ANSWER: A

ANSWER: A

ANSWER: D

ANSWER: B

• Peru has imposed a health emergency over an “unusual” outbreak of Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) in the country.

ABOUT GBS

• The Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) is a rare but serious neurological disorder and autoimmune disease.
• It is a neurological condition characterized by an uncommon immune system response that mistakenly attacks on nervous system.
• Guillain-Barre Syndrome can manifest in various degrees of severity, ranging from mild cases with brief episodes of weakness to more severe instances of paralysis.
• In GBS, symptoms may progress gradually over a span of hours, days, or weeks eventually rendering certain muscles non-functional.
• Symptoms
  • The earliest symptoms of Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) are usually tingling and weakness in the feet and hands or pain in the legs or back.
  • If the weakness extends beyond the legs, a person may develop the following symptoms:
    • Weakness on both sides of the body
    • Difficulty breathing
    • Muscle weakness in the arms
    • Paralysis of the whole body
  • The disease is often triggered after a viral or bacterial infection.
  • Treatment
  • The two main treatment options for GBS are immunoglobulin therapy (IVIG) and plasma exchange.
    • In IVIG, donated blood containing health anti-bodies is given to a person with GBS. It is an intravenous treatment and is the most common method to treat GBS.
    • In plasma exchange, a person’s blood is taken and harmful anti-bodies are filtered out in a machine. The treated blood is given again to the person.

ANSWER: A

• India has recently joined the United Nation’s GCRG.

ABOUT GLOBAL CRISIS RESPONSE GROUP (GCRG)

• The GCRG was set up by the UN Secretary General (UNSG) in March 2022 to address urgent and critical global issues pertaining to interlinked crises in food security, energy, and finance and to coordinate a global response.
• The 32-member Group ensures high-level political leadership to get ahead of the immense inter-connected challenges.
• The UN Deputy-Secretary-General leads the Steering Committee of the GCRG.
• It is overseen by the Champions Group comprising of Head of state/Head of government of Bangladesh, Barbados, Denmark, Germany, Indonesia and Senegal.
• It will help decision-makers to mobilize solutions and develop strategies to help vulnerable countries.
• Within the Group, 3 work streams on Food, Energy and Finance will collate data and generate analysis, policy recommendations and solutions to support decision-making and advocacy for consideration of the Steering Committee.

ANSWER: B

• The Lambani Embroidery Exhibition held in Hampi created history on the first day of the G-20 Culture working group, achieving a remarkable Guinness World Record for the largest display of Lambani items.
• It has been named after the Lambani tribe.
• Features- It is an amalgam of pattern darning, mirror work, cross stitch, and overlaid and quilting stitches with borders of “Kangura” patchwork.
• It is done on loosely woven dark blue or red handloom base fabric.
• It received the status of Geographic Indication (GI) tag in 2010 from Karnataka.

ABOUT LAMBANI TRIBE

• They are also called Lambadis or Banjaras.
• They were once nomadic tribes who arrived from Afghanistan to India, mainly Rajasthan (in the Mewar region) and then spread themselves across the states of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Maharashtra.
• They are believed to have assisted the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb to carry goods to the southern part of the country in the 17th century, and that is when some of them settled there.

ANSWER: C

• World Population Day is commemorated annually on July 11^th to raise awareness and educate individuals about the challenges and consequences associated with global population growth.
• The theme for World Population Day 2023 is – Unleashing the Power of gender equality: Uplifting the voices of women and girls to unlock our world’s infinite possibilities.
• The first World Population Day was observed on July 11,

ANSWER: D

• A gold stud, a bone point and a carnelian bead belonging to Sangam Age have been excavated at Porpanaikottai site in Pudukottai district of Tamil Nadu.
• The discovery of a carnelian bead (generally found in Northern part of India) indicated a trade with in country.
• Discovery of bone point tools indicated a Porpanaikottai was a site of weaving industry.

ANSWER: D

• International Malala Day is observed on July 12 each year to honor the bravery and activism of Malala Yousafzai, a Pakistani advocate for girls’ education and the youngest person to receive the Nobel Prize.
• Malala Yousafzai was born on July 12, 1997, in Mingora, Pakistan.
• On October 9th, 2012, gunmen from the Taliban targeted Malala, shooting her in the head. However, she survived the attack.