10 PM Daily Current Affairs Quiz | June 11 2021

All statements are correct 

• Surakshit Hum Surakshit Tum Abhiyaan has been launched in 112 aspirational districts. 
• Aim: To assist district administrations in providing home-care support to COVID-19 patients who are asymptomatic or have mild symptoms. 
• Features of the initiative: 

• Firstly, the initiative will be led by district magistrates in partnership with local NGOs. 
• Secondly, the NGOs will help mobilise local volunteers. They shall be trained so that they can provide support to affected families by educating them to follow Covid-19 protocols. They shall also be trained to provide psycho-social support and timely updates about patients to the administration. 

• Thirdly, local leaders, civil societies and volunteers will also work with district administrations to address emerging problems across key focus areas of the Aspirational Districts Programme. 

 Source: Article 

• Statement 1 is incorrect: UN Sec Gen is appointed by UNGA on the recommendation of UNSC.
• Statement 2 is correct: To be selected as a UN Secretary-General, a candidate must receive the votes of at least 9 (60%) members of the United Nations Security Council, with no vetoes from permanent members.

Source: Article

• Operation Pangea is an international effort to target the online sale of counterfeit and illicit health products. It also aims to raise public awareness of the potential dangers of buying medicines online.

• The first time Operation Pangea was conducted was in 2008.

Source: Article

The correct order is: –

• Cape of Good Hope, Cape Agulhas, Port Elizabeth

Both statements are incorrect

• Vision of POSHAN Abhiyaan is 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 and children.
• The Ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD) is implementing POSHAN Abhiyaan in 315 Districts in first year, 235 Districts in second year and remaining districts will be covered in the third year.

Source: Article

Statement 1 is incorrect. Higher Education Financing Agency (HEFA) is a joint venture of Ministry of Education, Government of India and Canara Bank.

HEFA is registered under Section 8 [Not-for-profit] under the Companies Act 2013 as a Union Govt company and as Non–deposit taking NBFC with RBI.

Statement 2 is correct. HEFA Vision: To enable India’s premier educational institutions to excel and reach the top in global rankings by financing building world class infrastructure including R&D Infra.

HEFA Mission: To provide timely finance at competitive interest rates for capital assets creation in India’s educational institutions and supplement it with grants by channelizing CSR funds from the corporate and donations from others.

NITI Aayog released a white paper Vision 2035 – Public Health Surveillance in India. The white paper lays out India’s vision for public health surveillance through the integration of the three-tiered public health system into Ayushman Bharat.

It also spells out the need for expanded referral networks and enhanced laboratory capacity. The building blocks for this vision are an interdependent federated system of governance between the Centre and states.

Measles.

· Measles is caused by a virus in the paramyxovirus family and it is normally passed through direct contact and through the air.

· The virus infects the respiratory tract, and then spreads throughout the body.

Measles is a human disease and is not known to occur in animals.

· Measles is a highly contagious, serious disease caused by a virus. Before the introduction of measles vaccine in 1963 and widespread vaccination, major epidemics occurred approximately every 2–3 years and measles caused an estimated 2.6 million deaths each year.

· Accelerated immunization activities have had a major impact on reducing measles deaths. During 2000– 2018, measles vaccination prevented an estimated 23.2 million deaths. Global measles deaths have decreased by 73% from an estimated 536000 in 2000 to 142,000 in 2018.

An FPO, formed by a group of farm producers, is a registered body with producers as shareholders in the organization.

 It deals with business activities related to the farm produce and it works for the benefit of the member producers.

 Small Farmers’ Agribusiness Consortium (SFAC) is providing support for promotion of FPOs.

 NABARD has dedicated Funds like Producer Organisation Development Fund (PODF) and PRODUCE for promotion of FPOs.

 Financing FPOs through NABARD’s subsidiary NABKISAN Finance Ltd., digitisation of FPO data, development of performance measurement tool, etc. have also contributed to the ongoing efforts.

 Besides, NABARD is running an awareness campaign on the role of FPOs in building resilience against climate change, increase in productivity and optimal efficiency in the agri value chain.

The Kudremukh National Park is located at a distance of 96 km from the district of Chikmagalur in the state of Karnataka in India.

 Nestled in the Western Ghats, the park is spread over an area of over 600 sq km at an altitude of 1,894 m above sea level.

 The Kudremukh National Park derives its name from a hill top that resembles the shape of the head of a horse.

 The park houses four ranges named Kudremukh, Kerekatte, Kalasa, and Shimoga. The entire park is covered by thick forests with various species of flora. It is also surrounded by tea and coffee plantations.

 The Kudremukh National Park falls under the Global Tiger Conservation Priority-I, under the format developed by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and World Wide Fund-USA.

 It is also the origin of three very well-known rivers – the Nethravathi, the Tunga and the Bhadra.

• A statue of Lord Varaha at a height of six feet can be found inside an ancient cave and a temple of goddess Bhagavathi is also present here. These attract many tourists, mainly pilgrims, here.

 Kudremukh National Park is home to several species of flora and fauna. Eucalyptus, casuarinas, acacia auriculiformis and Grevillea Robusta are some of the species of flora found here.

 Together with a wide array of wildlife consisting of tigers, leopards, wild dogs, Malabar giant squirrels, common langurs, sloth bears, gaurs, porcupines, sambar, spotted deer, barking deer, jackals, giant flying squirrels and mongoose found here.

• The WHO has recently given a new classification to SARS-CoV-2 variants of interest (VOI) and variants of concern (VOC) on the basis of greek letters. The objective was to create easy-to-pronounce and non-stigmatising labels for VOI and VOC.
• However, the established nomenclature systems for naming and tracking of SARS-CoV-2 genetic lineages by GISAID, Nextstrain and Pango will remain in use for the scientific research.
• The new classification is as follows:

• VOC B.1.1.7 will be called Alpha Variant. It was earliest documented in the United Kingdom (September 2020).
• VOC B.1.351 will be called Beta Variant. It was earliest documented in South Africa (May 2020).
• VOC P.1 will be called Gamma Variant. It was earliest documented in Brazil (November 2020).
• VOC B.1.617.2 will be called Delta Variant. It was earliest documented in India (October 2020).