10 PM Current Affairs Quiz #12 November 14, 2019

Explanation: Indian Prime Minister will be attending the 11th BRICS summit to be held on November 13 and 14 in Brasilia, Brazil. The theme for upcoming 2019 BRICS Summit is ‘Economic Growth for an Innovative Future’. The summit will discuss the Afghanistan situation. Both China and Russia have maintained dialogue with the Taliban even after the U.S. ended peace talks with the outfit.

Explanation: The East Asia Summit (EAS) was established in 2005.It is a forum of 18 countries. The summit has evolved as a forum for strategic dialogue and cooperation on political, security and economic issues of common regional concerns. The EAS comprises the ten member states of the ASEAN countries along with 8 members Australia, China, Japan, India, New Zealand, the Republic of Korea, Russia and the United States. The concept of an East Asia Grouping was first promoted in 1991 by then Malaysian Prime Minister, Mahathir bin Mohamad.

Explanation: The Bhavantar Bharpayee Yojana was launched by the Haryana government in 2018. The scheme has been designed and developed for safeguarding the investment of the farmers. Under the scheme, the state agricultural department will fix the least selling price of certain crops. In case the farmer gets the price lower than the price fixed by the government, the difference will be paid as an incentive to the farmers directly into their bank accounts.

Explanation: Prof. Bimal K Roy, Chairman, National Statistical Commission inaugurated the 27th Conference of Central and State Statistical Organizations (COCSSO) at Kolkata, West Bengal on 11th November, 2019 in the presence of Shri Pravin Srivastava, Chief Statistician of India-cum- Secretary, Ministry Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI), Government of India. 27th COCSSO is a Conference organized by MoSPI, Government of India every year. COCSSO is a major national forum for coordination between the Central and State Statistical Agencies with the objectives of putting in coordinated efforts for making available reliable and timely statistics to planners and policy makers.

Explanation: The National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro-Sciences(NIMHANS) has compiled a one-stop source online mental health care directory called RAAH app. RAAH is a mobile application that can be downloaded on Android and iOS platforms. It provides free information to the public on mental health care professionals and mental healthcare centres. Mental health professionals and organisations can register and update their information in the directory live for no cost.