10 PM Current Affairs Quiz : October 26, 2018

The JJ Act 2015 special provisions have been made to tackle child offenders committing heinous offences in the age group of 16-18 years. It empowers the Juvenile Justice Board to decide if a juvenile criminal in the age group of 16–18 should tried as an adult or not. Therefore, statement 1 is correct

It gives the Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) the status of a statutory body to enable it to perform its function more effectively. Therefore, statement 2 is correct.

Hence, the correct answer is option c

The Western Ghats, also known as ‘Sahyadri’, constitute a 1600 km long mountain chain along the west coast of India. It covers a total area of 160,000 square kms and traverses through six States viz. Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. Therefore, statement 1 is correct

Western Ghats was declared as a world heritage site in 2012 by the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO). Therefore, statement 2 is correct

Hence, the correct answer is option d

Ivy League schools are considered to be the most prestigious of all colleges in the United States. These schools are primarily located in the Northeastern part of the country. There are eight total colleges that are considered to be Ivy League. These schools are Brown, Harvard, Cornell, Princeton, Dartmouth, Yale, and Columbia universities and the University of Pennsylvania. Of all institutions of higher learning, these elite schools are considered to be the most outstanding and the most sought-after in terms of acceptance and graduation.

IATA  is a private organization promoting cooperation among the world’s scheduled airlines to ensure safe, secure, reliable, and economical air services.

• Founded in Hague in 1919 as International Air Traffic Association, it was given the current name in 1945 in Havana and now includes 280 airlines from 130 countries which handle over 95 percent of the world’s scheduled air traffic.  
• Through IATA, local airlines have combined their individual ticketing and reservation networks into a global system that overcomes differences in currencies, customs, languages, and laws.IATA accredits the travel agents all over the world, except the US where a local organization (Airline Reporting Corporation) provides accreditation.
• IATA’s headquarters are in Montreal, Canada.
• It should not be confused with International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) which is a governmental organization.

Scientists from the National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS), Bangalore have come up with a new citizen-science repository on Indian mammals, called Mammals of India (MaOI).

It is an online, peer- reviewed, freely-accessible portal which aims to develop individual species pages for all Indian mammals with information on identification, variation, distribution, breeding and non-breeding ecology and species conservation.

• The website, http://www.mammalsofindia.org  provides an opportunity to any person to upload geotagged photographic observations about mammals with information on habitat age of the observed individual.
• Over time, these observations will be reviewed by subject experts and uploaded on the website.

The  Tagore Award for Cultural Harmony is an  annual award was instituted by the Government of India during the commemoration of 150th Birth Anniversary of Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore. The award is open to all persons regardless of nationality, race, language, caste, creed or sex.

Recently, the Jury under the Chairmanship of Prime Minister, Sh Narendra Modi and comprising of the Chief Justice of India, Justice Ranjan Gogoi, Shri N. Gopalaswami & Dr. Vinay Sahasrabuddhe unanimously decided to select Sh. Rajkumar Singhajit Singh, Chhayanaut and Sh. Ram Vanji Sutar to be the recipients of the Tagore Award for the years 2014, 2015 & 2016 respectively, in recognition of their outstanding contribution to cultural harmony.

Shri Rajkumar Singhajit Singh, a doyen of Manipuri dance, has distinguished himself both as an outstanding teacher, performer and choreographer.

Chhayanaut, established in 1961, has played a leading role in promoting Tagore’s works and Bengali culture, music and literature not only within Bangladesh, but all across the world.

Sh. Ram Vanji Sutar is one of the greatest living sculptors of India.

The first Tagore Award was conferred on Pt. Ravi Shankar, the Indian Sitar Maestro in 2012 and second was conferred on Shri Zubin Mehta in 2013. The award carries an amount of Rs. 1 crore, a citation in a scroll, a plaque as well as an exquisite traditional handicraft/ handloom item.