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Current Affairs Quiz - May 10, 2019



Updated On - Friday, 10 May 2019

 

Mrinal Mukherjee recently died, which of which regional films he was related to? 
Answer:
Bengali Cinema

Actor and TV actor Mrinal Mukherjee died in Calcutta on 8 May, 2019 at the age of 74. Mrinal Mukherjee worked in the Bengali film industry for five decades. He worked in films like "Dui Bone", "Holiday", "Shriram Prithviraj", "Byomkesh". Apart from this, he also worked in several Bengali TV serials. He was a well-known actor of Bengali theater. Mrinal Mukherjee also acted in many Hindi films, his role in Gulzar's "weather" film was excellent. 

 

Where is the headquarters of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform (IPBES) on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services? 
Answer:
Bonn (Germany)

Recently, a report titled "IPBES Global Assessment" was released by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform (IPBES) on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Service. This report has been prepared by 145 expert authors from 50 countries. According to this report, 1 million species of animals and plants in the world are on the brink of extinction, these species can be extinct in a few decades. This list includes 40% amphibious species, 33% reef-making corals and one-third of marine mammals. The main reason is pollution, destruction of natural habitat and carbon emissions.  

 

 

Recently, the scientists of CSIR did a genetic study of the inhabitants of which island?
Answer:
Lakshadweep 

Recently, scientists first studied the inhabitants of Lakshadweep residents. This study was done by a team of scientists of the Center for Cellular and Molecular Biology of CSIR (Scientific and Industrial Research Council). 

The main point is that the scientists studied Kadmat, Andorth, Chetlat, Agatti, Kalpeni, Bitra, Kiltan and Minicoy Island. Scientists studied the DNA samples of 557 people of eight islands for the study of mitochondrial DNA and 166 people for the DNA of the Y chromosome marker. 
It was believed that people of Lakshadweep probably had genetic properties similar to ancient people like Andamanese and Australian tribal people. But this new study has shown that Lakshadweep people have similar genetic properties like South Asia, there is little effect in East and West Eurasia too.

According to this study, the close genetic link to the people of Lakshadweep is from the people of Maldives, Sri Lanka and India. 

Important facts about Lakshadweep 

  • First (1956-73) It was called Lakshadweep, Minicoy, and Amindivi Islands. This is the Union Territory of India. 
  • It is a group of many islands, it contains 36 islands. 
  • This capital is located in Kaverta. 
  • "Lakshadweep" means "one lakh islands" in Malayalam and Sanskrit language. 
  • Nine Degree Channel: Removes Minicoy from the rest of Lakshadweep. 
  • Eight degrees channel: It separates Lakshadweep from the Maldives. 

 

 

What is the theme of United Nations Road Safety Week 2019? 

Answer: Leadership for road safety

5th United Nations Global Road Safety Week is being observed between May 6 and May 12, 2019. The theme of this weekly event is "Leadership for road safety". 

5th United Nations Global Road Safety Week 
United Nations Global Road Safety Week is coordinated by the United Nations Road Safety Partnership under the chairmanship of the World Health Organization. During this road safety week, the World Health Organization issued "Global Status Report on Road Safety". 

According to this report, the goals of road safety can be achieved through strong leadership, the campaign "Save Lives - #SpeakUp" has been started. 

"Save Lives - #SpeakUp" campaign
The "Save Lives - #SpeakUp" campaign is based on the principle of "Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020". Its aim is to reduce the number of deaths due to road accidents and the number of casualties. Due to road accidents, the estimated death rate of 1.9 people per year in the world by 2020. 


Global Status Report on Road Safety 
World Health Organization recently released "Global Status Report on Road Safety". According to this report, the main causes of death among people of 5 to 29 years are road accidents. Every year 1.35 million people die due to road accidents, 50 million people are injured every year due to road accidents.

After 2008, the highest number of deaths in the world is due to road accidents in India. India has also signed Brasilia Declaration on Road Accident, in which India has expressed commitment to reduce 50% of the deaths in road accidents by 2020. 

According to the Government of India data, 150,000 people die every year due to road accidents in the country. But according to the World Health Organization, this figure is 2,99,000 per annum. 

  

Which golfer was recently awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom 2019 by the U.S. President? 

Answer: Tiger Woods 

America's Greatest Golfer Tiger Woods was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by the U.S. President. Tiger Woods is the fourth and youngest professional golfer to receive this honour. Earlier Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus  and Charlie Sifford have also been honoured with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. 

Presidential Medal of Freedom
This is America's highest civilian honour, this honour is provided for the work of America's national interest, world peace, cultural work and public welfare. It was founded in 1945 by President Truman to honour outstanding work in the war. In the year 1962, President Kennedy resumed this award for civil service in peace. This award is mainly given to American citizens, but citizens of other countries can also receive this award. 

Tiger Woods is a Professional Golfer of Tiger Woods America. He is second in the main championship and victory in the PGA Tour. His name is considered to be one of the greatest players of golf, he has many outstanding records in golf. 

 

Which Indian filmmaker will direct the film to be made on the life of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman? 
Answer:
Shyam Benegal

India and Bangladesh will jointly build the film on Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (Father of Bangladesh). With this, a documentary on Bangladesh's freedom struggle will also be made. Prasar Bharati, the public broadcaster of India, will co-produce the film. 

The Chief Point 
Recently, under the chairmanship of Dr. Gauhar Rizvi (Advisor to the Prime Minister of Bangladesh), the Bangladeshi delegation met with Secretary of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and other officials, after this meeting, the decision was taken to make a film on Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

Earlier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina had also announced this. 

The film will be directed by famous filmmaker Shyam Benegal, for which the screenplay will be written by Atul Tiwari.

Apart from this, Prasar Bharati also agreed to bring Bangladesh TV free on DD Free Direction platform. Bangladesh also announced the broadcast of India's Doordarshan channel on DTH in Bangladesh. All India Radio and Bangladesh Wireless have also announced to work together. 

 

 

Which Ministry has recently decided to end the "black list" of the people of Indian origin?
Answer:
Central Home Ministry 

Central Home Ministry has recently decided to end the "Black List" for the people of Indian origin. This list is with the Indian Mission (Indian Embassy present in various countries). 

Main points 

This list contains the names of people of Indian origin who cite persecution in India and seek refuge in another country. The people of Indian origin who seek refuge in this type of community have a lot of people in the Sikh community. 

The people in this list are not given visa by the Indian Mission (Indian Embassy).

Those people of Indian origin (and members of their family) who have taken shelter in another country and do not have their name in the "black list", they will get a visa from India like the resident of the country of residence. If their visas for the last two years are normal, they can get the Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) card. 

Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) card is a migrant status, this allows foreign nationals of Indian origin to remain indefinitely in India and can work here. 

 

 

Baidyanath Misra died recently, which area was he related to? 
Answer:
Economics

Recently, Baidyanath Mishra passed away on May 8, 2019 at Bhubaneswar, Odisha, at 99 years of age, he was an economist. He started his career as a lecturer in Ravenshaw University in Cuttack in 1949. Later, he worked in Odisha Agriculture and Technology University. He was the Vice Chancellor between 1981 and 1985 at the University of Odisha Agriculture and Technology. He was also Chairman of State Planning Commission between 1985 and 1990. 

 

 

In which Indian city is the meeting of the regional heads of the World Customs Organization organized? 

Answer: Kochi
The meeting of regional heads of the World Customs Organization is being organized by the Central Board of Direct Taxes and the Customs Board between Kochi from May 8 to May 10. In this meeting, regional officials of the Asia Pacific region are participating. India is the Vice Chair of the World Customs Organization in the Asian Pacific region. India was entrusted this task on July 1, 2018, India will be the Vice Chair of the World Customs Organization in the Asia Pacific region for two years. In this meeting, the progress of programs and initiatives initiated for the promotion of cross border trade by the World Trade Organization will be reviewed. This meeting will be chaired by Central Intelligence Bureau and Chairman of Customs Board Pranab Kumar Das. 

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