UPSC Quiz – 2021 : IASbaba’s Daily Current Affairs Quiz 1st December 2021

Solution (c)

The Ministry of Tourism has formulated a ‘Draft National Strategy and Roadmap for Development of Rural Tourism in India’, an initiative towards Atmanirbhar Bharat. Driven by the spirit of ‘Vocal for Local’, rural tourism can contribute significantly to the mission of Atmanirbhar Bharat.

A rural circuit has been identified as one of the thematic circuits under ‘Swadesh Darshan Scheme’ for development aimed at leveraging tourism as a force multiplier for revitalising the rural economy and for giving both domestic and international tourist a glimpse of the rural aspects of the country

Article Link:

https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/towards-boosting-rural-tourism/article35427095.ece

Solution (d)

According to WHO, the ideal rate of C-section deliveries is between 5% and 15% in India.

One in two women who go to a private hospital undergoes a Caesarean section (C-section), according to the latest National Family Health Survey (NFHS) data.

When medically justified, a C-section can effectively prevent maternal and perinatal mortality and morbidity. 

There are different factors at play for the rise in the operations- Women having babies at a later age, increase in in-vitro fertility and sedentary lifestyle of mothers are some of the reasons.

There are also caregiver and hospital factors. Doctors doing solo-practice and delivering 20-25 babies in a month can’t stay awake in the night so they prefer to schedule an operation. As far as corporate hospitals are concerned, there is an emphasis on more numbers and doctors spending 20-30 days on 10 deliveries is frowned upon

Public hospitals see a rise in C-sections because of poor doctor-patient ratio and concentration of high-risk pregnancies at one place with less doctors and less caregivers.

Article Link:

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/one-in-two-women-undergoes-c-section-in-private-hospitals-shows-nfhs-data/article37715642.ece

Solution (c)

Wifi services in flights were approved by the government three years ago, but Indian flyers are still to experience it in reality. This is because most air service providers cannot cope with the high installation charges in a market that thrives on providing the cheapest ticket. The equipment for in-flight Wifi costs Rs 3-4 crore per aircraft 

Domestic carriers have been slow in offering the service because the retrofit of aircraft with the required antenna is an expensive affair that takes nearly 12 hours.

Those airlines that have started to offer the service are rolling it out only on new aircraft that come equipped with the antenna.

Full-service carrier Vistara is the only Indian airline to offer the service to its customers since September 2020.

Article Link:

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/in-flight-wifi-hits-a-dead-zone-in-india/article37742511.ece

Solution (b)

After 11 years of being on the drawing board, there is some progress in the Jaitapur nuclear power project in Maharashtra with the French company EDF and Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) working together to take this project off the ground

EDF and NPCIL teams are working actively together. This project is a key component of the strategic partnership between India and France as stated by President Emmanuel Macron and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on several occasions.

Jaitapur would be the world’s most powerful nuclear power plant. There would be six state-of-the-art EPR reactors with an installed capacity of 9.6 GWe that will produce low carbon electricity.

This project will embody the strong partnership between India and France, a commitment to low carbon future, and will directly benefit Maharashtra with thousands of local jobs.

Article Link:

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/jaitapur-would-be-the-worlds-most-powerful-nuclear-plant/article37731290.ece

Solution (d)

President Ram Nath Kovind said judges must exercise ‘utmost discretion’ while making utterances in courtrooms and quoted an American judge to argue that “courts are not representative bodies and are not designed to be a good reflex of a democratic society.”

President also wondered if “there can be better way to appoint judges to the higher judiciary without diluting the independence of the judiciary even to the slightest degree”.

The President quoted Justice Frankfurter of the U.S. Supreme Court in the Dennis versus United States case of 1951, in which the judge had observed,”Courts are not representative bodies. They are not designed to be a good reflex of a democratic society. Their essential quality is detachment, founded on independence”.

The Chief Justice and Judges of the High Courts are to be appointed by the President under clause (1) of Article 217 of the Constitution.

Article Link:

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/judges-should-maintain-utmost-discretion-while-making-utterances-in-court-rooms-president/article37727988.ece