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Which Indian entity has the Sri Lankan government been in contact with for developing the WCT of its port project?

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Adani Group

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On March 01, ISRO successfully launched [X] satellites from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. How many satellites were launched?

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19

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The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on 1st March successfully launched Brazil’s optical earth observation satellite named [X], and [Y] other co-passenger satellites — [Z] from India and [P] from the U.S. What are X,Y,Z and P?

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X - Amazonia 1;
Y - 18;
Z - 5;
P - 13

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On March 01, ISRO successfully launched satellites from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre. The satellites were carried onboard the PSLV-C51, the 53rd flight of ISRO’s launch vehicle and the first dedicated mission of its commercial arm. The mission was undertaken under a commercial arrangement with an American company. What is the commercial arm of ISRO called? What is the name of the American company in question?

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NewSpace India ltd.;

Spaceflight Inc.

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On March 01, ISRO successfully launched satellites from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. How many of these satellites belong to India?
Correct the mistake(s) in the following sentence:
The satellites from India are the SDSAT owned by the DRDO, a nano-satellite intended to study the radiation levels, space weather and demonstrate long-range communication technologies; the UNITYsat, a combination of five satellites for providing radio relay services built by Space Kidz India.

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5;
The satellites from India are the SDSAT built by Space Kidz India, a nano-satellite intended to study the radiation levels, space weather and demonstrate long-range communication technologies; the UNITYsat, a combination of three satellites for providing radio relay services; and another satellite belonging to the DRDO.

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On March 01, ISRO successfully launched satellites from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. One of the satellites, the SDSAT, has an engraving of which Indian Personality, living or dead?

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi

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The successful launch of Brazil’s satellite by the ISRO marks a new high point in space cooperation between the two countries. The launch was witnessed by the visiting Brazilian Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, [X] , and the heads of the Brazilian Space Agency (AEB) and the National Institute for Space Research (INPE) at Sriharikota. Who is X?

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Marcos Pontes

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What is Brazil’s equivalent of ISRO?

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Brazilian National Institute for Space Research

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Who is the Presient of Brazil?

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Jair Bolsonaro

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When was the ISRO founded? Which body preceded it?

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1969; INCOSPAR

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Who is the current President of Sri Lanka

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Nanadasena Gotabaya Rajapaksa

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Sri Lanka on Tuesday said it will develop the WCT at the Colombo Port, along with [X] and [Y]. The decision comes a month after the Rajapaksa government ejected the two partners from a tripartite agreement signed in [Z] to jointly develop the ECT, citing resistance to “foreign involvement”. What are X, Y, Z? What is the full form of ECT?

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India; Japan; 2019; East Container Terminal`

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In 2019, Sri Lanka had signed an agreement with the two countries to jointly develop the ECT, which it recently backed out of. This terminal’s further development, is now to be undertaken by which entity/country?

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Sri Lanka Port Authority

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Coming in the wake of over 5,000 ceasefire violations in 2020 (the highest in 19 years since 2002) the recent ceasefire agreement is path-breaking from a conflict management point of view for what reasons? What makes it any different from the thousands of ceasefire agreements violated during the year?

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Unlike the other agreements, (i) this ceasefire declaration was a joint statement by the two DGsMO and (ii) the recent agreement mentioned a specific date, i.e. 24-25th february as the date of the ceasefire starting.

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The [X] agreement signed in [Y], which ended the first war between newly formed India and Pakistan, was the first ceasefire agreement between the two countries which, signed under the good offices of the United Nations, created the India Pakistan boundary in Kashmir called the [Z]. What are X, Y and Z?

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Karachi Agreement
1949
CFL (Ceasefire Line)

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The [X] Agreement of 1972 delineated the ‘line of control’ in J&K which resulted from the ceasefire of December 1971, a ceasefire that ended the 1971 war and was enshrined into the [Y] Agreement. Therefore the CFL was replaced by the LoC. What are X and Y?

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Suchetgarh Agreement of 1972;

Simla Agreement

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Which of the ceasefire agreements signed between India and Pakistan in its many wars spanning decades has clearly laid down provisions on how to manage the CFL which, of course, was overtaken by the LoC?

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Karachi agreement of 1949

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What is the current ruling dispensation’s student wing called?

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Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad

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Which state recently launched the country’s maiden Engineering Research & Development (ER&D) Policy?

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Karnataka

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After nearly two years of work, the merger of the Lok Sabha TV (LSTV) and the Rajya Sabha TV (RSTV) has been finalised and will be replaced by [X]. What is X?

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Sansad TV

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India does enjoy bipartisan support in the Congress but the first signal of a possible direction can be interpreted from the recent formal interactions. What does bipartisan mean?

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involving the agreement or cooperation of two political parties that usually oppose each other’s policies.

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The new administration in the United States, of Joseph R. Biden, the [X]th President USA hit the road running with a sense of purpose to ‘heal’ the country and restore its leadership role in the world. What is X?

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46

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Members of the India Caucus in the House of Representatives recently had a formal interaction with the Indian envoy in Washington DC. Caucus co-chair Brad Sherman and Steve Chabot organised a meet with the Indian Ambassador to the United States with particular reference to the farmers’ protest in India. Who is the Indian Ambassador to the United States?

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Taranjit Singh Sandhu

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Who is the current External Affairs minister?

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S. Jaishankar

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Which provision of Indian law deals with Blasphemy?

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Section 153A of the Indian Penal Code which deals with speech that seeks to promote enmity between different communities, and Section 295A, which criminalises speech that outrages religious feelings

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Klas Molin, Sweden’s Ambassador to India, says there have been many highlights in the bilateral relationship between the two countries. Who is the current Prime Minister of Sweden?

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Stefan Löfven

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Interviewer - Although for its MMRC tender India went with the Rafale, is there hope that the IAF could consider the Saab jet fighters, in the future?
Interviewee - Absolutely, and I believe that is also Saab’s assessment. The tender is still there, it is modified, and it was opened up to two more categories.
Which country do the Saab Jet Fighters belong to?

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Sweden

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In 2018, Sweden and India signed which bilateral instrument intended for both countries to take forward a wide range of initiatives in defence, trade and investment, counterterrorism, renewable energy, smart cities, women’s skill development, space and science and healthcare?

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Joint Action Plan

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Who is India’s Ambassador to China

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Vikram Misri

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The GHI 2020 report has placed India [X]th position among [Y]countries, much behind Bangladesh, Pakistan and Nepal. The situation is grim and the country is battling widespread hunger.

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94, 107

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The GHI determines hunger on a what -point scale?

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100

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What is the legislation in India to deal with Food Security?

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National Food Security Act, 2013

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The 1.8 kilometre long [X] bridge connecting [Y] in India with Ramgarh in [Z] will be completed by December 2020. This was announced on Tuesday by the Road Transport, Highways and MSMEs [P]

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X- Feni

Y- Sabrum

Z- Bangladesh

P- Nitin Gadkari

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In a recent ruling, an international court held that the Indian government was wrong in applying retrospective tax on Cairn Energy and that Indian government must pay roughly Rs [X] crore in damages to Cairn. What is the name of this court? Where is it situated? What is X?

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Permanent Court of Arbitration;
The Hague, Netherlands;
10,500 crore

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In a recent ruling, an international court held that the Indian government was wrong in applying a retrospective tax on Cairn Energy. What sector does this company do business in?

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It is an Oil & Gas Exploration Company

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In a recent ruling, an international court held that the Indian government was wrong in applying a retrospective tax on Cairn Energy. This is the second loss the government has suffered in three months over the retrospective levy of taxes. Which entity did it lose its first case to?

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U.K.s Vodafone Group

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In a recent ruling, an international court held that the Indian government was wrong in applying a retrospective tax on Cairn Energy. Before applying to the International Court in questions, which Indian courts did the company file a case in?

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Income Tax Appellate Tribunal and the High Court

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In a recent ruling, an international court held that the Indian government was wrong in applying a retrospective tax on Cairn Energy. Which countries have backed this decision by the PCA?

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U.S.A , U.K. , Netherlands , Canada , France

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The Supreme Court, while examining the constitutional validity of the Maratha reservation law, said on Monday that it will look into whether the landmark decision in [X] v Union of India needs to be revisited. What is the name of the petitioner, as replaced by X here? When was this judgement passed?

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Indra Sawhney; 1992

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The Supreme Court, while examining the constitutional validity of the Maratha reservation law, said on Monday that it will look into whether the landmark decision in a case popularly known as the Mandal case needs to be revisited. Why is the case in question referred to as the Mandal Case? What was the official name of the Mandal Commission?

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The case in question, Indra Sawhney v Union of India (1992) is known as the Mandal case because the court upheld the office memorandums that essentially implemented the Mandal report. The Mandal Report was published by the commission, whose official name was the Second Backward Classes Commission, constituted in 1979

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A Constitution Bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan is currently hearing the challenge to the Maharashtra law providing quotas for Marathas in jobs and admissions in the state. The current dispute, while demarcating the power lines between the centre and the states, also brings into question a particular amendment to the constitution.

(i) What is the name of this Amendment?
(ii) When was it adopted?
(iii) Which provisions were incorporated into the Constitution under this amendment?
(iv) Why is this amendment relevant?

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(i) Constitution (One Hundred and Second Amendment) Act
(ii)2018
(iii) Article 338B was added to the constitution which constitutes the National Commission of Backward Classes and Article 342A was also inserted, which gave the President, after consultation with the Governor thereof, the power to specify the socially and educationally backward classes in
relation to that State or Union territory AND gave the Parliament the power to include or exclude from the Central List of socially and educationally backward classes.
(iv) The interpretation of the 102nd Amendment insofar as whether it prohibits the State legislatures from identifying socially and economically backward classes within the state and restricts that right only to the union is relevant.

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There has been over [X]% increase in the number of persons arrested under the UAPA (Unlawful Activities [Prevention] Act) in 2019 compared to the year 2015, data provided by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in the Lok Sabha show. As many as [Y] persons were arrested under the UAPA in 1,226 cases registered across the country in 2019

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72%

1,948

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There has been a huge increase in the number of persons arrested under the UAPA in 2019 compared to the year 2015, data provided by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in the Lok Sabha show. In 2019, the highest number of such cases were registered in which state? Where did this state stand in terms of the number of arrests?

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Manipur (306); In terms of arrests it stands second (386), while the first rank is held by Uttar Pradesh (498)

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There has been a huge increase in the number of persons arrested under the UAPA in 2019 compared to the year 2015, data provided by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in the Lok Sabha show. Cases under the UAPA are investigated by [X]and [Y]. What are X and Y?

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State police and the National Investigation Agency

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There has been a huge increase in the number of persons arrested under the UAPA in 2019 compared to the year 2015, data provided by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in the Lok Sabha show. Under the UAPA, getting bail is rare and the investigating agency has up to how many days to file a charge sheet?

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180 days

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There has been a huge increase in the number of persons arrested under the UAPA in 2019 compared to the year 2015, data provided by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in the Lok Sabha show. Earlier, a reply by the government in the Lok Sabha shows that only [X]% of cases registered under the UAPA between 2016-2019 ended in convictions by the court.

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2.2%

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Uttarakhand Chief Minister [X] on Tuesday tendered his resignation to Governor [Y]. This brings to an end the crisis surrounding Mr. [X]’s continuance in the post. There were complaints from his own party MLAs and others about his style of functioning and administration. Who is X and Y?

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Trivendra Singh Rawat ; Baby Rani Maurya.

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Uttarakhand Chief Minister [X] on Tuesday tendered his resignation to Governor [Y]. This brings to an end the crisis surrounding Mr. [X]’s continuance in the post. Uttarakhand has had a record of not having a single Chief Minister, except [Z], to have completed a full term since its formation. Who is Z?

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N.D. Tiwari

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The Supreme Court recently asked the Centre to form an expert panel to oversee green clearances given to projects while hearing a plea challenging the construction of [X] in the state of [Y].

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Bridge Projects; West Bengal

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The Supreme Court recently asked the Centre to form an expert panel to oversee green clearances given to projects while hearing a plea. Who was the petitioner here?

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Association For Protection Of Democratic Rights

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The Supreme Court recently asked the Centre to form an expert panel to oversee green clearances given to projects while hearing a plea. The bench also suggested [X], who drafted the [Y] Act may be included in the committee.

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Ranjit Singh; Wildlife Protection Act

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In 2011, the court had asked the Centre to appoint a national regulator for appraising projects, enforcing environmental conditions for approvals and to impose penalties on polluters. What was the name of the case in which it had given this order?

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Lafarge Umiam Mining Private Limited v. Union of India, commonly known as the ‘Lafarge mining case’.

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The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) informed the Lok Sabha on Tuesday that a “cyber volunteer” programme has been rolled out for “cyber hygiene promotion” and the services of volunteers would be utilised by the State police as per requirement. What is the cybercrime portal of the Indian government? Which major organisation has expressed concern that the programme enables a culture of surveillance and could create potential social distrust by encouraging civilians to report the online activities of other citizens.?

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cybercrime.gov.in; Internet Freedom Foundation

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Covaxin, India’s indigenous COVID-19 vaccine, showed enhanced immune response as well as better reactogenicity (reaction symptoms) and safety outcomes in the phase 2 trial, according to interim results that have now been published. Which journal were these results published in?

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Lancet Infectious Diseases.

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Covaxin, India’s indigenous COVID-19 vaccine, showed enhanced immune response as well as better reactogenicity (reaction symptoms) and safety outcomes in the phase 2 trial, according to interim results that have now been published. Which organisation(S) are the makers of Covaxin?

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Bharat Biotech in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)

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Covaxin, India’s indigenous COVID-19 vaccine, showed enhanced immune response as well as better reactogenicity (reaction symptoms) and safety outcomes in the phase 2 trial, according to interim results that have now been published. How many doses does the vaccine require?

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2 doses 28 days apart

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Uttarakhand Chief Minister [X] on Tuesday tendered his resignation to the Governor. This brings to an end the crisis surrounding Mr. [X]’s continuance in the post. Who succeeded X?

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Tirath Singh Rawat

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The [X] High Court on Wednesday restrained the Centre from taking coercive action against [Y] Ltd., for not complying with Part [Z] of the new IT (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021. The court issued notice to the Centre on a petition filed by the firm challenging the rules regulating digital news media, curated content (OTT platforms), and social media intermediaries.

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Kerala;
Live Law Media Private
III

59
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A certain High Court on Wednesday restrained the Centre from taking coercive action against a company, which owns a legal news portal, for not complying with the new IT (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021.
The petitioner pointed out that Rule 4(2), which makes it mandatory for every social media intermediary to enable tracing of originators of information on its platform, purportedly in furtherance of Section 69 of the IT Act, violated [X] of the constitution (freedom of speech and expression).

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Article 19(1)(a)

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The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday ordered the issue of notices to the Centre and the State government and 70 media platforms, including newspapers, on a petition filed by a lawyer and BJP member, seeking a direction to the authorities to take steps to safeguard the right to privacy of individuals and ensure that media outlets don’t invade the privacy of individuals by breaching the law. A Bench of Justice P.S. Dinesh Kumar, in an interim order, directed that any broadcast in the media, governed by the [X], should be strictly in conformity with the terms of “[Y] Code” defined under this Act.

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Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act, 1995;

Programme

61
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Uttarakhand Chief Minister [X] on Tuesday tendered his resignation to the Governor. This brings to an end the crisis surrounding Mr. [X]’s continuance in the post. When did X come into power?

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2017

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The Supreme Court’s notice to the Centre on a public interest plea to set up a national environmental regulator under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 revives an issue that successive governments have preferred to ignore, in spite of specific orders passed by the same court more than nine years ago. There is no consensus on what a new regulator can achieve, since official policy privileges ease of doing business. The draft EIA Notification 2020, which seeks to advance that goal, makes no effort to disguise the desire to virtually eliminate civil society’s role. What is the full form of EIA?

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Environmental Impact Assessment

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As the National Food Security Act (NFSA), which came into force in July [X], enhanced entitlements (covering two-thirds of the country’s population), this naturally pushed up the States’ drawal.

A

2013

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The Election Commission on Thursday said that an FIR had been lodged over ‘fake news’ about the hacking of EVMs being spread on social media. It added that the news article from December 21, 2017, said “maliciously” that former Chief Election Commissioner [X] had “opined that a particular party won assembly elections by hacking EVMs”. “This wrongful information was previously debunked by former CEC himself, soon after this matter had come to his knowledge in 2018. This news is again being circulated by some miscreants on social media,” the EC said. The current Chief Election Commissioner [Y] is yet to comment on the matter
The EC said an FIR had been lodged by the Delhi Chief Electoral Officer under Section [Z] of the Indian Penal Code, which pertains to punishment for defamation, and Sections 128 and 134 of the [P], pertaining to maintenance of secrecy of voting and breach of official duty in connection with elections respectively. What are X, Y, Z and P?

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X - T.S. Krishnamurthy
Y - Sunil Arora
Z - 500
P - Representation of the People Act 1951

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The Election Commission on Thursday said that an FIR had been lodged over ‘fake news’ about the hacking of EVMs being spread on social media. Who was the first woman ever to become the CEC of India?

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V. S Ramadevi

66
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When was the Election Commission of India established?

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1950

67
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The powers of the Election Commission of India are defined in which article of the constitution?

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324

68
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What is the tenure of the Office for Chief Election Commissioners of India?

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6 years or 65 years of age whichever is earlier.

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India’s indigenous COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin, from Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech in collaboration with the ICMR, has been taken off the clinical trial mode and is now authorised for emergency use on a par with Oxford-AstraZeneca’s CovishieldWho is the Director-General of the Indian Council of Medical Research?

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Balram Bhargava

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Indian and Japanese space agencies on Thursday reviewed cooperation in earth observation, lunar cooperation and satellite navigation, and also agreed to explore opportunities for cooperation in “space situational awareness and professional exchange programme”. This was agreed during a bilateral meeting between the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the [X] held virtually.India and Japan are already working on a [Y] mission.

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Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA);

Joint lunar polar exploration (LUPEX) mission

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The Supreme Court on Friday held that independent persons and not bureaucrats should be appointed State Election Commissioners. The judgment criticised the [X] state government for giving its [Y] the additional charge of State Election Commissioner.

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X - Goa

Y - Law Secretary

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Which 4 countries form the QUAD?

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India, Japan, U.S.A and Australia

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Members of the Quad, whose official name is [X] will become “closer than ever before”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday, in his address to the first-ever leadership summit of the grouping.

Addressing the virtual summit, Mr. Modi, President Joe Biden of the United States, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and Australian Prime Minister [Y] highlighted cooperation among the member countries to beat the COVID-19 pandemic, with joint partnership on vaccines and emphasised the need for an “open” and “free” Indo-Pacific region.

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X - Quadrilateral framework

Y - Scott Morrison

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The Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, notified towards the end of February by the Ministry of [X] should not come as a surprise.

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Electronics and Information Technology

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The Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, notified towards the end of February should not come as a surprise. The notification gives the [X], ad hoc emergency powers to block any content the government considers problematic even without such token procedure.

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Secretary, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting

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