CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -The MACN is a self-described global business network with the mission of working towards the elimination of all forms of maritime corruption.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Maritime Anti-Corruption Network (MACN) is a global business network working towards the vision of a maritime industry free of corruption that enables fair trade to the benefit of society at large.

Detailed explanation-3: -Anti-Corruption branch was created in the year 1959 vide Letter No. HPL.

Detailed explanation-4: -India Against Corruption (IAC) is an anti-corruption movement in India which was particularly prominent during the anti-corruption protests of 2011 and 2012, concerned with the introduction of the Jan Lokpal bill. It primarily sought to mobilise the masses in support of their demands.

Detailed explanation-5: -The movement gained momentum from 5 April 2011, when anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare began a hunger strike at the Jantar Mantar monument in New Delhi. The movement aimed to alleviate corruption in the Indian government through introduction of the Jan Lokpal Bill.