UPSC Quiz – 2024 : IASbaba’s Daily Current Affairs Quiz 19th March 2024

·       Registering a trademark allows its owner to claim “exclusive rights” to its usage.

·       The Trademarks Act of 1999 governs the regime of trademarks and their registration in India.

·       According to Section 25 of the 1999 Act, once registered, a trademark is valid for 10 years and can be renewed by the owner periodically.

·       The notion of Passing off in the Indian Trademarks Act, 1999 seeks to safeguard the goodwill associated with unregistered trademarks.

·       ‘Passing off’ is a deception where a brand misrepresents itself as another to benefit from their reputation.

·       Example of passing off – ‘Adidas’ and ‘Adibas’. In such infringement cases, the trademark owner can take legal action and is entitled to remedies such as injunctions (orders to cease an action), damages and accounts.

·       These substances can induce various effects on the central nervous system, leading to altered states of consciousness, perception, and mood.

·       Engaging in the use of Psychoactive Fauna for recreational purposes can be dangerous and potentially lethal.

·       Snake venom use for intoxication is relatively common in India despite being under-reported.

·       Consuming snake venom for intoxication is potentially the most hazardous practice among enthusiasts of Psychoactive Fauna.

·       Hallucinogenic fish such as clownfish and Rabbitfish,

·       Amphibians such as toads, ants such as Red Harvester Ants and

·       Reptiles such as the Indian Wall Lizard, and liver and bone marrow of giraffe.

·       he rules range from issues related to speeches, polling day, polling booths, portfolios, the content of election manifestos, processions, and general conduct, so that free and fair elections are conducted.

·       Comes into Force – The MCC comes into force from the date the election schedule is announced until the date that results are out.

·       Provisions – The MCC contains eight provisions dealing with general conduct, meetings, processions, polling day, polling booths, observers, the party in power, and election manifestos.

·       Subsequently, in the Lok Sabha elections in 1962, the ECI circulated the code to all recognized political parties and State governments, and it was wholeheartedly followed.

·       It was in 1991 after repeated flouting of the election norms and continued corruption, the EC decided to enforce the MCC more strictly.

·       Everything is voluntary.

·       The Election Commission (EC) uses moral sanction or censure for its enforcement.

·       The ECI can issue a notice to a politician or a party for an alleged breach of the MCC either on its own or based on a complaint by another party or individual.

·       Once a notice is issued, the person or party must reply in writing, either accepting fault and tendering an unconditional apology or rebutting the allegation.

·       Bugun Liocichla is a small babbler bird (only 20 cm) with olive-grey plumage and black cap.

·       The bird was identified by Ramana Athreya, a Pune-based astrophysicist.

·       The avian species is critically endangered with only 14 individual birds spotted so far in the Braiduah village under the Singchung sub-division.

·       Bugun Liocichla was the first bird to be discovered in India since its independence, in 2006.

·       As a major step towards conservation, the Arunachal Pradesh government finally notified Braiduah Community Reserve under the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972.

·       The reserve is situated adjacent to the Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary.

·       Bugun Liocichla Utsav is a festival held to commemorate 15 years of the bird’s discovery.

·       It is bordered by Vietnam’s northern coastline to the west and northwest, China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region to the north, and the Leizhou Peninsula and Hainan Island to the east.

·       The Gulf of Tonkin incident in 1964 heightened U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War.

·       Vietnam calls for respect of international law following China’s establishment of a baseline in the Gulf of Tonkin.

·       The move raises concerns amid overlapping claims in the South China Sea, but both countries have historically maintained friendlier relations in the Gulf of Tonkin.