10 PM Daily Current Affairs Quiz | June 12 2021

• 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).

The G7 (Group of Seven) is an organisation of the world’s seven largest so-called advanced economies. They are Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK and the United States.

• The group does not have a formal constitution or a fixed headquarters. The decisions taken by leaders during annual summits are non-binding.
• The G7 summit for this year is held virtually by the UK.

• Guest Countries this year includes India along with Australia, the Republic of Korea and South Africa are guest countries for the Summit.

• Since 2014, this is the second time Indian PM will be participating in a G7 meeting.
• India had been invited by the G7 French Presidency in 2019 to the Biarritz Summit as a “Goodwill Partner”.

Read more: G7 Summit 2021

• Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) has released the Global Liveability Index 2021
• The index assesses the locations that provide the best and the worst living conditions around the world. It assesses 140 cities around the world.

Read more: Article

• Maitree is s an annual Joint Military Exercise which is being conducted alternatively in Thailand and India since 2006

Source: Article

Both statements are wrong.

• Statement 1 is incorrect: The telescope has a powerful digital signaling processor that works at about seven terabits per second – equivalent to a few percent of the world’s internet traffic. This digital signal processor reconstructs and looks in thousands of directions simultaneously. That’s what helps it to detect FRBs a thousand times more often than a traditional telescope.
• Statement 2 is incorrect: The CHIME telescope functions a bit differently from others used for radio astronomy. Most radio astronomy is done by rotating a large dish to focus light from different parts of the sky. On the other hand, the CHIME telescope comprises four massive parabolic radio antennas. It has no moving parts, and it receives radio signals each day from half of the sky as the Earth rotates.

Source: Article

El Salvador has become the first country in the world to officially classify Bitcoin as a legal currency.

• El Salvador has made Bitcoin a legal currency. This means that the bitcoin must be accepted when offered as payment for goods and services. The tax contributors can also pay through bitcoin.
• The US dollar will continue to circulate alongside Bitcoin as the national currency in El Salvador.

Read more: El Salvador made Bitcoin a legal currency

The Commission for Agricultural Costs & Prices (CACP) is an attached office of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of India. It came into existence in January 1965.

• CACP recommends MSPs of 23 commodities, which comprise 7 cereals (paddy, wheat, maize, sorghum, pearl millet, barley and ragi), 5 pulses (gram, tur, moong, urad, lentil), 7 oilseeds (groundnut, rapeseed-mustard, soyabean, seasmum, sunflower, safflower, nigerseed), and 4 commercial crops (copra, sugarcane, cotton and raw jute).

• The CACP also recommends the fair and remunerative price (FRP) for sugarcane.

Source: The Hindu

Recently, the Ministry of Culture organised a special ceremony at Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh to mark the birth anniversary of freedom fighter Ram Prasad Bismil.

• Ram Prasad Bismil, born on 11th June, 1897 in Shahjahanpur was amongst the most notable Indian revolutionaries who fought against British colonialism.
• He wrote powerful patriotic poems in Urdu and Hindi under the pen name of Bismil from age of 19.
• He formed the Hindustan Republican Association with leaders like Bhagat Singh and Chandrasekhar Azad and its constitution was drafted chiefly by Bismil.

• He participated in the Mainpuri conspiracy of 1918, and the Kakori conspiracy of 1925 with Ashfaq Ullah Khan and Roshan Singh to  protest against the British Rule.
• He was martyred at Gorakhpur Jail on 19th December, 1927 just aged 30, for his role in Kakori conspiracy.
• While in jail, he wrote ‘Mera Rang De BasantiChola’ and ‘Sarfaroshi Ki Tamanna’ which became the anthem for freedom fighters.
• He always believed that freedom cannot be achieved without violence, bloodshed, which meant his views were in stark contrast to Mahatma Gandhi’s ideals of ‘ahimsa’.

Source: PIB

The correct order is – Philipppines Sea, Sulu Sea, Celebes Sea 

• Statement 1 is correct: Gharial is listed as Critically Endangered (CE) under IUCN.
• Statement 2 is correct: Satkosia Gorge Sanctuary owes its name to the narrow stretch of River Mahanadi that is “sat-kosh” or seven miles long near Tikarpada, 60km south of Angul. It is known for the gharials, mugger crocodile and rare freshwater turtles like Chitra indica and Trionyx (Aspideretes) gangeticus
• Statement 3 is incorrect: Gharials are different as compared to Marsh Crocodiles (Muggers)

Source: Article