29 July Student's Point Flashcards
Saffir Samsung Hurricane winds scale categorises Hurricane based on its wind speed into
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International Union of Railways is headquartered in
Paris France
It is translated as Union International Des chemins is an international rail transport industry body
Established in 1922
Recently International Union of Railways has nominated Arun Kumar as vice chairman of its security platform
Consider the following statements about World Wildlife crime report:
1) United Nations office on drugs and crime releases it.
2) India and Indonesia source major part of illegal shipment of Tiger body parts
3) the highest number of traffic rules for Nepal
Only first statement is correct
The report says that India in Thailand source 82% of illegal shipment of Tiger body parts
Identify the nationality of trafficker 8% belong to India 145 to Vietnam and 8% per from Indonesia
The highest number of traffic rules from China China counter to 29% of the traffickers
United Nations office on drugs and crime
It was established in 1997 and was named as a union Nations office on drugs and crime UNODCe in 2002.
It acts as the office for drug control and crime prevention by combining the United Nations international drug Control Programme and the crime prevention and criminal justice division of the United Nations office at Vienna.
Consider the following statements about Istanbul convention:
1) it is a human rights Treaty of the Council of Europe against violence against women and domestic violence
2) other name is council of Europe convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence
3) the convention came into force on 1st August 2014
All the statements are correct
It is the Human Rights Treaty of the Council of Europe against violence against women and domestic violence which was opened for signature on 11th May 2011 in Istanbul Turkey
The convention AIMS at prevention of violence victim protection and to end with the impurity of perpetrators
As of March 2019 it has been signed by 45 countries in the European Union
On 12th March 2012 Turkey pm the first country to ratify the convention
Recently Poland is to withdraw from Istanbul convention.
Poland think the convention is harmful because it required to school to teach children about gender
Consider the following statements of discretionary power of governor:
1) governor’s discretionary powers are limited to specified areas like giving assent or withholding referring to a bill to the president for appointment of Chief Minister for dismissal of a government which has lost of confidence
2) article 163 of the constitution does not give the Governor “general discretionary power to act against or without the advice of his Council of Ministers:
Both the statements are correct
The constitution bench judgement of Supreme Court in Nabam rebia vs deputy speaker on July 13 2016 held that a Governor is bound to convene a meeting of the Assembly for a protest on the Recommendation of a cabinet.
The court said that the Governor can summon prorogue and dissolve the house only e on the aid and advice of the the Council of Ministers with the Chief Minister as the head and not at his own
Smallpox a contagious disease is caused by
Virus
It is caused by the variola virus
It transmits to the droplets released from coughing sneezing and face to face contact with an infected person.
It is the only disease to have been eradicated by vaccination.
The first effective vaccine was discovered by Edward Jenner in 1796
Can you study carried out by an International team of researchers provides fresh insight into the Origins of smallpox disease
It is suggested that the smallpox was in existence as early as during the Viking age in the 8th century CE.
The Viking age was the period during the middle ages when the norsemen undertook colonizing conquest and trading throughout Europe and reached North America in the 9th and 10th century
Consider the following statements about container train services:
1) container train services are cost effective and safe to carry FMCG Chemicals and consumer durables requiring shorter transit time.
2) while traditional freight trains Kari bulk items like fertilizer coal iron ore and cement among others
Both statements are correct
The first container train from India carrying FMCG products and other items arrive at the benapole railway station of Bangladesh on July 26 2020.
It had started from majerhat station near Kolkata on July 24 2020
Container train service is an additional service which is going to transport cargo by rail to Bangladesh other than the traditional free train services and the newly introduced parcel train service when on 13 July 2020 a parcel train carrying Chilli from Andhra Pradesh had arrived in Bangladesh
Consider the following statements about financial management index for rural development programs:
1) has been released by the Union Minister of rural development
2) the index field and the performance of the states based on several parameters and also promote the spirit of competitive cooperative federalism among States
Both the statements are correct
Following parameters
Preparation of annual plan projecting the requirement of funds for the financial year experience release of states share timely utilisation of the funds and submission of the utilisation certificate etc.
Optimum implementation of public financial management system and direct benefit transfer
Internal and social audit
Which statement about state of malacca is incorrect:
1) it runs between Indonesia Malaysia and Thailand.
2) itne Andaman sea and the South China Sea
3) it is least used shipping Lane in the world
First and second architect
Recently the defence ministers dialogue between India and the Republic of Indonesia has been held in Delhi
Dare to dream 2.0 has been launched by
DRDO
It was launched on the 5th death anniversary of former President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam
It is an Open challenge to promote the innovators and startups defence Aerospace of the country
Rupees 10 lakh for startup and rupees 5 lakh for individual category will be given to the winners
Global Tiger Day is observed on
29th July
It was decided in Saint Petersburg declaration on tiger conservation that was signed in 2010
The declaration pledge to double The Tiger population by 2022
The theme for this year is “their survival is in our hands”
Note that India has 70% of the total Global Tiger population.
Who is the author of the book titled “the India away Strategies for an uncertain world”
S Jaishankar
published by Harper Collins India
On which day World Hepatitis Day is observed
28 July
The theme is Hepatitis free future
The day is marked in honour of American tradition and geneticist Brooks Samuel blumberg forest work on Hepatitis B the noble that was born on July 28 1925 identified the hepatitis B virus and later developed its Diagnostic test and vaccine after the reservation was adopted on during the 63rd World Health assembly in May 2010
On the occasion of 14th Foundation Day of ministry of earth sciences Union Minister of earth sciences launched the mobile app Mausam
Dr Harsh Vardhan
According to the report titled child care in a global crisis the impact of covid-19 on work and family life by the United Nations International children’s emergency fund 22 million children from Southeast Asian countries including India have missed out on early childhood education in their preschool year due to the ongoing covid-19 pandemic
In the southeast region UNICEF covered Afghanistan Bangladesh Bhutan India the Maldives Nepal Pakistan and Sri Lanka for the research
Around 40 million children worldwide in the in which nearly 22 million are from South Asia have missed out on early childhood education
