It is only performed by women while the men play the instruments and provide the music. 
• These songs disseminate mythological knowledge through stories. 

Source: The Hindu