10 PM Daily Current Affairs Quiz | May 6 2021

• Statement 1 is correct: Antimatter is the opposite of normal matter. More specifically, the sub-atomic particles of antimatter have properties opposite those of normal matter. For example, the electrical charge of antimatter particles is reversed.

• The creation of antimatter happened along with matter after the Big Bang

• Statement 2 is correct: In 2018, physicists at CERN, the massive underground particle research lab in Europe, revealed that they created an antimatter particle in the lab as a part of the ALPHA experiment.

• The scientists created an atom of ‘antihydrogen’

• Statement 1 is incorrect: Ayush-64 is an Ayurvedic drug developed by the Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences(CCRAS), the apex body for research in Ayurveda under the Ministry of Ayush

• The drug was originally developed in 1980 for the management of Malaria.

• Statement 2 is correct: Ayush-64 is a polyherbal formulation i.e. use of more than one herb.
• Statement 3 is correct: Drugs’ ingredients showed notable antiviral, immune-modulator, and antipyretic properties.

• Statement 1 is correct:

• NPOP grants organic farming certification through a process of third-party certification.
• It involves the accreditation programme for Certification Bodies, standards for organic production, promotion of organic farming etc.

• Statement 2 is incorrect: It is implemented by Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
• Statement 3 is correct: The NPOP standards for production and accreditation system have been recognized by the European Commission, Switzerland and USA as equivalent to their respective accreditation systems.

• This enables India to export unprocessed plant products to these countries without the requirement of additional certification. NPOP also facilitates export of Indian organic products to the United Kingdom even in the post Brexit phase.
• NPOP has also been recognized by the Food Safety Standard Authority of India (FSSAI) for trade of organic products in the domestic market. Organic products covered under the bilateral agreement with NPOP need not to be recertified for import in India.

News: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1716297

• Statement 1 is correct: It is the interest rate at which the central bank of a country lends money to commercial banks. Hence, a decrease is RR means money is infused into the economy which makes lending cheaper thereby encouraging enhanced borrowing. This leads to economic growth.
• Statement 2 is correct: Reverse Repo is the interest rate paid to commercial banks when they deposit their excess funds in the central bank or when the central bank borrows money from them. At a given point in time, the reverse repo rate provided by RBI is generally lower than the repo rate. While repo rate is used to regulate liquidity in the economy, reverse repo rate is used to control cash flow in the market.

• Statement 1 is incorrect: It is one of the rarest birds in the world. At present, it is found only in Bhutan, Myanmar and the Namdapha Tiger Reserve in Arunachal Pradesh, India.

• But the bird has also recorded in the Kamlang Tiger Reserve in Lohit district in Arunachal Pradesh through camera trap images.
• Statement 2 is correct: It is listed as Critically Endangered (CE) in the IUCN-red list and in Indian Wildlife Protection Act,1972 under Schedule IV

• In 1990, the government accepted the recommendations of the Mandal Commission and implemented it. By this, the reservation in India raised to 49.5 per cent.

• 22.5% reservation for SCs and STs (7.5% for STs, 15% for SCs)

• 27% reservation for the OBCs

• The government under the 103rd Constitution Amendment Act, 2019 again provided a 10% reservation for the EWS in India. The Act also amended Article 15 and 16 correspondingly.
• So at present, the total reservation stands at 59.5 per cent. Few State governments also provide the reservation over and above 59.5 per cent. (Statement 1 is wrong)
• The Supreme Court recently declared the Maratha reservation law as unconstitutional. The judgement also upheld the constitutional validity of the 102nd Amendment Act, the President alone has the power to notify backward classes from now on. Further, the Central List will now be the “only list” for the SEBC. This means that the Centre alone is empowered to identify SEBC from now on.

Maharastra government appointed a nine-member Maharashtra State Backward Class Commission headed by Justice M.G. Gaikwad. The commission recommended reservation for the Marathas in 2018.

In 2018 itself, the Maharashtra government enacted a law, it provides 16 per cent reservation to the Maratha community in jobs and admissions. But recently the Supreme court held that as unconstitutional.

US launched 4 astronauts to the International Space Station(ISS) as part of a collaboration between NASA and SpaceX under the Commercial Crew Program. The mission is called Crew-2 Mission.

The Crew missions aim to perform research operations in International Space Stations.

• Crew 1 Mission conducted microgravity studies at the ISS.

• Crew 2 Mission aims to conduct research on a series of Tissue Chips.

Read More: Crew Mission

• Mayflower 400 is an unmanned and completely autonomous ship. It is powered by Artificial Intelligence and the Sun’s energy via solar panels.
• Purpose: Main aim of this ship is to study marine pollution and analyze plastics in the water. It will also track the aquatic animals. The ship is set to sail on a transatlantic voyage.

Read more: Mayflower 400

• The Rushikulya river mouth is considered the second-biggest nesting site for Olive Ridley Turtles in India.
• The Gahirmatha marine sanctuary in Odisha is considered the world’s largest nesting beach for Olive Ridley Turtles.
• The mass nesting near the Rushikulya river mouth is likely to be missed in 2021. As the time for nesting is almost over.
• But this won’t be the first time they won’t come for mass nesting. In 2002, 2007, 2016 and 2019, the turtles had not shown up at Rushikulya.