10 PM Daily Current Affairs Quiz | May 20 2021

• Statement 1 is correct: The objective of the NCRMP is to undertake suitable structural and non-structural measures to mitigate the effects of cyclones in the coastal states and UTs of India. 
• Statement 2 is incorrect: National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) under the aegis of Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) will implement the Project in coordination with participating State Governments and the National Institute for Disaster Management (NIDM). 

Correct order from left to right is –

• Timor Sea – Arafura Sea – Coral Sea

• The cyclone names are given by countries on rotation basis in the region
• The RSMC New Delhi Tropical Cyclone Center is responsible to name the tropical cyclones that have formed over the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea when they have reached the relevant intensity.

The government of India’s SWAMIH (Special Window for Affordable & Mid-Income Housing) Fund has completed its first residential project in Mumbai.

• SWAMIH Fund is a government-backed investment fund set up in the year 2019.
• Purpose: The fund was formed to provide relief to developers that require funding to complete a set of unfinished projects. Consequently, it will also ensure the delivery of homes to the home-buyers.
• Type: The fund has been set up as a Category-II AIF (Alternate Investment Fund) debt fund registered with SEBI.
• Investment manager: The Investment Manager of the Fund is SBICAP Ventures, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SBI Capital Markets. This in turn is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the State Bank of India.
• Sponsor: The Sponsor of the Fund is the Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, on behalf of the Government of India.

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• Buying of g-sec means liquidity shall be injected in the economy by RBI

• Increase in CRR means banks will have to keep more money under reserve requirements now resulting in decreased money supply in the economy -> decrease in inflation
• Encouraging savings results in lesser money in the economy -> decrease in inflation

The Rajasthan government has declared Mucormycosis or black fungus as an epidemic and a notifiable disease.

• Mucormycosis or Black Fungus is a rare fungal infection. A group of molds called mucormycetes is the reason behind it, which is abundant in the environment.
• Transmission: It occurs through inhalation, inoculation, or ingestion of fungal spores from the environment. However, it does not spread between people or between people and animals.
• Symptoms: Mucormycosis can affect different parts of the body, with different sets of symptoms. Some common symptoms are face numbness, nose obstructions on one side, swelling in the eyes, or pain.

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• Statement 1 is correct: The Sentinel-1 mission is the European Radar Observatory for the Copernicus joint initiative of the European Commission (EC) and the European Space Agency (ESA). The mission is composed of a constellation of two satellites, Sentinel-1A and Sentinel-1B, sharing the same orbital plane.
• Statement 2 is incorrect: Copernicus is a European initiative for the implementation of information services dealing with environment and security. It is based on observation data received from Earth Observation satellites and ground-based information.

Archaeological Survey of India has submitted nine sites for their inclusion in the tentative list of UNESCO. Recently the UNESCO has accepted six of the nine sites.

The six Indian sites included in the UNESCO Tentative list are:

• Ganga ghats in Varanasi,UP
• Temples of Kanchipuram in Tamil Nadu.
• Satpura Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh,
• Maratha military architecture in Maharashtra
• Hire Bengal megalithic site in Karnataka and
• Bhedaghat-Lameta Ghat of Narmada Valley in Madhya Pradesh.

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Melting of iceberg will not lead to a sea-level rise because it was part of a floating ice shelf. It is just like a melting ice cube doesn’t increase the level of the water in the glass.

This makes the icebergs different from glaciers or ice sheets. Glaciers or ice sheets found on land, and they raise global sea levels when they break off into the ocean and melt.

• Snow leopards: It lives in the mountainous regions of central and southern Asia.
• Range Countries: Snow leopard is found in 12 range countries namely Afghanistan, Bhutan, China, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.
• India: The states of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh constitute snow leopard Habitat range in India.
• IUCN Status: Vulnerable
• CITES: Appendix I
• Significance: Snow leopard is the State animal of Himachal Pradesh.
• Indicator species: The Snow Leopard (also known as Ghost of the mountains) acts as an indicator of the health of the mountain ecosystem in which they live. It is because of their position as the top predator in the food web.
• HimalSanrakshak: It is a community volunteer programme launched by the Government of India to protect Snow leopards.

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