UPSC LAW Optional

2022-06-04 09:24:30 Explanation
The Correct Answer is NHA

Key Points
• Cabinet approves implementation of Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission with a budget of Rs.1,600 crore for five years

• ABDM will improve equitable access to quality healthcare by encouraging use of technologies such as telemedicine and enabling national portability of health services

• Citizens will be able to create their ABHA (Ayushman Bharat Health Account) numbers, to which their digital health records can be linked Open / Comment

2022-06-04 09:24:25 Open / Comment

2022-06-03 15:16:44 Explanation
The Correct Answer is INDIAai

Key Points
• During the INDIAai's 2nd anniversary celebration, Mr Abhishek Singh, President and Chief Executive Officer of NeGD, and Ms Debjani Ghosh, President of NASSCOM, released the "AI for Everyone" booklet.

• The booklet aims to inform and inspire the non-techies amongst us, especially children of all age and adults. The booklet is designed with the help of experts as a basic introduction to AI that a person of any age and background can comprehend the basics.

• Artificial intelligence (AI) simulates human intelligence in machines programmed to think and act like humans. Therefore, the phrase can also refer to any device demonstrating human-like characteristics like learning and problem-solving. Open / Comment

2022-06-03 15:16:40 Open / Comment

2022-06-03 13:56:09 Explanation
The Correct Answer is Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

Key Points
• The ‘Scholarship for PM-CARES Children’ scheme under the ministry of social justice and empowerment was formulated as a central sector scheme.

• Nearly 4,000 children who were orphaned during the COVID-19 pandemic have benefitted under the ‘Scholarship for PM CARES Children’ scheme.

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi released the benefits under the PM CARES for Children scheme.

• Modi transferred the scholarship to school-going children. Also, a passbook of PM CARES for Children and a health card under the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana were handed over to children during the programme.

• The ministry said 3,945 children have benefitted under the scheme with an amount of Rs 7.89 crore during 2022-23. Open / Comment

2022-06-03 13:56:05 Open / Comment

2022-06-03 12:19:05 Explanation
The Correct Answer is Israel

Key Points
• Archaeologists in Israel have unearthed the 2,100-year-old remains of a farmstead whose owners likely abandoned it in a hurry, possibly to avoid an impending military invasion.

• "We were very lucky to discover a time-capsule, frozen in time, in which the finds remained where they were left by the occupants of the site," which is near Israel's northern Sea of Galilee, archaeologist Amani Abu-Hamid, who is leading the excavation for the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA), said in a statement.

• The excavators discovered ancient, still-intact storage jars at the site, as well as weights for weaving looms on a shelf, suggesting that whoever lived there left them behind when they quickly departed.

• "It seems that they left in haste in face of an impending danger, possibly the threat of a military attack," Abu-Hamid said. Open / Comment

2022-06-03 12:19:02 Open / Comment

2022-06-03 10:23:08 Explanation
The Correct Answer is Uganda

Key Points
• West Nile virus can cause a fatal neurological disease in humans.

• However, approximately 80% of people who are infected will not show any symptoms.

• West Nile virus is mainly transmitted to people through the bites of infected mosquitoes.

• The virus can cause severe disease and death in horses.

• Vaccines are available for use in horses but not yet available for people.

• Birds are the natural hosts of West Nile virus. Open / Comment

2022-06-03 10:23:04 Open / Comment