QUIZ – 2019: Insights Current Affairs Quiz, 09 December 2019

Solution: d)

The Central Asian Flyway (CAF) covers a large continental area of Eurasia between the Arctic and Indian Oceans and the associated island chains.
The flyway comprises several important migration routes of waterbirds, most of which extend from the northernmost breeding grounds in the Russian Federation (Siberia) to the southernmost non-breeding (wintering) grounds in west and south Asia, the Maldives and the British Indian Ocean Territory.

The government has launched a national action plan for conservation of migratory birds along the Central Asian Flyway which emphasizes on coordinated efforts by all relevant stakeholders in conservation of the winged species.

India provides a critical stopover as well as a wintering habitat to more than 370 species of migratory birds.

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Solution: b)

Microsoft rolls out its K12 Education Transformation Framework more widely in India.

1. The Framework provides a holistic framework to facilitate a comprehensive digital transformation of schools.
2. The framework is a flexible platform based on the latest research and input from hundreds of academics, experts, and policymakers.
3. It comprises four pillars — leadership and policy, modern teaching and learning, intelligent environments and technology blueprint.

Solution: a)

The Convention on Cybercrime, also known as the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime or the Budapest Convention, is the first international treaty seeking to address Internet and computer crime by harmonizing national laws, improving investigative techniques, and increasing cooperation among nations.

It was drawn up by the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, France, with the active participation of the Council of Europe’s observer states Canada, Japan, South Africa and the United States.

It is open for ratification even to states that are not members of the Council of Europe.

As of September 2019, 64 states have ratified the convention.

The Budapest Convention provides for the criminalisation of conduct, ranging from illegal access, data and systems interference to computer-related fraud and child pornography, procedural law tools to make investigation of cybercrime and securing of e-evidence in relation to any crime more effective, and international police and judicial cooperation on cybercrime and e-evidence.

Since it entered into force, important countries like Brazil and India have declined to adopt the Convention on the grounds that they did not participate in its drafting. Since 2018, India has been reconsidering its stand on the Convention after a surge in cybercrime, though concerns about sharing data with foreign agencies remain.

Solution: c)

India and Indonesia have agreed to develop a naval port in Sabang, a strategic location at the entrance of Malacca Strait.

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Solution: a)

The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and its national research partners have developed Golden Rice to complement existing interventions to address vitamin A deficiency (VAD).

Vitamin A deficiency is the leading cause of blindness among children and can also lead to death due to infectious diseases such as measles.

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