The moisture carrying winds from the Bay of Bengal are blocked by Chin hills, Arakan Yoma and other extensions of Himalayas, thus leaving Shan plateau in Myanmar dry, just like Vidarbha and Telangana on Deccan plateau with respect to Western Ghats.

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Statement 1 is incorrect. The World Government Summit (WGS) has not been organized by World Democratic Forum. WGS is global platform dedicated to shaping future of government worldwide. It brings together leaders in government for global dialogue about governmental process and policies with focus on issues of futurism, technology and innovation etc. The first WGS was held in Dubai in 2013 and since then it is held annually.

The Summit sets agenda for next generation of governments with focus on how they can harness innovation and technology to solve universal challenges facing humanity.. It functions as thought leadership platform and networking hub for policymakers, experts, and pioneers in human development.

Statement 2 is correct. The sixth edition of World Government Summit (WGS) 2018 was held at Madinat Jumeirah in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) from February 11 to 13, 2018. India was guest country at this year's event and Prime Minister Narendra Modi had delivered the inaugural speech on day one.

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Intensified Diarrhea Control Fortnight (IDCF)

1. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
2. Aim - to intensify efforts to reduce child deaths due to diarrhea (Hence statement 1 is true)
3. Through this initiative, the Ministry will mobilize health personnel, State Governments and other stakeholders to prioritize investment in control of diarrhea
4. It aims to create mass awareness campaigns on hygiene and diarrhea treatment- a combination of ORS solution and Zinc tablets - will be conducted at state, district and village levels
5. ASHA worker would undertake distribution of ORS packets to households with under-five children in her village (Hence statement 2 is wrong)
6. ORS-Zinc Corners will be set-up at health care facilities and non-health facilities such as Schools and Anganwadi centres
7. Frontline workers will hold demonstration of ORS preparation, along with counselling on feeding during diarrhea and hygiene and sanitation
8. A range of preventive and promotive interventions are already being implemented such as Vitamin A supplementation, promoting early initiation of breastfeeding, exclusive breastfeeding up to 6 months and appropriate complementary feeding apart from capacity building and service provision of staff for management of childhood diarrhea in all government health facilities. Besides this, introduction of Rotavirus vaccine under UIP will also help in reducing diarrhea mortality due to rotavirus disease.

Diarrhea

1. cause - infection of the intestines due to either a virus, bacteria, or parasite - a condition also known as gastroenteritis
2. Though there has been decline in IMR, MMR an estimated 1.1 million children die each year in India, including approximately 1.1 lakh deaths due to diarrhea
3. Almost all the deaths due to diarrhea can be averted by preventing and treating dehydration by use of ORS (Oral Rehydration Solution), administration of Zinc tablets along with adequate nutritional intake by the child. Diarrhea can be prevented with safe drinking water, sanitation, breastfeeding/appropriate nutrition and hand-washing.

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