10 PM Current Affairs Quiz: October 18th,2020

Foundation for Environmental Education, Denmark, Blue Flag is an iconic voluntary award for beaches, marinas and sustainable boating tourism operators which is awarded to those that meet and maintain the criterias of a series of stringent environmental, educational, safety and accessibility.
Eight of India’s beaches: Shivrajpur (Dwarka Gujarat), Ghoghla (Diu), Kasarkod and Padubidri (Karnataka), Kappad (Kerala), Rushikonda (AP), Golden Beach (Odisha) and Radhanagar (A&N Islands) have been awarded with the eco-label.

Both statements are incorrect.
Brahma Kamal is native to the Himalayas, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, India, Mongolian, northern Burma and southwest China. It is known to bloom after sunset and just once a year.
It is also State Flower of Uttarakhand. The flower is highly valued in Tibetan medicine and Ayurveda for its healing properties. It is extensively used by the local population to treat cuts and bruises.
# State Flower of Maharashtra is Jarul.

Option 1 is incorrect. India is neither a party nor a range country of African Eurasian Migratory Waterbird Agreement.
The Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) is an intergovernmental treaty dedicated to the conservation of migratory waterbirds and their habitats across Africa, Europe, the Middle East, Central Asia, Greenland and the Canadian Archipelago.
Developed under the framework of the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) and administered by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), AEWA brings together countries and the wider international conservation community in an effort to establish coordinated conservation and management of migratory waterbirds throughout their entire migratory range.
Option 2 is correct. India is party to the Convention on Migratory Species. As an environmental treaty of the United Nations, CMS provides a global platform for the conservation and sustainable use of migratory animals and their habitats. Migratory species threatened with extinction are listed on Appendix I of the Convention.
# World Migratory Bird Day was celebrated by people across the world on Saturday, 10 October with the theme “Birds Connect Our World”.

The Askot Wildlife Sanctuary, with altitude range from 600m to 6,905m is located in the Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand. The term ‘Askot’ is derived from ‘Assi Kot’ or Eighty Forts, many of which are located in Nepal.
The River Kali forms the international boundary and separates it from Nepal in the east and to the west it is bounded by West Almora Forest Division, to the north by Tibet and the south by Pithoragarh Forest Division.

The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 was adopted at the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in Sendai, Japan, on March 18, 2015.
It outlines four priorities for action to prevent new and reduce existing disaster risks: (i) Understanding disaster risk; (ii) Strengthening disaster risk governance to manage disaster risk; (iii) Investing in disaster reduction for resilience and; (iv) Enhancing disaster preparedness for effective response, and to “Build Back Better” in recovery, rehabilitation and reconstruction.
# The International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, held every 13 October, was started in 1989, after a call by the United Nations General Assembly for a day to promote a global culture of risk-awareness and disaster reduction.

Statement 1 is incorrect. SVAMITVA Scheme is a Central Sector scheme. The Ministry of Panchayati Raj (MoPR) is the Nodal Ministry for implementation of the scheme.
In the States, the Revenue Department / Land Records Department will be the Nodal Department and shall carry out the scheme with support of State Panchayati Raj Department. Survey of India shall work as the technology partner for implementation.
Statement 2 is correct. The scheme aims to provide an integrated property validation solution for rural India. The demarcation of rural abadi areas would be done using Drone Surveying technology.
The scheme seeks to achieve the following objectives:
–To bring financial stability to the citizens in rural India by enabling them to use their property as a financial asset for taking loans and other financial benefits.
–Creation of accurate land records for rural planning.
–Determination of property tax, which would accrue to the GPs directly in States where it is devolved or else, add to the State exchequer.
–Creation of survey infrastructure and GIS maps that can be leveraged by any department for their use.
–To support in preparation of better-quality Gram Panchayat Development Plan (GPDP) by making use of GIS maps.
–To reduce property related disputes and legal cases

National Butterfly Campaign Consortium, a collective of 50 butterfly experts and enthusiasts, conducted a citizen poll to identify the national butterfly concluded with three species garnering the highest number of votes: Krishna Peacock (Papilio krishna), Indian Jezebel (Delias eucharis), and Orange Oakleaf (Kallima inachus).
Krishna Peacock, a flagship species for biodiversity and conservation, is generally found in large numbers in the Himalayas.
Orange Oakleaf is commonly known as ‘dead leaf’ for its ability to camouflage as a dry autumn leaf is found in the moist forests of northern Western Ghats, central, northern and northeast India.
Indian Jezebel is a common butterfly known to deter its predators with its flashy wing colours, found in the non-arid regions of India.

The Phillips curve is an economic concept developed by A. W. Phillips stating that inflation and unemployment have a stable and inverse relationship. The theory claims that with economic growth comes inflation, which in turn should lead to more jobs and less unemployment.
# A Lorenz curve is a graphical representation of income inequality.
# The Laffer Curve is a theory developed by supply-side economist Arthur Laffer to show the relationship between tax rates and the amount of tax revenue collected by governments.

Statement 1 is correct. The Electronic Vaccine Intelligence Network (eVIN) is an innovative technological solution aimed at strengthening immunization supply chain systems across the country. This is being implemented under National Health Mission (NHM) by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
Statement 2 is correct. eVIN aims to provide real-time information on vaccine stocks and flows, and storage temperatures across all cold chain points in the country.
# The Electronic Vaccine Intelligence Network (eVIN) system is being enhanced to address the needs for distribution and tracking of COVID-19 vaccine, whenever it becomes available.

Statement 1 is incorrect. The fishing cat is a medium-sized wild cat of South and Southeast Asia. It is resident species in Bangladesh; Cambodia; India; Myanmar; Nepal; Pakistan; Sri Lanka; Thailand.
Statement 2 is correct. The Fishing Cat is listed as Vulnerable species with decreasing population trend in IUCN Red List. It is also listed in the Schedule I of Indian Wildlife Protection Act, 1972.
# The Chilika Development Authority (CDA) designated the fishing cat as ambassador. The fishing cat is the only wild cat species in India that is a wetland specialist, and it’s found all around Chilika.