Insta– QUED ( Questions from Editorials. ) 5 August 2021 – INSIGHTSIAS

Solution: a)

Antibiotics are under the purview of the Central Drugs Standard and Control Organization (CDSCO) under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW). In the Drugs and Cosmetics (D&C) Act, 1940, antibiotics are typically placed under Schedule H which makes it mandatory that they be sold only under prescription.

However, when antibiotics are added to feed, the resultant product no longer remains under the purview of CDSCO or any other authority.

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Solution: d)

P-notes are issued by registered FPIs to overseas investors who wish to be part of the Indian stock market without registering themselves directly. They, however, need to go through a due diligence process.

P-note investments in Indian markets – equity, debt, hybrid securities and derivatives.

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Solution: c)

Supercomputers are used for a wide range of computationally intensive tasks in various fields, including quantum mechanics, weather forecasting, flood prediction, climate research, oil and gas exploration, genomics and drug discovery.

Solution: b)

Recently India and USA signed Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement (BECA) during the third edition of the 2+2 dialogue.

The inking of the BECA completes finalisation of four key pacts between the two countries which were identified as crucial to significantly expand the strategic ties.

General Security of Military Information Agreement (GSOMIA) was signed by the two countries in 2002. The GSOMIA provides for specific measures to ensure security standards for safeguarding critical information shared by the U.S. with India.

The two countries inked the Logistics Exchange Memorandum of Agreement (LEMOA) in 2016 that allows their militaries use each other’s bases for repair and replenishment of supplies as well as provide for deeper cooperation.

India and the U.S. signed another pact called COMCASA (Communications Compatibility and Security Agreement) in 2018 that provides for interoperability between the two militaries and provides for sale of high-end technology from the U.S. to India.

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Solution: d)

The CBI investigates three types of cases through three specialised wings.

The Anti-Corruption Division that probes cases of corruption against public servants.

The Economic Offences Division probes crimes of financial malfeasance, bank frauds, money laundering, black money operations, and the like. However, the CBI usually transfers cases of money laundering to the Enforcement Directorate (ED).

There is a Special Crimes Division to investigate cases of violence such as murder, crimes related to internal security such as espionage, narcotics and banned substances, and cheating. It is this division of the CBI that generally handles cases that get wide media coverage, for example, actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s death case.

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