UPSC Quiz – 2023 : IASbaba’s Daily Current Affairs Quiz 19th June 2023

·       Countervailing measures are put in place to offset imports being sold at unfair prices due to government subsidies in their country of origin.

·       Three types of trade remedies that are allowed under World Trade Organisation (WTO) rules includes

·       Anti-dumping

·       Countervailing Duties

·       Safeguard Actions

·       It will bring transparency, efficiency and empowerment to all stakeholders involved in the milk collection process, ultimately benefiting the milk producers and contributing to the growth of the dairy sector.

·       The app is designed and developed by Rajasthan Electronics & Instruments Limited (REIL).

·       REIL is a “Mini Ratna” Central Public Sector Enterprises under the Ministry of Heavy Industries.

·       It digitize the process and facilitate Direct Beneficiary Transfer to milk producers”.

Key features and benefits of the app includes

·       Increased transparency among stakeholders,

·       Online monitoring of daily milk poured at Milk Cooperative Societies,

·       Real-time milk price updates from the cloud server, ensuring transparency and eliminating human errors,

·       Direct beneficiary transfers of milk payment and government subsidies to the milk producers’ bank accounts through the app,

·       Push notifications for milk collection to the milk producers’ app and

·       Multilingual app with support for English, Hindi, Punjabi, Telugu, and more.

·       Isopod is an order of crustaceans that includes woodlice and their relatives that live in the sea, in fresh water, or on land.

·       Sea slaters is a species of woodlouse.

·       It is native to the Northeast Atlantic from Norway to Morocco and the western Baltic.

·       It is found on rocky shorelines, wharf pilings and harbor areas where it inhabits the borders of the land and sea.

·       They mostly eat dead plant and fungal matter and act as important natural recyclers, just like worms.

·       While sea slaters are not a threatened or vulnerable species, they act as a natural recycler in local ecosystem.

·       They can also be an important source of food for many birds that live on the seashore.

·       The sea slaters turned darker when confronted with a point-source light but diffused light confused them and caused them to become lighter, making them easier for predators to spot.

·       TDD is a painless method of delivering drugs systemically by applying a drug formulation onto intact and healthy skin.

·       Microneedles are manufactured using complex procedures, like photolithography, that require clean rooms, and are time-consuming which limits the mass production.

·       Single-step drop-casting is a simple process to produce Microneedle without needing clean room facilities, and sophisticated instrumentation.

·       Microneedles typically measure between 0.1 to 1 mm in length.

·       It can precisely target the drug upon entry into the stratum corneum.

·       It address certain key challenges within transdermal delivery such as collapsing veins with a repetitive injection, needle phobia, sustained delivery, etc.

·       Microneedle patches can help inject insulin just below the skin surface without pricking deep like normal syringes.

·       Deceptive online patterns are a violation of the Consumer Protection Act.

·       A robust self-regulatory mechanism for the larger framework on online deceptive patterns is the need of the hour.

·       Recently Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) released the guidelines on price Pricing

Key highlights of the guidelines

·       The guidelines state that “quoted prices” in advertisements and e-commerce sites must include non-optional taxes, duties, fees and charges that apply to all buyers.

·       When an ad or an element in an ad directly or indirectly implies one outcome of the consumer’s action but instead serves up another, it is misleading.

·       Implying that quantities of a product or service are “more limited than they are” to create a false sense of urgency will be considered misleading.

·       Guidelines is expected to create communication and systems that respect user autonomy, improve transparency and encourage well-informed choices.

·       It will play a crucial role in fostering a more ethical and trustworthy advertising ecosystem and protecting consumer trust.

·       The Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) is a voluntary self-regulatory organization of the advertising industry in India.