Current Affairs Quiz 12 November 2024

Answer and Explanation:
Answer: (b) 2 only
Explanation:
• Statement 1 is incorrect. TB is caused by bacteria (Mycobacterium tuberculosis), not a virus.
• Statement 2 is correct. TB is transmitted from person to person through the air when people with TB cough, sneeze, or spit, propelling the TB germs into the air.
• Statement 3 is incorrect. Extensively drug-resistant TB (XDR-TB) is a more serious form of MDR-TB caused by bacteria that do not respond to the most effective second-line anti-TB drugs, often leaving patients without any further treatment options.
Therefore, the correct answer is (b) 2 only.

Answer: C

ADIP Scheme- the Assistance to Disabled persons for purchasing/fitting of aids/appliances (ADIP) scheme:
Nodal: Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment.

• Objective: to assist the needy disabled persons in procuring durable, sophisticated and scientifically manufactured, modern, standard aids and appliances that can promote their physical, social and psychological rehabilitation, by reducing the effects of disabilities and enhance their economic potential.
• The aids and appliances supplied under the Scheme shall conform to BIS specifications to the extent possible.
• The aim is to promote physical, social, psychological rehabilitation of Persons with Disabilities by reducing the effects of disabilities and at the same time enhance their economic potential.
• Grant-in-aid under the Scheme will Not be given for commercial supply of aids/appliances.
Implementation: The scheme is implemented through implementing agencies such as NGOs, National Institutes under the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment and ALIMCO (a PSU that manufactures artificial limbs).

Correct Answer: B) To promote cleanliness, hygiene, and infection control practices in Public Health Facilities (PHFs) to improve healthcare quality.

WTO principle of non-discrimination:
• India revised its FDI policy making it difficult for companies from countries sharing land border with India to invest in the country.

• Non-discrimination is a key concept in WTO law and policy. There are two main principles of non-discrimination in WTO law
The most-favoured-nation (MFN) treatment obligation and the national treatment obligation.

○ In simple terms, the MFN treatment obligation prohibits a country from discriminating between other countries.

○ The national treatment obligation prohibits a country from discriminating against other countries.

Trade Related Investment Measures (TRIMs)
• The Agreement on TRIMs of the WTO is based on the belief that there is strong connection between trade and investment. Restrictive measures on investment are trade distorting. Several restrictive measures on investment are prohibiting trade and hence are not allowable.

• According to the TRIMs provision, countries should not adopt the investment measures which restrict and distort trade.

• TRIMs instruct that WTO members may not apply any measure that discriminates against foreign investment that violates basic WTO principles.

• WTO gives a list of prohibited investment measures or TRIMs like local content requirement, export obligation, technology transfer requirement etc. that violates trade.

• Few exemptions to developing countries are also provided under TRIMs.

Answer: B