Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2 May 2022

c) Antibiotics

Fluoroquinolones, cephalosporins and carbapenems are antibiotics. India has been reporting high levels of resistance to fluoroquinolones, cephalosporins and carbapenems across the Gram-negative pathogens that cause almost 70 per cent of infections in communities and hospitals.

c) Maharashtra

Maharashtra has announced to set up a ‘Gene bank project’, to conserve native and endangered animals, crops, marine and biological species. It will be implemented by the Maharashtra State Biodiversity Board (MSBB) and Rs 172.39 crore has been allocated for the next five years.
The project will work on seven themes — marine, crop, veterinary, freshwater, grassland biodiversity, protection and management of forest right areas, and regeneration of forests. The project will focus on mitigating the impact on the food chain due to climate change.

c) Ministry of Education

The Unnat Bharat Abhiyan (UBA) 2.0 on April 25, 2022 has completed four years since its launch on the same day in the year 2018. The UBA 2.0 was launched with the vision of transformational change in the rural development processes by the Ministry of Education (MoE).
About Unnat Bharat Abhiyan:
i. The UBA (UBA 1.0) was a flagship program of the Ministry of Education on 11th November, 2014.
ii. It aims to link the Higher Education Institutions (HEI) with a set of at least 5 villages, so that these institutions can contribute to the economic and social betterment of these village communities using their knowledge base.

a) 1 only

The northern river terrapin (Batagur baska) is a species of riverine turtle native to Southeast Asia. The species prefers freshwater habitats and moves to brackish river mouths or estuaries in the breeding season (December–March), returning after laying their eggs. Hence, statement 1 is correct.
It is classified Critically Endangered by the IUCN Red List. Hence, statement 2 is incorrect.
They are even known to undertake long seasonal migrations of 50 to 60 miles (80.5-96.5 kilometers) to the sand banks where they were hatched. Hence, statement 3 is incorrect.

c) Reserve Bank of India

Recently, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) released the Report on Currency and Finance (RCF).
According to the report, the Indian economy may take more than a decade to overcome the losses caused by the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The theme of the report is “Revive and Reconstruct” in the context of nurturing a durable recovery post-Covid-19 and rising trend growth in the medium-term.