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FSSAI launches new campaign to eliminate trans fats by 2022 The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has launched a new mass media campaign calling for the elimination of industrially produced trans fat in the food supply The campaign is called Heart Attack Rewind, it is a 30 second public service announcement (PSA) It is the first mass media campaign of its kind and it will support FSSAI s global target of eliminating trans fat in India by the year 2022 Heart Attack Rewind will be broadcast in 17 languages for a period of four weeks on major digital platforms such as YouTube, Facebook, Hotstar, and Voot
FSSAI is committed to reducing the industrially produced trans fatty acids to less than 2% by the year 2022 in a phased manner This objective of FSSAI is called as Freedom from Trans Fat: India@75 and it is in line with WHO s campaign REPLACE In May 2018, WHO launched a comprehensive plan called REPLACE to eliminate industrially-produced trans fat from the global food supply by 2023 REPLACE is abbreviated in six strategic actions as Review, Promote, Legislate, Assess, Create awareness and Enforce It provides a roadmap about how countries can remove and replace all trans fat from their food supplies with the intention to eradicate it from the globe What are Trans-fats? Trans fat are made by adding hydrogen to liquid vegetable oils to make them more solid, and to increase the shelf life of foods Trans fat are largely present in Vanaspati, margarine and bakery shortenings, and can be found in baked and fried foods
edrishti software launched to help Railways Minister keep track of punctuality of trains Indian Railways unveiled a software called as edrishti that will help Union Railway Minister to keep track of punctuality of trains as well as freight and Passenger earnings from anywhere in the country The software has been developed by the Centre for Railway Information System (CRIS) The minister would also be able to see live the status of reserved and unreserved passengers travelling in the train Even the base kitchens of IRCTC, the catering arm of railways were connected with the software The move to link the kitchens was due to complaints being received by the railways regarding the quality of food
International Day for the Abolition of Slavery: December 2 The International Day for the Abolition of Slavery is observed on December 2 every year with an objective to raise awareness about slavery and its impact on the society 2 nd December marks the date of the adoption, by the General Assembly, of the United Nations Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others in 1949 The focus of this day is on eradicating contemporary forms of slavery, such as trafficking in persons, sexual exploitation, the worst forms of child labour, forced marriage, and the forced recruitment of children for use in armed conflict
Blue Cross: Abhinav Bindra becomes first Indian to get highest shooting honour India's star shooter Abhinav Bindra has been awarded the coveted ISSF Blue Cross Blue Cross is the highest recognition conferred by the international shooting body, The ISSF(International Shooting Sports Federation) The award is conferred for outstanding contribution to the sport of shooting and honours distinguished members of the international shooting fraternity Bindra is the first Indian to win an individual Olympic gold medal ever, in 10m Air Rifle event at the 2008 Games in Beijing
South African President to be the chief guest at Republic Day celebrations 2019 South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa has accepted Prime Minister Narendra Modi s invitation to be the chief guest for India s Republic Day celebrations in 2019 In 2017, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the Crown prince of Abu Dhabi attended the republic day celebration as the chief guest Earlier, US President Donald Trump had been invited to attend the Republic Day parade by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. However, Trump declined the invitation because of his scheduling constraints
Cope India 2018: US, Indian air forces 12-day joint exercise begin in West Bengal The Air Forces of India and the US have started a 12-day joint exercise Ex Cope India-2018 in Kalaikunda and Panagarh air bases in West Bengal It will be the fourth edition in the series of bilateral joint exercise held by the Air Forces of the two nations conducted in India The aim is to provide operational exposure to their personnel and undertake mutual exchange of best practices for enhancing operational capability The US and Indian air forces are enhancing their overall cooperation as part of the deepening of defence and security ties between the two countries
Train 18 : Country's first engine-less train crosses 180 kmph speed limit during trial run India's first locomotive-less train or Train 18 has crossed the limit during a test run and thus has become the country's fastest train180 kmph speed Train 18 is the indigenously designed train by Chennai-based Integral Coach Factory (ICF) with an investment of 100 crore rupees and is expected to replace the current Shatabdi Express It is capable of touching 200 kmph provided that the rest of Indian Railways' system such as tracks and signals permit The train has high-tech features such as energy-efficiency, self-propelled or engine-less train automatic doors with retractable footsteps, onboard Wi-Fi and infotainment, GPS-based passenger information system, modular toilets with bio-vacuum systems, rotational seats which can be aligned in the direction of travel etc
COP24: UN climate change conference 2018 begins in Poland Annual UN climate change conference (COP24) has opened in the Polish city of Katowice on December 3 The meeting is expected to finalize the implementation guidelines for the Paris Climate Change Agreement India strongly supports objective of Paris Agreement i.e to strengthen global response to threat of climate change by keeping global temperature rise well below 2 degrees Celsius from pre- industrial revolution period Delegates from nearly 200 nations are participation in COP24. Indian delegation to this conference is led by Environment Minister, Dr Harsh Vardhan
In 1992, the UN organised a major event in Rio de Janeiro called the Earth Summit, in which the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was adopted In this treaty, nations agreed to 'stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere' to prevent dangerous interference from human activity on the climate system Today, the treaty has 197 signatories Every year since the treaty entered into force in 1994, a 'conference of the parties' - a COP - is held to discuss how to move forward and, since there have been 23 COPs so far, this year's will be the 24th, or COP24
India to host first G20 summit in 2022 India will host the G20 summit in 2022, to coincide with the 75th year of its Independence It will be the first meet of the global grouping in India G20 brings together 19 of the world s most industrialised nations and the European Union Its members include Australia, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, India, France, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Russia, Turkey, South Africa, UK, US and EU Meetings of its country s leaders have been taking place since 2008 G20 is a premier forum for international economic cooperation and decision-making for governments and central bank governors from 20 major economies to focus on economic issues and other important development challenges
MCQs
Q1. Heart attack rewind has been in news recently. It is associated to which of the following? Question a. NITI Aayog b. AYUSH c. FSSAI d. WHO e. Ministry of health and family welfare
Question Q2. International Day for the abolition of slavery is observed on? a. December 01 b. December 02 c. November 26 d. November 20 e. June 05
Question Q3. Recently the sports honour Blue Cross has been conferred upon to which of the following sports personality? a. P.V Sindhu b. Abhinav Bindra c. Sakshi Malik d. Virat Kohli e. Mary Kom
Question Q4. Cope 18 is the Airforce exercise between India and which of the following Countries? a. USA b. UK c. Afghanistan d. Pakistan e. Bangladesh
Question Q5. Conference of Parties 24 has been organised in which of the following places? a. Fiji b. Morocco c. Japan d. India e. Poland
MCQs Solutions Q1. - c Q2. - b Q3. - b Q4. - a Q5. - e
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