Daily Current Affairs Quiz 7 May 2022

c) Train collision avoidance

Kavach is the indigenously developed train collision avoidance system (TCAS). It is a set of electronic devices and Radio Frequency Identification devices installed in locomotives, in the signalling system and tracks.

c) Priyanka Mohite

Priyanka Mohite has become the first Indian woman climber to scale five peaks above 8,000 metres. She achieved the major feat after climbing Mount Kanchenjunga (8,586m), the third-highest mountain peak in the world, on May 5, 2022. She is also the first Indian woman to scale Mount Annapurna. She belongs to Satara in Western Maharashtra.

d) Odisha

The Odisha State ST and SC development department signed an MoU with the Regional Medical Research Centre (RMRC), Bhubaneswar, to set up a tribal health observatory (TriHOb).
This is said to be the first in the country, for ensuring equity in tribal health in Odisha. TriHOb will establish a repository on the health of tribal population of Odisha. Odisha Tribal Family Health Survey was also launched.

b) Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

The first ever Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, which assessed the status of biodiversity on the planet, said that the rate of decline in biodiversity is lower in areas where indigenous people own land.

The Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services is a report by the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, on the global state of biodiversity.

c) Global Network Against Food Crises

Global Report on Food Crises report is the flagship publication of the Global Network Against Food Crises (GNAFC) and is facilitated by the Food Security Information Network (FSIN).
It was founded by the European Union, FAO and WFP in 2016.
It is an alliance of humanitarian and development actors working together to prevent, prepare for and respond to food crises and support the Sustainable Development Goal to End Hunger (SDG 2).