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Press Information Bureau (PIB):

▪️The Press Information Bureau (PIB) is the nodal agency of the Government of India to disseminate information to the print and electronic media on government policies, programmes, initiatives and achievements.
▪️It functions as an interface between the Government and the media and also serves to provide feedback to the Government on people’s reaction as reflected in the media. Hence statement 1 is correct.
▪️PIB disseminates information through different modes of communication viz. press releases, press notes, feature articles, backgrounders, photographs, database available on Bureau’s website.
▪️Information disseminated is released in English, Hindi and Urdu and subsequently translated in other Indian languages to reach out to about 8,400 newspapers and media organisations in different parts of the country.
▪️PIB has its Headquarters in New Delhi. It is headed by the Principal Director General (Media & Communication). Hence statement 2 is correct.
▪️PIB also provides accreditation to media representatives. Hence statement 3 is correct.
▪️It comes under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting of Government of India.

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Q. With reference to the various operating systems (OS) used in the electronics devices such as Mobile phones, tablets, etc. consider the following statements:

1. Android is a mobile operating system based on a modified version of the Linux kernel and other open-source software.
2. Apple's iOS is the world’s most used mobile operating system.
3. Android OS is more customizable as compared to the Apple's iOS.

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▪️Android is a mobile operating system based on a modified version of the Linux kernel and other open-source software, designed primarily for touchscreen mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets. Hence statement 1 is correct.

▪️Android maintained its position as the leading mobile operating system worldwide in the fourth quarter of 2022, controlling the mobile OS market with a close to 71.8 percent share, while iOS accounted for around 27.6 percent of the mobile operating system market. Hence statement 2 is NOT correct.

▪️Android phones broadly have more customization options than iPhones, allowing Android users of the former to change the look and feel of their phones to suit their personal preferences. Hence statement 3 is correct.

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Q. With reference to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), consider the following statements:

1. The UNDP is the largest channel for development cooperation in the UN.
2. All assistance provided by the UNDP is grant assistance.
3. The UNDP derives its funds from voluntary contributions from various donor countries.

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▪️The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is the largest channel for development cooperation in the UN. Hence statement 1 is correct.

▪️The overall mission of the UNDP is to assist the programme countries through capacity development in Sustainable Human Development (SHD) with priority on poverty alleviation, gender equity, women empowerment and environmental protection.

▪️All assistance provided by the UNDP is grant assistance. Hence statement 2 is correct.

▪️The UNDP derives its funds from voluntary contributions from various donor countries. India’s annual contribution to the UNDP has been to the extent of USD 4.5 million, which is one of the largest from developing countries. Hence statement 3 is correct.

▪️Over and above its annual contribution, India also pays partly for the expenditure of the local office.

▪️The country-specific allocation of UNDP resources is made every five years under the Country Cooperation Framework (CCF) which usually synchronises with India’s five year plans.

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Q. With reference to the Good Governance Index (GGI), consider the following statements:

1. NITI Aayog has developed Good Governance Index (GGI) for ten key sectors across 50 indicators.
2. First edition of GGI was released on December 25, 2020 on the occasion of Good Governance Day.

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▪️DARPG has developed Good Governance Index (GGI) for ten key sectors across 50 indicators. Hence statement 1 is not correct.
▪️These indicators can be used to assess the status of governance and impact of various interventions taken up by the state governments and the union territories for improving governance.
▪️First edition of GGI was released by DARPG on December 25, 2020 on the occasion of Good Governance Day. Hence statement 2 is correct.
▪️The objective behind developing GGI is to create a tool which can be used uniformly across the states to assess the status of governance and impact of various interventions taken up by central and state governments including UTs.
▪️Based on the GGI Framework, the Index provides a comparative picture among the states while developing competitive spirit for improvement.

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▪️The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has received the NASA-ISRO SAR (NISAR) satellite from the U.S. space agency. NISAR is a Low Earth Orbit observatory jointly developed by NASA and ISRO.

▪️According to ISRO, NISAR will map the entire globe in 12 days and provide spatially and temporally consistent data for understanding changes in Earth’s ecosystems, ice mass, vegetation biomass, sea level rise, groundwater and natural hazards, including earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes and landslides.

▪️NISAR carries L and S dual-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), which operates with the Sweep SAR technique to achieve large swaths with high-resolution data. The SAR payloads mounted on Integrated Radar Instrument Structure (IRIS) and the spacecraft bus are together called an observatory.

▪️Last month, NASA said since early 2021, engineers and technicians at Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California have been integrating and testing NISAR’s two radar systems — the L-band SAR provided by JPL and the S-band SAR built by ISRO.

▪️The final integration of the satellite will be carried out at the U.R. Rao Satellite Centre in Bengaluru, and ISRO is looking to launch the satellite in 2024 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.

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Mission Vatsalya:

◾️It is an umbrella scheme for child protection services in the country.
◾️Earlier there were three schemes for child protection. In 2010, these schemes were merged into a single scheme as Integrated Child Protection Scheme.
◾️Later in 2017, it was renamed as Child Protection Services Scheme. In 2022 it was again renamed as Mission Vatsalya.
◾️It is under the purview of Women and Child Development.
◾️Components/objectives of the scheme are:
- To secure a healthy and happy childhood for each and every child in the country.
- Improving the functioning of statutory bodies.
- Strengthening the service delivery structure.
- Upscaling the institutional care and services.
- Encouraging non-institutional community-based care.
- Providing emergency outreach services
Providing training and capacity building
Delivering the mandate of the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015.
◾️It is a centrally sponsored scheme.

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Q. Consider the following statements:

1. India is elected as a member of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) committee for the period 2022-2026.
2. For the first time, India is going to be a member of the ICH committee.

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