Current Affairs Question - 07 March 2020

National Statutory, Regulatory & Quasi-judicial Bodies

Central Adoption Regulatory Authority


Consider the following statements with reference to the Central Adoption Regulatory Authority (CARA):

  1. Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) is a statutory body of Ministry of Women & Child Development, Government of India.
  2. It is designated as the Central Authority to deal with inter-country adoptions in accordance with the provisions of the Hague Convention on Inter-country Adoption, 1993, ratified by Government of India in 2003.

Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?

A
Only 1
B
Only 2
C
Both 1 and 2
D
Neither 1 nor 2

National Biodiversity & Conservation

Lake Declared A Living Entity


Recently, which of the following lakes has been declared as a‘living entity’ by the Punjab and Haryana High Court?

A
Sukhna Lake
B
Khabikki Lake
C
Mataur lake
D
None of the above
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