Daily Current Affairs Quiz: October 06, 2023

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• A genome-wide survey of highly endangered staghorn coral in the Caribbean has identified 10 genomic regions associated with resilience against white band disease.

ABOUT STAGHORN CORAL

• Staghorn coral is one of the most important corals in the Caribbean.
• It, along with elkhorn coral and star corals built Caribbean coral reefs over the last 5,000 years.
• These corals can form dense clusters called “thickets” in shallow waters, serving as essential habitat for various reef creatures, especially fish.
• Staghorn coral colonies are golden tan or pale brown with white tips and they get their color from the algae that live within their tissue.
• These corals have antler-like branches and typically stem out from a central trunk and angle upward.
• Each staghorn coral colony is made up of many individual polyps that grow together.
• These coral get food from photosynthetic algae that live inside the coral’s cells. They also feed by capturing plankton with their polyps’ tentacles.
• IUCN Red list Status: Critically Endangered.
• Threats- Ocean warming; ocean acidification, unsustainable fishing practice and land-based sources of pollution.

ANSWER: D

• The Prime Minister paid tributes to revolutionary freedom fighter Shyamji Krishna Varma on his birth anniversary on October 4^th.

ABOUT SHYAMJI KRISHNA VARMA

• He was born on 4th October, 1857 in Mandvi town of Kachchh district of Gujarat.
• He was an expert in Sanskrit and other languages.
• He was inspired by Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Swami Dayanand Saraswati and Herbert Spencer.
• He founded the Indian Home Rule Society, India House and The Indian Sociologist in London.
  • Indian Home Rule Society and the India House worked towards inspiring youngsters in Britain to take up revolutionary activities against their own representatives in India.
  • The monthly Indian Sociologist became an outlet for nationalist ideas and through the Indian Home Rule Society, he criticised the British rule in India.
• Varma became the first President of Bombay Arya Samaj.
• He inspired Veer Savarkar who was a member of India House in London.
• Verma also served as the Divan of a number of states in India.
• In the face of criticism by the British, Varma shifted his base from England to Paris and continued his movement.
• After the outbreak of the First World War (1914-18), however, he moved to Geneva in Switzerland and spent the rest of his life there.
  • He died on 30th March, 1930.
• A memorial called Kranti Teerth dedicated to him was inaugurated in 2010 near Mandvi, Kutch, Gujarat.

ANSWER: A

• The charming whistling village of Kongthong, located in the East Khasi Hills of Meghalaya, has been awarded the ‘Best Tourism Village (Bronze)’ at the National Tourism Awards 2023 by the Ministry of Tourism.
• Kongthong, with a population of approximately 750 inhabitants, is a Meghalayan gem that has managed to preserve a unique tradition known as “Jingrwai Iawbei.”
• This tradition roughly translates to the “song of the first clan lady” and involves the practice of creating a unique melody for each individual in the community.
• This melody, or jingrwai lawbei, is used to call out to the person and is believed to be so distinctive that it can even be heard by the spirits of the ancestors.

ANSWER: C

• World Animal Day is observed annually on October 4^th.
• It serves as a global commemoration focused on the promotion of animal welfare and the protection of their rights.
• The theme for World Animal Day 2023 is “Big or small, we love them all,”.

ANSWER: C

• The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has issued a notification to quash a key provision of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) with respect to aircraft, aircraft engines, airframes and helicopters, which will make it easier for lessors to recover their planes in case an airline goes bankrupt.
• The notification states: “The provisions of sub-section (1) of section 14 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (31 of 2016), would not be applicable to transactions, arrangements or agreements, under the Convention and the Protocol, relating to aircraft, aircraft engines, airframes and helicopters.”
• The Cape Town Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment, or Cape Town Treaty, which was signed in 2001 and became effective in 2006, lessens the risks of lending for aircraft lessors and financiers, and for parties involved in aircraft purchasing and leasing.
• The Cape Town Treaty was formulated to make it easier for lessors to take back aircraft if airlines defaulted on payments.
  • It was adopted by India in 2008.

ANSWER: D

• Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister said parents of single girl child will be given an incentive of Rs 2 lakh as part of the government’s efforts to remove the evil practice of female foeticide in the state.
• Earlier an incentive of Rs 35,000 was given for to parents of single girl child, which would now be increased to Rs 2 lakh.
• Rs 2 lakh would henceforth be given to the parents who adopt family planning after birth of one girl child and Rs one lakh to those who decide not to have another child after two girls.