Daily Current Affairs Quiz 16 May 2023

d) Method of determining the age of the tree

The most common method of determining the age of the tree is Dendrochronology – or tree-ring dating also called growth rings. Each year, roughly a tree adds to its girth, the new growth is called a tree ring. By counting the rings of a tree, the age can be determined.

c) Uttar Pradesh

The Yamuna Authority has approved India’s first pod tax project’s revamped Detailed Project Report (DPR) and Bid document.
Pod taxi is a fast and environmentally-friendly automated car capable of carrying travellers from one place to another. Uttar Pradesh is the first state to get pod taxi.

a) Pratima Murthy

The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) constituted a 5-member expert committee comprising medical experts and insurers under the chairmanship of Pratima Murthy, Director of the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), to provide advice and inputs to IRDAI on matters related to mental health and insurance.
i. Objective: To make a complete examination of the various aspects such as types of conditions, and types of treatments from an insurance perspective to deal with products designed to cover mental illnesses and other related aspects.

a) 3 only

Some salient features of the new Model Prisons Act include provision for security assessment and segregation of prisoners, and individual sentence planning. Grievance redressal, prison development board, attitudinal change towards prisoners, provision of separate accommodation for women prisoners, and transgender are some of the other features. Hence, statement 1 is incorrect.

The Ministry of Home Affairs assigned the task of revision of the Prisons Act, 1894 to the Bureau of Police Research and Development. The Bureau, after holding wide ranging discussions with State Prison authorities, correctional experts etc. prepared a draft. Hence, statement 2 is incorrect.

There is also a provision for use of technology in prison administration with a view to bring transparency in prison administration. The new Act will focus on vocational training and skill development of prisoners and their reintegration into the society. Hence, statement 3 is correct.

The Union government has announced that it has prepared a Model Prisons Act to replace the current 130-year-old law i.e., Prisons Act, 1894.

c) INS Mormugao

A BrahMos supersonic cruise missile was successfully test-fired from the Indian Navy’s frontline guided missile destroyer INS (Indian Naval Ship) Mormugao.
• The indigenous ship (INS Mormugao) and weapon (BrahMos supersonic cruise missile), mark the symbol of ‘AatmaNirbharta’ and the Indian Navy’s firepower at sea.
• This marks INS Mormugao’s first BrahMos Supersonic cruise missile firing.
i. India is also exporting BrahMos missiles: The Philippines was the first country to buy the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile system. The BrahMos missile is acquired by the Philippines Army under the Horizon 3 Modernisation programme of the Philippines (Year 2023-2027).