10 PM Daily Current Affairs Quiz | March 8 2021

Statement 1 is correct. Sympathising with the plight of widows in India, Savitribai opened a shelter for them in 1854. After years of continuous reform, she paved the way to build a large shelter in 1864 for destitute women, widows and child brides cast aside by their families. She educated them all. She also adopted Yashwantrao, the son of a widow sheltered in this institution.

Statement 2 is correct. Savitribai was instrumental in shaping Satyashodhak Samaj, The Truthseeker’s Society, a brainchild of Jyotirao Phule. The Samaj primarily aimed at eliminating discrimination and the need for social order.

In 1873, Savitribai started the practice of Satyashodhak Marriage, where couples took an oath of education and equality.

Statement 3 is incorrect. Self-Respect Movement was started under the leadership of EV Ramaswami Naicker or Periyar in 1925.

Statement 1 is correct. The Press Council of India was first set up in the year 1966 by the Parliament on the recommendations of the First Press Commission with the object of preserving the freedom of the press and of maintaining and improving the standards of press in India.

The present Council functions under the Press Council Act, 1978. It is a statutory, quasi-judicial authority functioning as a watchdog of the press, for the press and by the press.

Statement 2 is incorrect. The Press Council is headed by a Chairman, who has by convention, been a retired judge of the Supreme Court of India.

Statement 3 is correct. As per the recently published Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, Publishers of news on digital media would be required to observe Norms of Journalistic Conduct of the Press Council of India and the Programme Code under the Cable Television Networks Regulation Act thereby providing a level playing field between the offline (Print, TV) and digital media.

The National Digital Health Mission (NDHM) aims to develop the backbone necessary to support the integrated digital health infrastructure of the country.

Statement 1 is incorrect. Every patient who wishes to have their health records available digitally must start by creating a Health ID. Each Health ID will be linked to a health data consent manager (such as NDHM) which will be used to seek the patient’s consent and allow for seamless flow of health information from the Personal Health Records module.

The process of generation of Health ID has voluntary usage of AADHAAR.

Statement 2 is correct. Digi-Doctor is a comprehensive repository of all doctors practicing or teaching modern/ traditional systems of medicine. Enrolling on Digi-Doctor is completely voluntary and enables doctors to get connected to India’s digital health ecosystem.

Statement 3 is correct. The Health Facility Registry (HFR) is a comprehensive repository of health facilities of the country across different systems of medicine. It includes both public and private health facilities including hospitals, clinics, diagnostic laboratories and imaging centers, pharmacies, etc.

Statement 1 is incorrect. ‘Police’ and ‘Public order’ are State subjects as per the Constitution of India. States/UTs are primarily responsible for prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of crimes through their law enforcement machinery.

Statement 2 is correct. ‘Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C)’ is Ministry of Home Affairs’ scheme to combat cyber-crime in the country, in a coordinated and effective manner.

The scheme has following seven components: National Cybercrime Threat Analytics Unit; National Cybercrime Reporting Portal; Platform for Joint Cybercrime Investigation Team; National Cybercrime Forensic Laboratory Ecosystem.; National Cybercrime Training Centre.; Cybercrime Ecosystem Management Unit; and National Cyber Research and Innovation Centre.

# The Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) have launched the Cyber Crime Volunteers Program with the aim to allow citizens to register themselves as “Cyber Crime Volunteers’’ in the role of “Unlawful Content Flaggers”. The programme, which will be launched all over the country, is going to have its test run in Jammu and Kashmir and Tripura.

Statement 1 is correct. Brahmaputra sub-basin extends over an area of 580,000 sq. km lying in Tibet (China), Bhutan, India and Bangladesh. The drainage area lying in India is 194413 sq. km which is nearly 5.9% of the total geographical area of the country.

The State-wise distribution of drainage area (sq. km):

Arunachal Pradesh (81,424); Assam (70,634); West Bengal (12,585); Meghalaya (11,667); Nagaland (10,803); Sikkim (7,300).

Statement 2 is correct. Brahmaputra Board was established by the Govt. of India in 1980 with the object of preparing a master plan for controlling the flood and bank erosion and improving the drainage of the

Brahmaputra valley, simultaneously tapping the immense water potential for hydropower generation and possible irrigation. The Board has jurisdiction over the adjacent Barak valley also.

Statement 3 is correct. The Teesta, the Sankosh, the Raidak-I, the Raidak-II, the Torsa and the Jaldhaka flowing through the northern West Bengal also join the main stream of Brahmaputra but, in the plains of Bangladesh.

Both statements are correct.

Invented by and named after Japanese botanist Akira Miyawaki, the ‘Miyawaki Method’ is a unique technique to grow forests.

Under the approach, dozens of native species are planted in the same area, close to each other, which ensures that the plants receive sunlight only from the top, and grow upwards than sideways.

During early period, the plantings compete with each other for space and access to light and water—a battle that encourages much faster growth. In conventional afforestation techniques, 1 meter of growth per year is considered the norm. In the Miyawaki method, trees grow about 10 times faster. Once stabilized, the forest is left to flourish, forevermore, on its own without further interference.

The bridge ‘Maitri Setu’ has been built over Feni river which flows between Indian boundary in Tripura State and Bangladesh. The name ‘Maitri Setu’ symbolizes growing bilateral relations and friendly ties between India and Bangladesh.

The construction was taken up by the National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd at a project cost of Rs. 133 Crores. The 1.9 Km long bridge joins Sabroom in India with Ramgarh in Bangladesh.

The Feni River originates in South Tripura district and flows through Sabroom town and then enters Bangladesh.

Alcohol when over-consumed for the first time causes severe effects.

–It can cause heart related issues like Cardiomyopathy – Stretching and drooping of heart muscle; Arrhythmias – Irregular heart beat; Stroke and High blood pressure.

–Liver inflammations including Steatosis, or fatty liver; Alcoholic hepatitis; Fibrosis and Cirrhosis.

— Alcohol causes the pancreas to produce toxic substances that can eventually lead to pancreatitis, a dangerous inflammation and swelling of the blood vessels in the pancreas that prevents proper digestion.

# Scientists from Raman Research Institute (RRI) have developed high-resolution platform to detect the effect of prolonged alcohol exposure on Red Blood Cells.

Statement 1 is correct. The Generation Equality campaign of UN Women demands equal pay, equal sharing of unpaid care and domestic work, an end to sexual harassment and all forms of violence against women and girls, health-care services that respond to their needs, and their equal participation in political life and decision-making in all areas of life.

Statement 2 is correct. This year, the theme for International Women’s Day (8 March), “Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world,” celebrates the tremendous efforts by women and girls around the world in shaping a more equal future and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and highlights the gaps that remain.

Statement 1 is incorrect. As a part of India’s initiatives to engage with neighbouring countries to develop S&T partnerships, the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India has launched ISRF Programme for Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand researchers to work in Indian Universities and Research Institutions.

Statement 2 is correct. The programme provides opportunity to work in advanced research areas in all major disciplines of science and technology including engineering and medical sciences at premier research laboratories in India.

# Forty scholars from six countries have been awarded with the opportunity to carry out their research in Indian Institutes under ISRF 2021.