10 PM Current Affairs Quiz : March 5, 2018

The treaties mentioned are based on the principle of non-proliferation of nuclear weapons.

The Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) is a group of nuclear supplier countries that seeks to contribute to the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons through the implementation of two sets of Guidelines for nuclear exports and nuclear-related exports.

The NSG Guidelines are consistent with, and complement, the various international, legally binding instruments in the field of nuclear non-proliferation.

These include the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America (Treaty of Tlatelolco), the South Pacific Nuclear-Free-Zone Treaty (Treaty of Rarotonga), the African Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty (Treaty of Pelindaba), the Treaty on the Southeast Asia Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone (Treaty of Bangkok), and the Central Asian Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty (Treaty of Semipalatinsk).

Source:

http://www.nuclearsuppliersgroup.org/en/about-us

Statement 1 is incorrect. The Global Centre for Nuclear Energy Partnership (GCNEP) has been set up by the government of India, at village Jasaur Kheri & Kheri Jasaur, near Bahadurgarh, District Jhajjar, Haryana, in September 2010. GCNEP is the sixth R&D unit under the aegis of Department of Atomic Energy (DAE).

Statement 2 is correct. GCNEP will help in capacity building, in association with the interested countries and the IAEA, involving technology, human resource development, education & training and giving a momentum to R&D in enlisted areas. The main objectives of the centre include:

1. Development of enhanced nuclear safeguards to effectively and efficiently monitor nuclear materials and facilities.
2. Promoting the development of advanced, more proliferation resistant nuclear power reactors.
3. Training manpower in the field of Nuclear Security and Radiological Safety.
4. Educating in the field of Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems, Isotopes and Radiation Technologies, nuclear forensic.
5. Establishing accreditation facilities for radiation monitoring.

Source:

http://www.gcnep.gov.in/about/about.html

The ‘Index of Economic Freedom’ an annual index published by the Heritage Foundation. It is a think tank based in the United States of America.

The Luzon Strait is the strait between Taiwan and Luzon Island of the Philippines. The strait thereby connects the Philippine Sea to the South China Sea in the western Pacific Ocean.

Assam does not share border with Myanmar.

The states which share border with Myanmar are Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur and Mizoram.

Statement 1 is correct. CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) is an international agreement between governments. Its aim is to ensure that international trade in specimens of wild animals and plants does not threaten their survival.

Statement 2 is correct. The World Wildlife Day is observed every year on 3rd March to celebrate and raise awareness about the world’s wild fauna and flora. It is celebrated to mark the signing of Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) on this day in 1973.

Source:

https://www.cites.org/eng/disc/what.php

All the sectors have been listed under the Action Plan for Champion Sectors in Services.

The Union Cabinet has approved the proposal of Ministry of Commerce and Industry to give focused attention to 12 identified Champion Services Sectors (CSS) for promoting their development and realizing their potential.

Information Technology & Information Technology enabled Services (IT & ITeS), Medical Value Travel, Transport and Logistics Services, Tourism and Hospitality Services, Accounting and Finance Services, Audio Visual Services, Communication Services, Legal Services, Construction and Related Engineering Services, Environmental Services, Financial Services and Education Services.