QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz, 04 November 2019

Solution: d)

Recently ‘Trans Fat-Free’ logo was launched.

The logo has been launched to accelerate Food Safety and Standards Authority of India or FSSAI’s ‘Eat Right India’, a movement to phase out trans-fat in the country.

Food outlets that use trans-fat free fats / oil and do not have industrial trans-fat more than 0.2g / 100g of food, can display the logo.

FSSAI aims to reduce the industrially produced trans-fats on food supply to less than two per cent by 2022.

Trans fats, or trans-fatty acids, are a form of unsaturated fat. They come in both natural and artificial forms. Natural trans fats occur in the meat and dairy from ruminant animals, such as cattle, sheep, and goats.

Industrial trans-fats are used in vegetable fats / oils, vanaspati, margarine and baked foods for longer shelf life.

India targets to eliminate trans-fat by 2022, a year ahead of the global target by the World Health Organization.

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Solution: b)

Mata Vaishno Devi shrine atop the Trikuta hills in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir has been named country’s ‘Best Swachh Iconic Place’.

The Swachh Iconic Places is an initiative under the Swachh Bharat Mission. It is a special clean-up initiative focused on select iconic heritage, spiritual and cultural places in the country. The initiative is being coordinated by the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation in association with the Ministry of Urban Development, Ministry of Culture, Ministry of Tourism and the concerned State governments.

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Solution: c)

India has announced a contribution of $22 million to the Global Fund for AIDS, TB and Malaria (GFTAM) for the 6th replenishment cycle (2020-22). This is an increase of 10 per cent over the amount contributed by the us in the 5th cycle.

The Global Fund is a partnership designed to accelerate the end of AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. As an international organization, the Global Fund mobilizes and invests more than $4 billion a year to support programs run by local experts in more than 100 countries.

India has had a sustained partnership with the Global Fund since 2002 both as a recipient and as a donor.

India was the first implementing country to host a replenishment milestone of the Global Fund and now has become first among G20, BRICS and implementer countries to announce the pledge for the 6th Replenishment Conference, setting precedent for other donors to contribute generously for the cause.

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Solution: b)

The Virtual ID is a random 16-digit number.
*The ID can be generated as many times as possible.

*The older ID gets automatically cancelled once a fresh one is generated.

*Users can go to the UIDAI website to generate their virtual ID which will be valid for a defined period of time, or till the user decides to change it.

*The ID, along with the biometrics of the user, would give any authorised agency, like a mobile company, limited details like name, address and photograph, which are enough for any verification.

*Agencies that undertake authentication would not be allowed to generate the Virtual ID on behalf of the user.

*UIDAI also introduced the concept of ‘limited KYC’, which will provide need-based or limited details of a user to an authorised agency providing a particular service.

One’s Aadhaar number cannot be derived from the Virtual ID that is generated.

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Solution: c)

The ‘Ganga Aamantran Abhiyan’ is a pioneering and historic exploratory open-water rafting and kayaking expedition on the Ganga River to be held between 10^th October 2019 to 11 November 2019. Starting at Devprayag and culminating at Ganga Sagar, the expedition will cover the entire streatch of over 2500 kms of the Ganga River.

This is the first ever effort by National Mission for Clean Ganga to raft across the entire stretch of the river and also the longest ever social campaign undertaken through an adventure sporting activity to spread the message of River Rejuvenation and Water Conservation on a massive scale. The expedition will draw attention to the ecological challenges being faced by Ganga.

The expedition will encompass the five Ganga basin states including Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Bihar and West Bengal with stops at Rishikesh, Haridwar, Kanpur, Allahabad, Varanasi, Patna, Sonepur and Kolkata.

Apart from the awareness campaign, the team from CSIR–Indian Institute of Toxicology Research will collect water samples from across diverse ranges of the river for the purpose of water testing, while members of the Wildlife Institute of India will undertake flora and fauna census for the year 2019.

The Expedition would comprise of members primarily from the Indian Armed Forces. The Armed Forces is supporting this expedition extensively by way of involving all the Commands & Units on the Ganga stretch and also the members from the Armed Forces Wives Welfare Association all along the Ganga Basin.

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