Today in History (Mar 20^th, 2017)

In 2017, the state of Uttarakhand declared the Yamuna and the Ganga as “living entities”.

Let’s revise

A) India contributes to almost _____ of global snakebite deaths.

1. 90%
2. 80%
3. 50%
4. 41%

Ans. (c)

B) The Gender Inequality Index 2022 has been released by_____

1. World Health Organisation
2. World Bank
3. UNFCCC
4. United Nations Development Programme

Ans. (d)
C) The Gender Inequality Index 2022 has been released and which country topped the list?

1. Japan
2. Australia
3. Denmark
4. USA

Ans. (c)

D) India has registered a significant jump of _____ ranks in Gender Inequality Index 2022.

1. 41
2. 14
3. 18
4. 4

Ans. (b)

E) In the Gender Inequality Index 2022 India ranked ____ out of 193 countries.

1. 101
2. 108
3. 117
4. 118

Ans. (b)

F) India’s labour force participation rate for women ______%.

1. 56
2. 40
3. 48
4. 28

Ans. (d)

G) In which country Kyaukphyu port is located?

1. Pakistan
2. Bangladesh
3. Myanmar
4. Iran

Ans. (c)

H) Gwadar port is located in which country?

1. Pakistan
2. Bangladesh
3. Myanmar
4. Iran

Ans. (a)

I) Hambantota port is located in which country?

1. Sri Lanka
2. Pakistan
3. Bangladesh
4. Myanmar

Ans. (a)

J) Djibouti is a country in which continent and its capital city is _____

1. Africa, Djibouti city
2. Asia, Djibouti city
3. Africa, Obock
4. Africa, Arta

Ans. (a)

K) Which countries are the members of Quad?

1. India, Japan, China, Russia
2. India, Australia, Japan, USA
3. India, Japan, China, Russia
4. Japan, China, Russia, Australia

Ans. (b)

L) Colombo Security Conclave (CSC) emphasises on ____

1. Regional Free Trade
2. Regional Environment Protection
3. Regional Security
4. Biodiversity Conservation

Ans. (c)

Summary of Today’s News

India and Brazil 2+2 Dialogue

1. India and Brazil concluded the first ‘2+2’ defence and foreign ministerial dialogue.
2. Conversations covered topics including defense, space, energy, essential minerals, technology, counter-terrorism, and various regional and multilateral matters of shared
   concern.
3. The session was led jointly by an additional secretary from the Ministry of External Affairs and a joint secretary from the Ministry of Defense.

What are 2+2 meetings?

1. The 2+2 meetings involves the participation of two high-level representatives, from
   • Ministry of Foreign Affairs
   • Ministry of Defence

1. Of the two countries who aim to enhance the scope of dialogue between them.
2. Having such a mechanism enables the partners to better understand and appreciate each other’s strategic concerns and sensitivities.
3. Presently India has 2+2 meetings with
   • The USA
   • Australia
   • Japan
   • United Kingdom
   • Russia

Digital Criminal Case Management System (CCMS) Platform

• The Union Home Minister inaugurated the distinctive CCMS Platform of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and the mobile application ‘Sankalan’ – a compilation of new criminal laws by NCRB – through a virtual launch.
• It is user-friendly, easy-to-deploy, customizable and browser-based software,
• It has been designed to improve coordination and justice delivery in NIA’s operations.
• It aims to enable NIA personnel to better coordinate in terrorism and organised crime cases, thereby improving justice delivery.
• It has been designed to help the State Police forces in their investigations and prosecution.
• This system aims to help the State forces organise, integrate, and digitalize the data generated during investigations, such as case documents, extracted data, collected evidence, and the charge sheets presented to the court.

Exercise Tiger Triumph

• Recently, India and the US jointly commenced the Exercise Tiger Triumph-24 in Eastern Seaboard in the USA.
• The first Tiger Triumph exercise took place in 2019.
• Navy, Army and Air Force of both countries are participants in the exercise

Air Quality Report 2023

Air Quality Report 2023 is released by Swiss organisation IQAir.

Key Highlights of this report:

• Bangladesh had the worst air quality
• Pakistan had the second worst air quality
• India had the third worst air quality.
• New Delhi has been ranked as the World’s most Polluted Capital City.
• Bihar’s Begusarai has emerged as the world’s most polluted metropolitan area.
• More than 1 billion people in India experience PM2.5 concentrations exceeding the WHO’s recommended levels of 5 µg/m3.
• Only Seven countries met the WHO annual PM 2.5 guideline.
• French Polynesia is identified as least polluted