10 PM Current Affairs Quiz #23 August 28, 2019

Explanation: Recently, parliament has adopted amendments to the Prevention of Corruption Bill, 2018 Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988
•It consolidated the provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947, some sections of the Indian Penal Code, the Criminal Procedure Code, and the Criminal Law Act, 1952.
•The 1988 Act enlarged the scope of the term ‘public servant’ and in¬cluded a large number of employees within its ambit.
•However, MPs and MLAs, even though performing ‘public duties’, have been kept out of the ambit of the Act.
•If the offence against the public servant is proved in the courts, it is punishable with imprisonment of not less than six months but extending to a maximum period of five years.
•A key problem of the 1988 Act was that the person giving the bribe was legally seen as a victim and so not held culpable or criminally liable.

Explanation: the flood situation in Assam, especially the Barak valley region, remained grim on Tuesday, casting a shadow on the completion of the National Register of Citizens work and publication of the final draft on June 30. Assam State Disaster Management Authority officials said on Tuesday as six more people were reported dead, taking the toll of flood-related deaths in the state to 20. Of the six victims, four are from karimganj district and two from Cachar. Seventeen people drowned and three were crushed under landslides in the last one week. The three districts of Barak valley region-Cachar, Karimganj and Hailakandi — remained the worst affected with around 450 relief camps and relief distribution centres opened and around 1.6 lakh people staying in the relief camps.

Explanation: Astra Rafael Communication System, a Joint Venture between Astra Microwave and Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd of Israel, inaugurated a new facility at Hardware Technology Park close to Hyderabad international airport. The Joint Venture of 51:49 per cent, is in line with the Government’s “Make in India” initiative, and will invest in high-end technology and advanced production techniques to design, develop and manufacture state-of-the-art Tactical Communication systems (BNET), for the Indian Armed Forces.
The Joint Venture’s focus is on leveraging the technological ability and indigenous manufacturing capability, combined with Rafael’s technology expertise to support the requirements of the Indian Armed Forces.
This green field venture envisages creation of significant direct and indirect employment opportunities, import substitution and foreign direct investments into the country.
ARC would be India’s first private sector company to manufacture cutting-edge Software Defined Radios in multiple variants, at its facility spread across an area of over 20,000 sq ft. It will also be involved in the development and manufacture of a wide range of other advanced capabilities, with the aim of opening new export markets.

Explanation: Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Himachal Pradesh and Puducherry topped the charts in the child well-being index, a tool designed to measure and tracks children’s well-being comprehensively. Meghalaya, Jharkhand and Madhya Pradesh featured at the bottom, as per a report released by the non government organisation World Vision India and research institute IFMR LEAD on Tuesday. The report is an attempt to look at how India fairs on child well-being using a composite child well-being index.

Explanation: The 14th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD COP14) will take place from 2-13 September 2019 at the India Expo Center & Mart, Greater Noida, in Delhi-NCR. The 12-day event, hosted by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC), Govt. of India, will be attended by 5,000 participants, including 3000 international delegates from 196 countries, as well as environment ministers from 94 countries and Ralph Gonsalves, the Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Shri Narendra Modi, the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, is also expected to attend the event. The COP14 is being held alongside the 18th session of the Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention (CRIC) and 14th meeting of the Committee on Science and Technology (CST), UNCCD. India for the first time will be hosting the 14th session of CoP-14 of UNCCD.