Daily UPSC Prelims Current Affairs – June 14, 2022 [Mock Test]

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• A flight risk is someone who has been accused of a crime and is considered likely to try to escape out of the country or area before their trial begins.
• Recently, a district court in Delhi stayed a magistrate’s order directing the CBI to withdraw its Look Out Circular (LOC) against former Amnesty International India chief Aakar Patel, and asked him not to leave the country without the permission of the court. A Look Out Circular (LOC) is issued to prevent a person from leaving India. CBI has argued that Aakar Patel is a flight risk.
• Lookout Notices are also known as Lookout Circulars (LOC), which are opened to trace absconding criminals. Also, to effectively prevent and monitor the entry and exit of individuals who may be required by law enforcement authorities.

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Guru Nabha Dass, a 16th-century saint of the Ramananda tradition, is known for writing ‘Bhagatmal’, a compilation of saint biographies. The Punjab government observes a gazetted holiday on his birth anniversary. Guru Ravidas was a Bhakti poet-saint; Sree Narayana Guru was an Advaita philosopher; Devasahayam Pillai was the first Indian layman declared a Catholic saint.

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• The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) defines fortification as “deliberately increasing the content of essential micronutrients in a food so as to improve the nutritional quality of food and to provide public health benefit with minimal risk to health”.
• 1 kg of fortified rice will contain the following: iron (28 mg-42.5 mg), folic acid (75-125 microgram), and vitamin B-12 (0.75-1.25 microgram). Rice may also be fortified with zinc (10 mg-15 mg), vitamin A (500-750 microgram RE), vitamin B-1 (1 mg-1.5 mg), vitamin B-2 (1.25 mg-1.75 mg), vitamin B-3 (12.5 mg-20 mg) and vitamin B-6 (1.5 mg-2.5 mg) per kg.