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www.gradeup.co ANSWERS FOR 100+ CA QUESTIONS NDA • UN Environment Programme (UNEP) has released a report titled “Global Climate Litigation Report 2021”. • According to the report Climate litigation cases have spiked in recent years, making the courtroom increasingly relevant to efforts to address climate change around the world. • The report, published by UNEP in cooperation with the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia University, shows climate litigation has become more common and more successful worldwide. • As per the report, climate cases have nearly doubled over the last three years. • Increasing climates cases are increasingly compelling the governments and corporate actors to implement their climate commitments. • The cases are also compelling the government to pursue more ambitious climate change mitigation and adaptation goals. • As per the data provided by the report, in 2017 884 cases were brought in 24 countries. While as of 2020, cases have increased to 1,550 filed in 38 countries and the European Union courts. • COVID-19 “performance index” was released by the Australian think- tank, Lowy Institute. • In the index India ranked 86 out of 98 countries, while the United States placed 94 and Brazil at the bottom of the index. • Sri Lanka was the best faring nation in South Asia, ranking 10, while the Maldives was at 25, Pakistan at 69, Nepal at 70, and Bangladesh at 84. • The think-tank said China was not included “due to a lack of publicly available data on testing”. • New Zealand and Vietnam led the list, followed by Taiwan, Thailand and Cyprus in the top five. • UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appointed senior UN official Siddharth Chatterjee of India as the United Nations Resident Coordinator in China. 1 www.gradeup.co • Resident Coordinators are the UN Secretary-General's representatives for development at the country level. They lead UN teams supporting countries to recover better from the COVID-19 pandemic through the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). • Guterres appointed Chatterjee as the Resident Coordinator in China, with the host government's approval. * Justice Hima Kohli was sworn in as the chief justice of Telangana high court. * She is the first woman chief justice of the state. She came here from Delhi high court. Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan administered the oath of office to her. * Justice Hima Kohli got enrolled as an Advocate with the Bar Council of Delhi. She was appointed as an Additional Judge of the High Court of Delhi on 29 May, 2006. • The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHCR) elected Fiji's ambassador as its 2021 president in an unprecedented secret ballot after a diplomatic standoff blocked the usual consensus decision. • The island nation's ambassador in Geneva, Nazhat Shameem Khan, beat off competition from Bahrain and Uzbekistan to lead the only intergovernmental global body to promote and protect human rights worldwide. • Khan, who served as the council's vice president in 2020 and is considered a rights champion, won with 29 out of 47 votes. • Bahrain's ambassador and his Uzbek counterpart received 14 and four votes, respectively. * Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa has been re-elected as the president of Portugal for the 2nd term after securing over 60% of the votes in the election held on January 24, 2021. * He belongs to Social Democratic Party (Partido Social Democrata-PSD) * He was elected as the president for 1st term in 2016. * He was one of the founders of the People’s Democratic Party, later the Social Democratic Party, and was party leader from 31 March 1996 to 27 May 1999. 2 www.gradeup.co * He was the co-founder, Director and Administrator of the Expresso newspaper, owned by Pinto Balsemão. In yet another instance of shattering of the proverbial glass ceiling, the first-ever batch of over 100 women disaster combatants & rescuers has been inducted in the nation's federal calamity force NDRF. An all-woman team of newly trained NDRF (National Disaster Response Force) personnel was recently deployed for emergency duties on the banks of the Ganga river in Uttar Pradesh's GarhMukteshwar town. The move to involve women personnel in the NDRF combat ranks was in the work filed for some time. The force, as it was raised over a decade ago, was till now an all-male affair. More than a hundred women personnel have joined the NDRF over the past few months and they are being deputed with its battalions all over the country as soon as they finish their pre-induction course and training The women personnel who are joining are in the constabulary & sub- officer (i.e. Sub Inspector and Inspector) ranks. According to the authorisation, each NDRF battalion of over 1,000 personnel may have 108 woman rescuers. The Indian-American Dr Raj Iyer has taken over as the first-ever Chief Information Officer of the United States Army, after the Pentagon made the position in July 2020. Dr Raj Iyer is one among the highest-ranking Indian-American civilians in the United States Department of Defence. About Raj Iyer: Dr Raj Iyer holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering. He had been serving as the Principal Advisor to the Secretary of the Army and also directs representation of the secretary in matters relating to information management or information technology (IT). The CIO position is similar to a three-star General. Recently on the occasion of the National Girl Child Day, Haridwar girl Srishti Goswami, nineteen years of age has become the CM of Uttarakhand for one day. As per the reports, she administered from Gairsain, the summer capital of the Uttarakhand state, and will review many schemes run by the state government involving Atal Ayushman Scheme, smart city project, the department of tourism homestay scheme, and other development projects. 3 www.gradeup.co About SrishtiGoswami: She is the daughter of Praveen Goswami, who possess a small shop, and Anganwadi worker SudhaGoswami. Shrishti is currently pursuing a Bachelor's degree in agriculture stream at BSM PG College in Roorkee. She presently lives in Daulatpur village in Haridwar district. • According to a report by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), India generated 771, 215 tonnes of Electronic waste (e-waste) in 2018- 19, of which only 10% were collected. • In 2017-18, India generated 7, 08, 445 Tonnes of which only 3.5% was collected. • Further the amount of e-waste generated increased by 32% to 1, 014, 961 tonnes in 2019-20. • In September, 2020, CPCB had issued show-cause notices to 186 producers for not meeting collection targets for 2018-19. • CPCB had extended EPR authorisation of 1, 630 producers as on November 26, 2020. • 312 Dismantlers or recyclers were authorised with a capacity of processing 782, 080 tonnes of e-waste each year. • The report also states that the volume of e-waste that a dismantler or recycler has increased over time, but the shed area of the unit remains the same. • According to the ‘International Migration 2020’ report released by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), In 2020, 18 Million persons from India were living outside of their country of birth thus making it the World’s Largest Transnational Community. India is followed by Mexico & Russia (11 Million each), China (10 Million) & the Syrian Arab Republic (8 Million). • The United Arab Emirates (3.5 Million), the United States of America (2.7 Million) and Saudi Arabia (2.5 Million) host the largest numbers of migrants from India. • At the Global level, the number of International Migrants living outside their country of birth reached 281 Million in 2020. International Migrants represent about 3.6% of the World’s population. 4 www.gradeup.co • The Growth of International Migration has slowed by 27% or 2 Million due to COVID-19. Recently, DRDO developed the country's first indigenous machine pistol ASMI. The pistol which is developed by DRDO along with the guidance and help of the Indian Army is set to replace the 9mm pistols in the defence forces. * DRDO’s Armament Research & Development Establishment (ARDE) of Pune, Infantry School, and Mhowhave designed and developed this weapon using their respective expertise in the complementary areas. * The 3D Printing process has been used in designing & prototyping of many parts including trigger components made by metal 3D printing. * This weapon has huge potential in Armed forces as a personal weapon for heavy weapon detachments, tank and aircraft crews, commanders, drivers or dispatch riders, radio or radar operators, closed quarter battle,counter-insurgency and also in counter-terrorism operations etc. This is even likely to find hug employability with the central & state police organizations and also VIP protection duties and Policing. • The Punjab government has launched E-Daakhil portal to streamline grievances redressal system. • The E-Daakhil has been developed under the new Consumer Protection Act 2019 envisages filling of consumer disputes electronically to Consumer Dispute Redressal Commission. • The portal will provide online e-filling of the consumer dispute to the state commission or any of the 20 district commissions in the state. • The department has also set up consumer helpline number and mediation cell at Punjab State Consumer Dispute Redressal Commission and 20 District Consumer Dispute Redressal Commissions to address the grievances. • The Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministry has launched a month-long mass awareness campaign 'SAKSHAM' to spread awareness about green and clean energy. • The pan-India campaign will focus on the adoption of cleaner fuels. • They include moving towards a gas-based economy, cleaner use of fossil fuels, greater reliance on domestic sources to drive biofuels and increased use of electric vehicles. 5 www.gradeup.co Juventus' Cristiano Ronaldo has won the 'Player of the Century' award at the Globe Soccer Awards.