10 PM Daily Current Affairs Quiz | June 21 2021

The 15th edition of Global Peace Index 2021 has been released. 

• The Global Peace Index is released by the Institute for Economics & Peace (IEP), an international think tank. 
• Aim: The index presents the most comprehensive analysis of trends in peace. It ranks countries according to their levels of peacefulness and identifies potential determinants of peace. 
• Coverage: The index measures the peacefulness of 163 countries and territories. It covers 99.7% of the world’s population. 
• Key findings of the 2021 index 

• India has been ranked 135th in the 2021 Global Peace Index. 
• Iceland has topped the peace index. It was followed by New Zealand, Denmark, and Portugal. 

• Out of the 10 most peaceful countries in the world, 8 are from Europe. 

• Afghanistan is the least peaceful country in the world for the fourth consecutive year. 

Read more: Global Peace Index 

Recently, The Hayagriva Madhava Temple Committee in Assam has signed an MoU with Turtle Survival Alliance India, Help Earth, and Assam Forests Department to conserve the Black Softshell Turtle. 

• Black Softshell Turtle is a species of freshwater turtle. It is found in India and Bangladesh. 
• Distribution: 

• Brahmaputra’s drainage and Near Temple Ponds in Assam 
• Bangladesh (Chittagong and Sylhet) 

• IUCN Status: Critically Endangered 
• Indian Wildlife Protection Act,1972: It does not enjoy legal protection. 
• Significance: 

• Temple Ponds in Assam conserve Turtles based on religious grounds. 
• At the Bayazid Bostami shrine in Chittagong, Bangladesh, the black softshell turtle is known as mazari(inhabitant). 

Read more: Black Softshell Turtle 

Recently, The Hayagriva Madhava Temple Committee in Assam has signed an MoU with Turtle Survival Alliance India, Help Earth, and Assam Forests Department to conserve the Black Softshell Turtle.

• The Hayagriva Madhava temple exists in a hilly place which is located at Hajo nearby Guwahati, Assam. The temple is dedicated to Lord Vishnu.
• Built by: The present temple structure was constructed by King Raghudeva Narayan in 1583.

• According to Historians, the temple was built during the Pala period of 10th-12th century A. D.

• Significance: The temple is revered by Buddhists also, as they believe that the Hayagriva Madhava temple is the place where Buddha attained Nirvana. Thus, the temple becomes an ancient pilgrimage centre for both Hindus and Buddhists.

Source: The Hindu

The Delhi High Court ordered the removal of easy access from one of its own judgments. The move respected the petitioner’s right to be forgotten (RTBF) and aimed to prevent post-acquittal stigmatization

Right to be Forgotten

• It is a right to remove private information about a person from Internet searches and other directories under some circumstances.
• It empowers individuals to ask organisations to delete their personal data.
• Likewise, it allows the individuals to determine the development of their life in an autonomous way without being perpetually stigmatized for a specific action performed in the past.
• It is not explicitly available to the Indian masses. However, it has been implicitly recognised by courts as part of the right to privacy under Article 21 of the Indian Constitution

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The Ministry of Science and Technology has issued a Special Call for the NorthEast Region as a part of its Mission Programme “Biotech-Krishi Innovation Science Application Network (Biotech-KISAN)”.

• It is a scientist-farmer partnership scheme launched in 2017.
• It is a pan-India program, following a hub-and-spoke model. The Programme stimulates entrepreneurship and innovation in farmers and empowers women farmers.
• The Biotech-KISAN hubs are expected to fulfil the technology required to generate agriculture and bio-resource related jobs. Further, they also provide better livelihood by ensuring biotechnological benefits to small and marginal farmers.
• Farmers are also exposed to the best global farm management and practices.
• It is a farmer-centric scheme developed by and with farmers under the Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology.

Source: PIB

• The correct order is – Sudan, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia

Source: Article

• Statement 1 is incorrect: Sendai Framework is implemented by United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
• Statement 2 is correct: It was adopted at the Third United Nations World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, held from March 14 to 18, 2015 in Sendai, Miyagi, Japan. It is the successor instrument to the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) 2005-2015: Building the Resilience of Nations and Communities to Disasters.

• Rivers, lakes, canals, backwaters and reservoirs primarily constitute the source for inland waterways. A stretch of water, not part of the sea, over which craft of a carrying capacity not less than 50 tonnes can navigate when normally loaded is called navigable inland waterway.
• The first waterway to be declared National was the Allahabad to Haldia stretch of the Ganga – Bhagirathi-Hoogly.
• Cost savings:

• Fuel and Energy Efficient: It is fuel-efficient compared to the other modes of transport, rail and road. For example, the Integrated National Waterways Transportation Grid Study states that one litre of fuel will move 24 tons through one kilometer on road, 85 on rail and 105 km on inland water transport. Further, 1 HP can 150 kg on road, 500 kg on rail and 4000 kg on water.
• Cost of developing waterways is much lower than rail & road.
• Reduces transportation and transition losses

• Read More here

Source: Article

There are mainly five types of Micro Irrigations System

• Sprinkler irrigation
• Drip irrigation
• Spray irrigation
• Sub-surface irrigation
• Bubbler irrigation