Current Affairs Question - 23 November 2019

Explanation :

• Consultative Committees are constituted by the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs.
• They consist of members of both the Houses of Parliament.
• The Minister/Minister of State in charge of the Ministry concerned acts as the chairman of the consultative committee of that ministry.
• Consultative committees are attached to various ministries/departments of the Central Government.
• The membership of these committees is voluntary and is left to the choice of the members and the leaders of their parties.
• The maximum membership of a committee is 30 and the minimum is 10.
• These committees provide a forum for informal discussions between the ministers and the members of Parliament on policies and programmes of the government and the manner of their implementation.

Explanation :

• The avian botulism is a neuro-muscular illness caused by Botulinum (natural toxin) that is produced by bacteria - Clostridium botulinum.
• Clostridium botulinum is a Gram-positive, rod-shaped, anaerobic, spore-forming, motile bacterium with the ability to produce the neurotoxin botulinum.
• The bacteria cause 4 types of botulism namely infant botulism, wound botulism, foodborne botulism and inhalation botulism.
• Homemade, fermented and preserved foods are common sources of foodborne botulism.