INSIGHTS CURRENT AFFAIRS ( 30 July 2021) REVISION THROUGH MCQS – INSIGHTSIAS

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• S1 and S3: Andrew Simms of UK think tank New Economics Foundation originally developed the concept of Earth Overshoot Day. Global Footprint Network, a partner organization of New Economics Foundation, launches a campaign every year for EOD to raise awareness of Earth’s limited resources. Global Footprint Network measures humanity’s demand for and supply of natural resources and ecological services.
• S2: Earth Overshoot Day (EOD) is the calculated illustrative calendar date on which humanity’s resource consumption for the year exceeds Earth’s capacity to regenerate those resources that year.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/07/30/earth-overshoot-day-2021/

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• The West Bengal government has set up a Commission of Inquiry (Lokur Commission), under the 1952 Act, to look into the alleged surveillance of phones using the Pegasus spyware developed by the Israeli cyber-intelligence company NSO Group.
• Who can set up such commissions?
  • While both central and state governments can set up such Commissions of Inquiry, states are restricted by subject matters that they are empowered to legislate upon.
  • If the central government set up the commission first, then states cannot set up a parallel commission on the same subject matter without the approval of the Centre.
  • But if a state has appointed a Commission, then the Centre can appoint another on the same subject if it is of the opinion that the scope of the inquiry should be extended to two or more states.
• Under The Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1952, a Commission set up by the government shall have the powers of a civil court, while trying a suit under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/07/30/the-commissions-of-inquiry-act-1952/

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• It is a voluntary membership organization of insurance supervisors from over 190 jurisdictions, constituting 97% of the world’s insurance premiums.
• It is the international standards-setting body for the insurance sector.
• It was established in 1994 and operates as a verein, a type of non-profit organisation under Swiss Civil Law.
• The IAIS is hosted by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS).

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/07/30/cabinet-approves-multilateral-mou-signed-by-ifsca/

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• The project was launched by Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) & BSF have launched Project BOLD in Jaisalmer to Prevent Desertification and Support Rural Economy. Under this, they have planted 1000 bamboo saplings.
• About the Project BOLD:
  • BOLD stands for Bamboo Oasis on Lands in Drought.
  • Launched by Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC).
  • The initiative has been launched as part of KVIC’s “Khadi Bamboo Festival” to celebrate 75 years of independence “Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav”.
  • Objectives: To create bamboo-based green patches in arid and semi-arid land zones, To reduce desertification and provide livelihood and multi-disciplinary rural industry support.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/07/30/project-bold-2/

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• ISRO is the national space agency of India, headquartered in Bengaluru. It operates under Department of Space (DOS) which is directly overseen by the Prime Minister of India, while Chairman of ISRO acts as executive of DOS as well. ISRO is the primary agency in India to perform tasks related to space based applications, space exploration and development of related technologies.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/07/30/eos-03/

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• The Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) is implementing the Jal Marg Vikas Project (JMVP) at an estimated cost of ₹18 crores for capacity augmentation of navigation on the Haldia-Varanasi stretch of Ganga (part of NW-1) with the technical and financial assistance of the World Bank.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/07/30/inland-vessels-bill-3/

Ans: (d)

Explanation: here the directive word is not correct!!

• S1: Global Tiger Day is celebrated every year on July 29th as a way to raise awareness about this magnificent but endangered big cat. The day was founded in 2010, when the 13 tiger range countries came together to create Tx2 – the global goal to double the number of wild tigers by the year 2022.
• S2: As per the World Wide Fund for Nature, the number of tigers dropped by 95 per cent over the past 150 years.
• S3: Kanha Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh is the first tiger reserve in India to officially introduce a mascot, Bhoorsingh the Barasingha.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/07/30/international-tiger-day/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• The Wildlife Protection Act of 1972 was amended in 2006 to provide for constituting the National Tiger Conservation Authority responsible for implementation of the Project Tiger plan to protect endangered tigers.
• The National Tiger Conservation Authority is set up under the Chairmanship of the Minister for Environment and Forests. The Authority will have eight experts or professionals having qualifications and experience in wildlife conservation and welfare of people including tribals, apart from three Members of Parliament of whom two will be elected by the House of the People and one by the Council of States. The Inspector General of Forests, in charge of project Tiger, will be ex-officio Member Secretary.
• The functions and powers of the Authority, inter alia include : approval of Tiger Conservation Plan prepared by States, laying down normative standards for tiger conservation, providing information on several aspects which include protection, tiger estimation, patrolling, etc

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/07/30/international-tiger-day/

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• The Global Tiger Initiative (GTI) was launched in 2008 as a global alliance of governments, international organizations, civil society, the conservation and scientific communities and the private sector, with the aim of working together to save wild tigers from extinction. In 2013, the scope was broadened to include Snow Leopards.
• The GTI’s founding partners included the World Bank, the Global Environment Facility (GEF), the Smithsonian Institution, Save the Tiger Fund, and International Tiger Coalition (representing more than 40 non-government organizations). The initiative is led by the 13 tiger range countries (TRCs).

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/07/30/international-tiger-day/

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• S1: Sambandar, the popular seventh-century child saint, is one of the muvar, the three principal saints of South India.
• S2: According to the Tamil Shaiva tradition, he composed an oeuvre of 16,000 hymns in complex meters, of which 383 (384) hymns with 4,181 stanzas have survived. These narrate an intense loving devotion (bhakti) to the Hindu god Shiva. The surviving compositions of Sambandar are preserved in the first three volumes of the Tirumurai, and provide a part of the philosophical foundation of Shaiva Siddhanta.
• S3: He is one of the most prominent of the sixty-three Nayanars. He was a contemporary of Appar, another Saiva poet-saint.
• Sambandar:
  • Dancing child-saint Sambandar of 12th century belongs to Chola dynasty.
  • The National Gallery of Australia(NGA) has announced that it would return 14 works of art from its Asian art collection to India including Sambandar.
  • Sambandar was one of the nayanmars, a group of sixty-three saints active in South India from the sixth to the ninth century who were instrumental in popularizing the worship of Shiva through devotional poetry and song.

Refer: facts for prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/07/30/insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-30-july-2021/