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21st September 2022

QUIZ - 21st September 2022

5 Questions

5 Minutes

Mains Question:

Q1. “Live stocks are essential in creating sustainable and equitable food systems, however, they are being threatened with a spate of animal disease outbreaks”. Discuss the statement in light of recent cases of Lumpy Skin Disease, becoming a major emerging threat to livestock worldwide. (150 words)

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Subject: Economy (GS-III)
- Sub-topic: Economic Sector

Approach

Introduction-brief about livestock sector and its relevance
- pillar of the global food system
- contributor to poverty reduction, food security, and agricultural development
Impact of disease outbreaks on economy (nuanced effects on markets, poverty, and livelihoods)
Challenges and knowledge gaps
- Paucity of information
- Complexity of disease dynamics
- Multi-host disease systems
- Joint occurrence of climate-sensitive diseases in common landscapes
- Lack of epidemiology capacity

Required measures
- Improve disease surveillance and response
- Improve animal health service delivery
- Increase the resilience of livestock systems
- Adopt breeding strategies
Conclude accordingly

*Give example of disastrous impact of Lumpy Skin Disease on cattle.

Editorials

Positioning India in a chaotic world

International Relations

Context:

With newer political challenges, alongside old-fashioned geo-political risks hovering around, India needs that its foreign policy planners rewire the way they look at issues.

Changed meaning of non-alignment

India’s new version of non-alignment: India in the recent meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the SCO made it clear that it wants to steer an independent course, despite the open association with rival blocs. Example: Refusing to take sides in the Ukrainian conflict for months.
Nonalignment of the past: The earlier version of non-alignment has not yielded expected outcomes, and it's time now to look for new ways to fructify “multiple engagements of the future”.
“Multi-alignment’ and challenges: Although the west has appreciated India's participation in Quad (Australia, Japan, India, and the U.S.), it will be interesting to see how things develop under the threats of imposed sanctions if India continued trade relations with Iran.

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