23 June, 2020
- India attends RIC Meeting (International Relations)
- China Joins UN Arms Treaty (International Relations)
- Lone Wolf Attacks- Challenges to Internal Security (Internal Security)
- Promote People Power against COVID-19 (Social Issues)
- Ambubachi Festival and Kamakhya Temple ( Art and Culture)
- Japan to rename Islands (International Relations)
- A Way out of Delineated Borders- Reference (International Relations)
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security, strategic, scientific or economic interests of the State, relation with foreign State or lead to incitement of an offence.</p>", "question": "<p>With reference to Right to Information Act (RTI) 2005, consider the following statements:</p>\n<ol>\n<li>Non-Government organisation substantially financed directly or indirectly by the Central Government is a Public Authority under RTI Act, 2005.</li>\n<li>Disclosure of information which would prejudicially affect the sovereignty and integrity of India can be exempted from public disclosure under RTI Act, 2005.</li>\n</ol>\n<p>Which of the statements given above is/are correct?</p>", "options": [{"option_id": "5ef2321b7737d412bfd2e84a", "is_correct_answer": false, "title": "<p>1 only</p>"}, {"option_id": "5ef2321b7737d412bfd2e84b", "is_correct_answer": false, "title": "<p>2 only</p>"}, {"option_id": "5ef2321b7737d412bfd2e84c", "is_correct_answer": true, "title": "<p>Both 1 and 2</p>"}, {"option_id": "5ef2321b7737d412bfd2e84d", "is_correct_answer": false, "title": "Neither 1 nor 2"}], "question_id": "5ef2321b7737d412bfd2e849"}, {"explanation": "<p>The Arms Trade Treaty requires all states-parties to adopt basic regulations and approval processes for the flow of weapons across international borders,</p>\n<p>It establishes common international standards that must be met before arms exports are authorized, and requires annual reporting of imports and exports to a treaty secretariat.</p>\n<p>India did not become a state party as India insisted that such a treaty should make a real impact on illicit trafficking in conventional arms and their illicit use especially by terrorists and other unauthorised and unlawful non-state actors.</p>", "question": "<p>consider the following statements regarding Arms Trade Treaty:</p>\n<ol>\n<li>It requires all states to adopt same regulations for trade of weapons.</li>\n<li>India is a state party to the treaty.</li>\n</ol>\n<p>choose the right option from the code given below</p>", "options": [{"option_id": "5ef232907737d412b3a72210", "is_correct_answer": false, "title": "<p>1 only</p>"}, {"option_id": "5ef232907737d412b3a72211", "is_correct_answer": false, "title": "<p>2 only</p>"}, {"option_id": "5ef232907737d412b3a72212", "is_correct_answer": false, "title": "Both 1 and 2"}, {"option_id": "5ef232907737d412b3a72213", "is_correct_answer": true, "title": "Neither 1 nor 2"}], "question_id": "5ef232907737d412b3a7220f"}, {"explanation": "<p>members of saarc: The member states are Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.</p>\n<p>The BIMSTEC member-states are Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Nepal and Bhutan.</p>", "question": "<p>consider the following countries</p>\n<ol>\n<li>Pakistan</li>\n<li>Afghanistan</li>\n<li>Bangladesh</li>\n<li>Myanmar</li>\n<li>Nepal</li>\n</ol>\n<p>which of the above countries are common to both SAARC and BIMSTEC</p>", "options": [{"option_id": "5ef232c97737d412bfd2e850", "is_correct_answer": false, "title": "<p>2, 3 and 4</p>"}, {"option_id": "5ef232c97737d412bfd2e851", "is_correct_answer": false, "title": "<p>1, 3 and 4</p>"}, {"option_id": "5ef232c97737d412bfd2e852", "is_correct_answer": true, "title": "<p>3 and 5 only</p>"}, {"option_id": "5ef232c97737d412bfd2e853", "is_correct_answer": false, "title": "<p>3 and 4 only</p>"}], "question_id": "5ef232c97737d412bfd2e84f"}, {"explanation": "<table class=\"table table-bordered\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>Sr.</p>\n</td>\n<td>\n<p>Island Name</p>\n</td>\n<td>\n<p>Location</p>\n</td>\n<td>\n<p>Claimed by?</p>\n</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>1.</p>\n</td>\n<td>\n<p>Spratly Islands</p>\n</td>\n<td>\n<p>South China Sea</p>\n</td>\n<td>\n<p>China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Philippines, Malaysia and Brunei</p>\n</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>2.</p>\n</td>\n<td>\n<p>Parcel Islands</p>\n</td>\n<td>\n<p>South China Sea</p>\n</td>\n<td>\n<p>China, Taiwan and Vietnam</p>\n</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>3.</p>\n</td>\n<td>\n<p>Natuna Islands</p>\n</td>\n<td>\n<p>South China Sea</p>\n</td>\n<td>\n<p>China and Indonesia</p>\n</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>4.</p>\n</td>\n<td>\n<p>Kuril Islands</p>\n</td>\n<td>\n<p>Pacific Ocean</p>\n</td>\n<td>\n<p>Japan and Russia</p>\n</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>", "question": "<p>Consider the following pairs of Disputed Islands and the associated Countries:</p>\n<table class=\"table table-bordered\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>Sr.</p>\n</td>\n<td>\n<p>Disputed Island</p>\n</td>\n<td>\n<p>Countries Involved</p>\n</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>1.</p>\n</td>\n<td>\n<p>Kuril Islands</p>\n</td>\n<td>\n<p>China and Japan</p>\n</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>2.</p>\n</td>\n<td>\n<p>Natuna Islands</p>\n</td>\n<td>\n<p>China and Indonesia</p>\n</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>3.</p>\n</td>\n<td>\n<p>Parcel Islands</p>\n</td>\n<td>\n<p>Russia and Japan</p>\n</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n<p>Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?</p>", "options": [{"option_id": "5ef2351a7737d412bca93710", "is_correct_answer": false, "title": "<p>1 only</p>"}, {"option_id": "5ef2351a7737d412bca93711", "is_correct_answer": true, "title": "<p>2 only</p>"}, {"option_id": "5ef2351a7737d412bca93712", "is_correct_answer": false, "title": "<p>2 and 3 only</p>"}, {"option_id": "5ef2351a7737d412bca93713", "is_correct_answer": false, "title": "<p>3 only</p>"}], "question_id": "5ef2351a7737d412bca9370f"}]
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Jaishankar to attend China-Russia trilateral
India is taking part in the RIC trilateral through video conferencing amidst the ongoing border standoff between India and Chine across LAC
- Focus issues to be discussed at the RIC trilateral include
- Impact of COVID 19 pandemic
- Challenges of global security
- Financial stability
- Accordingly in this news analysis we will cover the following aspects with respect to RIC trilateral
- Background to RIC
- Relevance of RIC to India
- Issues within RIC
- Comparing RIC and JAI (Japan-USA-India)
China to join UN arms trade treaty
China has recently announced that it will join UN Arms Trade Treaty that is designed to regulate the flow of weapons.
- This topic becomes important because
- Treaties related to defence sector HAVE BEEN REPEATIDLY asked in prelims examination. (Show questions)
- India being one of the most vocal supporter of rule based global order, abstained from joining such a treaty.
- So in this discussion
- We will first understand what need for a global arms treaty
- Then, we will discuss, What are consequences of Unregulated and irresponsible arms transfers?
- Basic feature of ATT and How will this help?
- And finally, why did India abstain from joining ATT?
Lone Wolf Attacks
- There was a knife attack at a park in Reading, a town west of London, which killed three people and injured three others
- So in this discussion we will understand
- How these attacks are a threat to internal security
- How to evolve a counter strategy
Promote People Power against COVID-19
- While India has done well to contain the spread of pandemic it is witnessing a spike in the test positivity rate in the last month.
- With the virus traversing the boundaries of urban areas into rural hinterland as a result of reverse migrations, a pan-India strategy to deal with the crisis in the coming times is the need of the hour.
- The article is a roadmap towards that pan-India strategy which encompasses a differentiated approach given the differential exposure of its cities, rural areas and towns to the virus.
Promote People Power against COVID-19
- Background: Situation today
- While India has done well to contain the spread of pandemic it is witnessing a spike in the test positivity rate in the last month.
- With the virus traversing the boundaries of urban areas into rural hinterland as a result of reverse migrations, a pan-India strategy to deal with the crisis in the coming times is the need of the hour.
- The article is a roadmap towards that pan-India strategy which encompasses a differentiated approach given the differential exposure of its cities, rural areas and towns to the virus.
- So in this discussion we will understand:
- Roadmap: How to tackle the spread?
- Differentiated approach
- Immobilize the virus rather than wait for herd immunity
- (Note: What is herd-immunity threshold?
- Roadmap: People Partnered Public Health
- Volunteer-driven testing
- National Health Workforce
- Community-led awareness campaigns
- Micro-surveillance in Containment Zones
- Sanitation Measures in Slums
- Roadmap: How to tackle the spread?
Japan to rename Islands disputed with China
- Japan has decided to rename few islands in South China sea
- So it is important to learn basics about these islands, which we will do in this discussion
Kamkhya Festival
- The Ambubachi Mela is celebrated in the capital city of Guwahati, in Assam
- So in this short lecture, you will come to know about the Kamakhya Temple:
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Kumar ujjawal 8 months ago
Q3
consider the following countries
which of the above countries are common to both SAARC and BIMSTECA
given option is incorrect because BANGLADESH AND NEPAL both are inSARRC AND BIMSTEC
Md Ayaz Ahmed 8 months ago
Karan Bhagat 8 months ago
Anupam Tiwari 8 months ago
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Sriram Subrahmanyan swamy 8 months ago