Daily Current Affairs Quiz 8 January 2023

c) Insectides

Fipronil, Tebuconazole, and Imidacloprid are insectides. The samples of cardamom supplied by the contractor for use at the Sabarimala contained insecticide residues exceeding Maximum Residue Limit (MRL) stipulated by the Food Safety and Standards (Contaminants Toxins and Residues) Regulations, according to a certificate of examination issued by the Government Analyst’s Laboratory at Thiruvananthapuram after examination of the samples.

Cardamom samples supplied by contractor for use at Sabarimala contain exceeding level of insecticide residue.

a) Waste Water treatment plant

The Municipal Corporation of Tirupati (MCT) will be establishing India’s largest liquid waste treatment plant. The plant will adopt the phytorid technology for its operation.

Phytorid technology involves the treatment of wastewater under a sedimentation process to eliminate solid matter after which, the water is made to flow in a serpentine motion into a sub-surface chamber containing multiple barricades.

Further, saplings are planted atop a porous medium containing gravel and stones which helps to eliminate the organic matter.

d) India

International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore (IIITB) has developed a platform to provide Aadhaar-like digital identities for nine countries.
The Modular Open-Source Identity Platform (MOSIP) is a digital identity platform. Citizens of Philippines, Morocco, Sri Lanka, Uganda, Ethiopia, Republic of Guinea, Sierra Leone, Burkina Faso and Togolese Republic will enrol on the platform.

b) Jharkhand

Leaders of many faiths have joined hands to save a hill that the Jain community considers sacred. The outcry is against a Jharkhand government decision that could change the demographic of visitors to Sammed Sikharji at Parasnath Parvat (hill), Giridih district, taking it from a “place of pilgrimage” to a “religious tourist destination”. The protestors demand that the Jharkhand government revoke its decision to promote Parasnath Parvat “as a part of eco-tourism or any kind of tourism”.

It is believed that 20 of the 24 Tirthankaras (enlightened beings) attained moksha (salvation) here. The hill itself is named after Parasnath, the 23rd Tirthankara.

b) 2 only

Article 19 of the Constitution of India guarantees the right to freedom of speech and expression, and is typically invoked against the state. The Supreme Court has ruled that a fundamental right under Article 19 can be enforced even against persons other than the State or its instrumentalities. Hence, statement 1 is incorrect.

The Supreme Court ruled that the right of free speech and expression guaranteed under the Article 19(1)(a) cannot be curbed by any additional grounds other than those already laid down in Article 19(2). Hence, statement 2 is correct.

Supreme Court expanded the ambit of Article 19 ambit.