Daily Current Affairs Quiz 20 May 2022

b) Power procurement

The Union Ministry of Power has launched web portal and app namely PRAAPTI (Payment Ratification And Analysis in Power procurement for bringing Transparency in Invoicing of generators). The webportal and app aims to bring transparency in power purchase transactions between Generators and Discoms. The PRAAPTI app and web Portal will capture invoicing and payment data for various long term Power Purchasing Agreements (PPAs) from power generation companies (generators).

c) Brazil

Deaflympics 2021 was held from May 1-15 at the Festa da Uva Main Pavilion in Caxias do Sul city in southern Brazil. The quadrennial event saw participation from around 2,100 athletes from 72 countries across the globe. The first-ever edition of the event, then known as the International Silent Games, was held in Paris in 1924.
India won 16 medals at the Deaflympics 2021, which includes eight golds, one silver and seven bronze. India had sent a contingent of 65 athletes to compete in 11 sporting disciplines. This is India’s largest-ever representation at Deaflympics since making its debut in 1965.

d) India

According to a recent report on pollution and health published in The Lancet Planetary Health, Air pollution was responsible for 16.7 lakh deaths in India in 2019, which is 17.8% of all deaths in the country that year. This is the largest number of air-pollution-related deaths of any country.
The majority of the air pollution-related deaths in India were caused by PM2.5 pollution and the rest by household air pollution. Globally, air pollution alone contributes to 66.7 lakh deaths.

d) Neither 1 nor 2

The World Governance Index plays a key role in deciding the sovereign credit rating of any nation.
The World Governance Indicators (WGI) is released by the World Bank. Hence statement 1 is not correct.
World Governance Indicators are based on the following set of criteria:
Voice and Accountability, Political Stability and Absence of Violence, Government Effectiveness, Regulatory Quality, Rule of Law, Control of Corruption. Hence Statement 2 is not correct.

d) Odisha

Odisha were crowned as the champions of the 12th Hockey India Senior Women National Championship 2022. Odisha clinched a 2-0 victory over Karnataka in the final of the competition, held in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.
Jharkhand earned a third-place finish in the competition after defeating Haryana.