10 PM Daily Current Affairs Quiz | June 7 2021

• Statement 1 is correct: Blue Finned Mahseer is found in the Mula-Mutha River close to the Indian city of Pune, a part of the Krishna River basin. It is also found in other rivers of the Deccan Plateau.
• Statement 2 is correct: Species is migratory and travels upstream during rains.
• Statement 3 is incorrect: It is listed as a Least Concern (LC) species in IUCN Red list

Source: Blue finned mahseer

• Statement 1 is incorrect: A mixture of acetylene gas and air is used.
• Statement 2 is correct: Anti-hail gun is a machine that generates shock waves to disrupt the growth of hailstones in clouds.

Source: Anti-hail gun

• Statement 1 is incorrect: PGI is released by the Education Ministry

• Statement 2 is correct: The information on the indicators are drawn from data available with the Department of School Education (DoSEL) from the Unified District Information System for Education (UDISE), National Achievement Survey (NAS) of NCERT, Mid-Day Meal website, Public Financial Management System (PFMS) and the information uploaded by the States and UTs on the Shagun Portal.

Following countries border Rwanda:

• Burundi
• Tanzania
• Uganda

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Recently Indian government has placed an advance order to block 300 million doses of a new Covid-19 vaccine, Corbevax from Hyderabad-based company Biological E.

• Corbevax is a recombinant protein subunit vaccine. The vaccine is being indigenously produced by Biological E, Hyderabad-based Pharmaceutical company.
• Made up of: The Corbevax vaccine is made up of a specific part of SARS-CoV-2 — the spike protein on the virus’s surface.
• Spike proteins allow the virus to enter the cells in the body so that it can replicate and cause disease.
• However, in Corbevax Vaccine the spike protein alone is given to the body. So, it is not expected to be harmful as the rest of the virus is absent. The body is expected to develop an immune response against the injected spike protein.
• Therefore, when the real virus attempts to infect the body, it will already have an immune response ready that will make it unlikely for the person to fall severely ill.

• The technology to inject spike protein to develop immunity against a disease is not new. It has been used previously in making hepatitis B vaccines. However, Corbevax is the first vaccine made for COVID-19 to use this technology.

Read more: Corbevax Vaccine

Recently, the OPCW has told the United Nations Security Council that it investigated 77 allegations against Syria, and concluded in 17 cases chemical weapons were likely or definitely used.

• OPCW is an intergovernmental organisation and the implementing body for the Chemical Weapons Convention, which entered into force on 29 April 1997.
• Headquarters: The Hague, Netherlands.
• Member states 193 (All states party to the CWC are automatically members). 4 UN Member States are not a member of CWC. They are Egypt, Israel, North Korea and South Sudan. Of these Israel signed CWC but didn’t ratify it.
• Nobel Peace Prize: The organisation was awarded the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize “for its extensive efforts to eliminate chemical weapons, with the most recent being in Syria civil war

• The OPCW–The Hague Award: It is an annual award founded by the OPCW. The Award honours individuals and institutions that have significantly contributed towards the goal of a world free of chemical weapons.

Source: The Hindu

Ladakh Lt Governor has launched the YounTab scheme for students in the Union Territory to encourage digital learning.

Objective: YounTab scheme formulated to encourage digital learning, bridge the digital divide and mitigate the Covid pandemic disruptions.

Mobile tablets has been distributed to the students of 9 to 12 class as part of the first phase of the YounTab Scheme. A total of 12 thousand 300 students of 6th to 12th class from government schools will benefit from the scheme.

Source: All India Radio

• Statement 1 is incorrect: (Seniorcare Ageing Growth Engine) SAGE Initiative has been launched by Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment (MoSJ&E)
• Statement 2 is correct: Initiative has been launched with an aim to provide “one-stop access” for elderly care. The portal will provide access to all elderly care products and services developed by credible start-ups

Source: SAGE

Indian Coast Guard (ICG) has been tirelessly engaged in fighting a major fire on board the Chemical laden container vessel MV X-Press Pearl anchored off Colombo since 25 May 2021.

• The coordinated joint operation between India and Sri Lanka undertook to respond to potential environmental danger has been called Sagar Aaraksha-II.

• Indian Coast Guard ships, including the specialised pollution response vessel Samudra Prahari and offshore patrol vessel Vajra, standby in the vicinity to respond to the developing situation.

Source: PIB

Recently, U.N. special rapporteurs seek information from the Government of India on alleged human rights violations in Jammu & Kashmir

About U.N. special rapporteurs:

• They are independent experts working on behalf of the United Nations. They work on a country or a thematic mandate specified by the United Nations Human Rights Council.

• They have mandates to report and advise on human rights (civil, cultural, economic, political, and social) from a thematic or country-specific perspective.
• Rapporteurs do not receive any financial compensation for their work from the United Nations.

Source: Frontline