17th July 2024

Explanation: The Yellow-legged Buttonquail is native to the Indian subcontinent, East Asia, and Southeast Asia, with two subspecies occupying different parts of this range.

Explanation: The declaration is a consolidated outcome of the Forum but doesn't have legal power.

Explanation - The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) is a specialised agency of the United Nations, established in 1944 to manage the administration and governance of the Convention on International Civil Aviation (Chicago Convention). The ICAO laid the foundation for the standards and procedures for peaceful global air navigation. With 193 member states and industrial groups, the ICAO works to reach a consensus on the Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPs) and policies for international civil aviation. The SARPs are important for a safe, secure, efficient, environmentally responsible and economically sustainable civil aviation sector. These SARPs and policies are used by ICAO Member States to ensure that their local civil aviation operations and regulations conform to global norms, which in turn permits more than 100,000 daily flights in aviation’s global network to operate safely and reliably in every region of the world. The ICAO is governed by the ICAO Council, which is headed by a President.

Explanation:

• The CAA does grant citizenship to specific religious minorities from Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh who entered India before December 31, 2014.
• It does amend the definition of 'illegal immigrant' to exclude these religious minorities.
• It does expedite the citizenship process for eligible applicants, reducing the residency requirement from 11 years to 5 years.
• However, the CAA does not apply to areas under the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution or to states with an inner-line permit regime.

Explanation: All three statements accurately reflect ICAR's recent initiatives and achievements.