UPSC Quiz – 2023 : IASbaba’s Daily Current Affairs Quiz 22nd June 2023

·       Associated countries – The basin’s catchment area traverses through 5 East African Countries – Tanzania (44%), Kenya (22%), Uganda (16%), Rwanda (11%) and Burundi (7%).

·       This trans-boundary asset is shared by Tanzania (51%), Uganda (43%) and Kenya (6%).

·       Largest freshwater lake in Africa

·       World’s largest tropical lake

·       Second largest freshwater lake in the world, after Lake Superior in North America

·       Largest inland water fishery sanctuary in East Africa

·       The White Nile is the only river flowing out of the Lake.

·       The Kagera (Akagera) River, which drains the mountains of Burundi and Rwanda, is considered as the source of the Nile.

·       Submersibles are small, limited range watercrafts designed for a set mission, that are built with characteristics that allow them to operate in a specific environment.

·       These vessels are typically able to be fully submerged into water and cruise using their own power supply and air renewal system.

·       Instead, it relies on a support ship to launch it and recover it.

·       Submersibles always operate in conjunction with a mother ship.

·       Also, submersible doesn’t have large propulsion systems and ballast systems like Submarine.

·       Unlike submarines, submersibles also have a viewport and external cameras to view the outside space surrounding the vessel.

·       The uses of Submersible include

·       Deep sea testing of hardware and software,

·       Site survey and inspection,

·       Research and data collection and

·       Film and media production

·       It is a Party-driven process conducted in a transparent manner and with the participation of non-Party stakeholders.

·       It enables countries and other stakeholders to see where they’re collectively making progress toward meeting the goals of the Paris Agreement.

·       It also decides ways and means to enhance global action to bridge the adequacy gap.

·       Mitigation Work Programme (MWP) is a part of Global Stocktake which was set up at COP26 in Glasgow in 2021.

·       Annexure I of the 1992 UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) include group of about 40 rich and industrialised countries which are hugely responsible for climate change.

·       According to Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change global emissions have to come down by 43% from 2019 levels by 2030 to keep alive hopes of meeting the 1.50 target.

·       The loss and damage need of developing countries are assessed to be about USD 400 billion every year.

·       Developing countries need as much as USD 6 trillion before 2030 just to implement their climate action plans.

·       It develops and shares research, information, and innovations to empower people in the eight regional member countries of the Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH).

·       It is based at Kathmandu, Nepal.

·       Ice and snow in the Hindu Kush Himalayan ranges is an important source of water for the rivers, which flow through 16 countries in Asia.

·       Ice and snow in the Hindu Kush Himalayan ranges provide fresh water to 240 million people in the mountains and another 1.65 billion downstream.

·       Various earlier reports have found that the cryosphere, regions on Earth covered by snow and ice are among the worst affected by climate change.

·       Himalayan glaciers disappeared 65% faster since 2010 than in the previous decade and reducing snow cover due to global warming will result in reduced fresh water for people living downstream.

·       Tholpavaikoothu is a form of Shadow puppetry made of three Tamil terms, thol, meaning leather, pavai, meaning doll, and koothu, meaning the play or drama. This form of art is especially popular in the Madurai, Kanyakumar (TN), Palakkad Thrissur and Malappuram districts of Kerala