UPSC LAW Optional

2022-06-02 12:03:31 Explanation
The Correct Answer is World Health Organization

Key Points
• Tobacco kills up to half of its users.

• Tobacco kills more than 8 million people each year. More than 7 million of those deaths are the result of direct tobacco use while around 1.2 million are the result of non-smokers being exposed to second-hand smoke.

• Over 80% of the world's 1.3 billion tobacco users live in low- and middle-income countries.

• In 2020, 22.3% of the global population used tobacco, 36.7% of all men and 7.8% of the world’s women.

• To address the tobacco epidemic, WHO Member States adopted the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) in 2003. Currently 182 countries have ratified this treaty.

• The WHO MPOWER measures are in line with the WHO FCTC and have been shown to save lives and reduce costs from averted healthcare expenditure. Open / Comment

2022-06-02 12:03:27 Open / Comment

2022-06-02 11:00:13 Explanation
The Correct Answer Is IIT Guwahati

Key Points
• Sanctioned in October 2020, Param Ananta will offer IIT Gandhinagar with increased capacity for research projects in various fields, including machine learning, data science, computational fluid dynamics, bioengineering and more

• The Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) and the Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar have jointly unveiled a new supercomputer in phase two of the central government’s National Supercomputing Mission (NSM). Called Param Ananta, the supercomputer is capable of offering peak performance of 838 teraflops.

• Sanctioned in October 2020, Param Ananta will offer IIT Gandhinagar with increased capacity for research projects in various fields, including machine learning, data science, computational fluid dynamics, bioengineering and more. Open / Comment

2022-06-02 11:00:09 Open / Comment

2022-06-02 09:53:36 Explanation
The Correct Answer is 2025-26

Key Points
• “The PMEGP has now been approved for continuation over the 15th Finance Commission Cycle for five years from 2021-22 to 2025-26 with an outlay of ₹13,554.42 crore," said a statement from the union ministry of micro, small and medium enterprises.

• The extension comes with changes to the existing scheme. Government has increased the maximum project cost from existing ₹25 lakh to ₹50 lakh for manufacturing units and from existing ₹10 lakh to ₹20 lakh for service units.

• The definition of village industry and rural area has also been changed for the scheme. Areas falling under Panchayati Raj institutions would be accounted under rural areas, whereas areas under municipality will be treated as urban areas, said the statement.

• “All implementing agencies are allowed to receive and process applications in all areas irrespective of the rural or urban category," it said. Further, PMEGP applicants under aspirational districts and transgender category will be treated as special category applicants and entitled for higher subsidy. Open / Comment

2022-06-02 09:53:33 Open / Comment

2022-06-02 08:22:41 Explanation
The correct Answer is New Delhi

Key Points
• The Central Reserve Police Force organised the 4th edition of the All India Police Judo Cluster Championship in New Delhi.

• The event will be held from January 4 to January 7, 2020. More than thousand sportspersons across the country are participating in the tournament.

• The event was inaugurated by the Minister of State for Home Affairs, Nityanand Rai.

• The previous edition of the championship was organized by the Odisha Police. Open / Comment

2022-06-02 08:22:38 Open / Comment

2022-06-01 14:10:07 Open / Comment

2022-06-01 13:10:41 Explanation
The Correct Answer is Flipkart

Key Points
• Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM) which functions under the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs recently signed MoU with e-commerce major Amazon.

• The agreement is for e-marketing of products made by Self Help Groups (SHGs) across the country in urban areas. The MoU focuses on women empowerment and it aims to provide greater access to the customer base for products made by SHGs.

• The Mission has also undertaken similar collaboration with Flipkart recently. Open / Comment