29th July ~ Daily Quiz

Which state developed a new application Home Isolation Tele­medicine and Monitoring (HITAM), for COVID­19 patients on home quarantine to avail themselves of the services of private doctors?

Maharashtra
Telangana
Andhra Pradesh
Tamil Nadu

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What is the second draft of Defence Procurement Procedure 2020, that was put in public domain for comments and suggestions by 10 August, renamed as?

Defense Acquisition Council, 2020
Defence Acquisition Procedure, 2020
Defence Procurement Protocol, 2020
Defence Acquisition Protocol, 2020

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What is the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference attended by countries that signed the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), also known as?

COP 25
COP 26
COP 27
COP24

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When did the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) an international environmental treaty come into force ?

1992
1993
1994
1998

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Where will the UN Climate Change Conference COP 26 be held at ?

Glasgow
Madrid
New Delhi
Oslo

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The Green Growth Equity Fund (GGEF) that supports the growing renewable energy sector, with the U.K. and the Indian government putting in a co-investment of _________

￡250 million
$250 million
￡240 million
$240 million

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Malaysian leader Najib Razak was found guilty of corruption the trial over a multibillion dollar scandal of the Malaysian state fund called ___________

1MDB
IMDB
2MDB
Malaysian Sovereign Fund

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According to a study by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) how many animals were affected by Australian bushfires in 2019-2020?

3 million
30 million
50 million
3 billion

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In April 2020, a global collaboration of governments, global health organizations, civil society groups, businesses, and philanthropies came together to form the ACT-Accelerator What is the full form of ACT ?

Assessment of COVID-19 Tools
Access to COVID-19 Tools
Accreditation to COVID-19 Tools
Arrangement to COVID -19 tools

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ACT-Accelerator is led by the work of partner organizations collaborating under four pillars Under which pillar comes the COVAX facility ?

diagnostics pillar
therapeutics pilla
vaccine pillar
health systems connector

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According to WHO, COVAX Facility is aiming to deliver _______ doses by end of 2021?

6 billion
10 billion
5 billionr
2 billion

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29th July Daily Quiz ~ Key + Notes

• Telengana 

Telangana Government developed a Home Isolation Telemedicine and Monitoring (HITAM) app to advise, counsel and prescribe medicines through phone to the Covid-19 patients. 

•  Defence Acquisition Procedure 2020

Defence Ministry has published  second draft of the Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP) 2020, now renamed as the Defence Acquisition Procedure (DAP) 2020, was put out in public domain  for comments from stakeholders and public.

Government is expected to come out with a decision on 74% Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in defence.

• COP26

The 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP26, is the 26th UNCC conference. 

COP - Conference of Parties ( is the governing body of an international convention)

President of COP26- Alok Sharma

• 1994

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is an international environmental treaty was adopted on 9 May 1992 and entered into force on 21 March 1994.

• Glasgow

 COP26,  26th United Nations Climate Change conference, is scheduled to be held in Glasgow, Scotland from 1 to 12 November 2021 under the presidency of the UK Government.

• ￡240 million

Green Growth Equity Fund (GGEF), established in 2018, is focused on identifying, investing and supporting growth in zero-carbon and low-carbon energy solutions.

 BP has invested $70 million  (£55mn) in the Green Growth Equity Fund (GGEF), which is  promoted by the National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) and the UK government

EverSource Capital is the fund manager of GGEF

• 1MDB

 Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak

1MDB - 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), a government-run strategic development company

• 3 billion animals

Nearly 3 billion animals, including mammals, reptiles and birds, were either killed or displaced during Australia’s devastating bushfire season of 2019 and 2020, a new study by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)

• Access to COVID-19 Tools

In April 2020, a global collaboration of governments, global health organisations, civil society groups, businesses, and philanthropies came together to form the ACT-Accelerator

• vaccine pillar

The ACT-Accelerator is led by the work of partner organizations collaborating under four pillars

- diagnostics pillar, therapeutics pillar, vaccine pillar, health systems connector

 COVAX Facility ( collaboration of CEPI, GAVI &WHO) comes under vaccine pillar

• 2 billion

The current estimate to deliver 2 billion doses by the end of 2021, assuming a safe and effective vaccine is developed in the near future under COVAX Facility