11 August 2021 Current Affairs Quiz

Answer: A

Answer: a

PM Atmanirbhar Swasth Bharat Scheme
• It was announced in the Union Budget 2021-22.
• It is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme
• Duration: 6 years.

Aim:
• Develop capacities of primary, secondary, and tertiary care health systems even in the last miles of the nation.
• Strengthen existing national institutions in Health sector
• Create new institutions, to cater to detection and cure of new and emerging diseases.

Objectives:
The scheme will support in the setting up of
• Rural, Urban Health and Wellness Centres
• Integrated Public Health Labs
• Critical health care hospital blocks
• National institution for One Health
• Regional research platform for WHO South-East Asia Region,
• 9 Biosafety Level III laboratories and 4 regional centres of National Institutes for Virology.
• Strengthening National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and 5 regional branches of it
• Expanding the integrated health information panel.

Answer: A
About the IPCC
• The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the international body for assessing the science related to climate change set up by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in 1988.
• IPCC was created to provide policymakers with regular assessments of the scientific basis of climate change, its impacts and future risks, and options for adaptation and mitigation.
• IPCC assessments provide a scientific basis for governments at all levels to develop climate related policies, and they underlie negotiations at the UN Climate Conference – the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
• IPCC does not carry out original research. It does not monitor climate or related phenomena itself. However, it conducts a systematic review of published literature and then produces a comprehensive assessment report.

Answer: C
NCLT
• The National Company Law Tribunal is a quasi-judicial body in India that adjudicates issues relating to Indian companies.
• The tribunal was established under the Companies Act 2013 and was constituted on 1 June 2016 by the government of India. Hence, NCLT is a Statutory Body.
• All proceedings under the Companies Act, including proceedings relating to arbitration, compromise, arrangements and reconstruction and winding up of companies shall be disposed of by the National Company Law Tribunal.
• The National Company Law Tribunal is the adjudicating authority for insolvency resolution process of companies and limited liability partnerships under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016.
• No criminal court shall have jurisdiction to entertain any suit or proceeding in respect of any matter which the Tribunal or the Appellate Tribunal is empowered to determine by or under this Act or any other law for the time being in force and no injunction shall be granted by any court or other authority in respect of any action taken or to be taken in pursuance of any power conferred by or under this Act or any other law for the time being in force, by the Tribunal or the Appellate Tribunal.

Answer: D