CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Option 1 is correct i.e. Arun Kumar.

Detailed explanation-2: -Arun Kumar, the Director-General of the Railway Protection Force, has been appointed as the VICE-Chairman of the Security Platform of the International Union of Railways. It has been intimated to the Railway Board by the Director-General of the UIC. Kumar will be in charge from July 2022 to July 2024.

Detailed explanation-3: -The International Union of Railways (UIC, French: Union internationale des chemins de fer) is an international rail transport industry body. International Union of Railways. Union internationale des chemins de fer. UIC members. active.

Detailed explanation-4: -UIC is the association for technical cooperation amongst railways, and coordinates the sector’s position as it negotiates its evolving relationship with the supply industry and research and develops needs in order to draw full advantage of potential interest to railway companies.

Detailed explanation-5: -The most common ISO standards for all kinds of railway industries include ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001, and ISO 50001. But the most required and important ISO standard for Railway industries is ISO/TS 22163 certification.