10 PM Daily Current Affairs Quiz | May 12 2021

• Statement 1 is incorrect: This is how Variant of high Consequence is classified, not VoC
• Statement 2 is correct: This is true. A variant of high consequence would require notification to WHO under the International Health Regulations, reporting to CDC, an announcement of strategies to prevent or contain transmission, and recommendations to update treatments and vaccines.

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• Statement 1 is incorrect: It is a doctor-to-doctor telemedicine system
• Statement 2 is correct: It is a doctor-to-doctor telemedicine system being implemented under the Ayushman Bharat Health and Wellness Centre (AB-HWCs) programme. It seeks to connect all 1,50,000 HWCs using the hub-and-spoke model by December 2022.
• Statement 3 is incorrect: No home delivery service is provided under e-Sanjeevani

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• Statement 1 is incorrect: JJM aims to provide safe & adequate drinking water through individual household tap connections by 2024 to all rural households
• Statement 2 is correct: JJM shall ensure potable drinking water security on long-term basis to every rural household and public institution, viz. GP building, School, Anganwadi centre, Health centre, wellness centres, etc.

• Statement 3 is incorrect: Goa became the first Har Ghar Jal state

• While novel coronavirus is undergoing many mutations, one particular mutation called D614G, according to a study, has become the dominant variant in the global COVID-19 pandemic
• When the virus enters an individual’s body, it aims at creating copies of itself. When it makes an error in this copying process, we get a mutation.
• In this case, the virus replaced the aspartic acid (D) in the 614th position of the amino acid with glycine (G). Hence the mutation is called the D614G. This mutated form of the virus was first identified in China and then in Europe. Later it spread to other countries like the U.S. and Canada and was eventually reported in India.

• Venus and Uranus are the only planets in solar system that rotate from east to west(Clock wise).
• Venus does not have any moons, a distinction it shares only with Mercury among the planets in the Solar System.

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Bamboo is called green gold because it is becoming increasingly more valuable in the global economy

The National Bamboo mission was launched by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.

Objectives of the mission:

• To increase the area under bamboo plantation in non-forest Government and private lands. This is to supplement farm income and contribute towards resilience to climate change.
• To improve post-harvest management through the establishment of innovative primary processing units. These units were particularly located near the source of production, primary treatment, and seasoning plants, and market infrastructure.
• Further, to promote product development at micro, small and medium levels and feed bigger industry.

• To rejuvenate the underdeveloped bamboo industry in India.

Read more: National Bamboo Mission

• The HakkiPikki tribes are semi nomadic tribal people. They have four clans namely the Gujrathioa, Kaliwala, Mewara and Panwara.
• They speak many south Indian languages such as Kannada, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam along with Vagribooli which is similar to Guajarati.
• The HakkiPikki, meaning “bird catchers” in Kannada.
• It is a Scheduled Tribe in Karnataka.
• Origin and History:

• The origin of HakkiPikki tribal communities has a rich history and is said to be an ancestral relation with the legendary Ranapratap Singh.
• The HakkiPikki tribal community are a Kshatriya or warrior tribal community who had to migrate to southern India after their defeat with Mughal kings.

• Recently, some people of the HakkiPikki Tribe survived Covid-19 pandemic.

‘Connected Commerce: Creating a Roadmap for a Digitally Inclusive Bharat’ report was jointly released by the NITI Aayog and Mastercard

• The report identifies challenges in accelerating Digital Financial Inclusion (DFI) in India.
• The report also provides recommendations for making digital services accessible to its 1.3 billion citizens.

The recommendations Include:

• For market players, it is critical to address the gap on the demand side by creating user-friendly digital products and services. For example: FASTag.
• Strengthening the payment infrastructure to promote a level playing field for Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) and banks.
• Digitizing registration and compliance processes and diversifying credit sources to enable growth opportunities for MSMEs.

• Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency(IREDA) is a Mini Ratna Enterprise of the Government of India. It was founded in 1987.
• Purpose: IREDA promotes, develops, and extends financial assistance for setting up projects relating to new and renewable sources of energy.

• Nodal Ministry: It comes under the administrative control of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE).
• Registered under: IREDA has been notified as a Public Financial Institution under Companies Act,1956. It is registered as Non-Banking Financial Company(NFBC) with Reserve Bank of India(RBI).
• Motto: IREDA’s Motto is “Energy for Ever.”
• Significance: It is the only dedicated institution for financing Renewable Energy (RE) & Energy Efficiency (EE) projects in India.