Current Affairs Quiz 13 December 2022

About Lecanemab
• Lecanemab belongs to a class of drugs called monoclonal antibodies.
• These antibody-mediated drugs target beta-amyloid, the protein deposition that is seen in patients with Alzheimer’s disease, and disrupts cell function.
• Lecanemab appears to have shown modest effects in early dementia both via clinical improvements (scores in the CDR and ADAS-Cog rating scales) and reduction in amyloid plaques.

Turkey’s neighbour to the northwest is Bulgaria; Greece to the west; Armenia, Azerbaijan and Iran to the east; Georgia to the northeast; Syria to the south; and Iraq to the southeast.

Navigation with Indian Constellation (NavIC)
• NavIC is an independent stand-alone navigation satellite system developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
• NavIC was originally approved in 2006 at a cost of $174 million.
• It was expected to be completed by late 2011, but only became operational in 2018.
• NavIC consists of eight satellites and covers the whole of India’s landmass and up to 1,500 km (930 miles) from its boundaries.
• Application:
o It is being used in public vehicle tracking in India, for providing emergency warning alerts to fishermen venturing into the deep sea where there is no terrestrial network connectivity, and for tracking and providing information related to natural disasters.
o NavIC finds utilization in national projects like public vehicle safety, power grid synchronization, real-time train information system and fishermen safety.
• Significance:
o NavIC is an indigenous positioning system that is under Indian control.
o Removing dependence on foreign satellite systems for navigation service requirements, particularly for “strategic sectors.”
o There is no risk of the service being withdrawn or denied in a given situation.

National Judicial Commission Bill, 2022
• About:
o NJAC, 2022 is a private member bill to regulate the appointment of judges through the National Judicial Commission was introduced in Rajya Sabha.
• Aim:
o It aims to regulate the procedure to be followed by the National Judicial Commission for recommending people for appointment as the Chief Justice of India and other judges of the Supreme Court and Chief Justices and other judges of High Courts.

• Highlights of the bill:
o Transfer of Judges:
 The bill, if approved, will also regulate the transfers of Judges and lay down judicial standards.
o Accountability of judges:
 It will provide for accountability of judges, and establish a credible and expedient mechanisms for investigating individual complaints for misbehaviour or incapacity of a judge of the apex court or of a high court and to regulate the procedure for such investigation.
o Removal of judges:
 It also proposes the presentation of an address by parliament to the president in relation to proceeding for the removal of a judge and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
More about the National Judicial Commission (NJAC)
• Significance:
o The need for the National Judicial Appointment Commission was aroused because many jurists criticised the existing collegium system, stating that India is the only country where judges appoint themselves and have the power of determining their transfers.

The 1972, the WLPA has identified a few species — fruit bats, common crows and rats — as vermin or nuisance animals that spread diseases or destroy crops and are not protected under the Act.
o Killing animals outside this list was allowed under two circumstances:
 Under Section 62 of WLPA, given sufficient reasons, any species other than those accorded the highest legal protection (such as tiger and elephant but not wild boar or nilgai) can be declared vermin at a certain place for a certain time.
 Under Section 11 of WLPA, the chief wildlife warden can allow the killing of an animal irrespective of its status in the Schedules, if it becomes “dangerous to human life.