Colombo plea for postponing debt repayment hangs fire (International Relation)
PTI denting national interest: Prasar Bharati (Polity & Governance)
South China Sea rights should be rooted in UN treaty: ASEAN (International Relation)
Black hole merges with unusual compact object (Science & Technology)
RBI extends borrowing time for banks (Economy)
1921 and the Malabar Rebellion - FAQ (History & Culture)
Question for the Day
[{"explanation": "<p>Marginal Standing Facility Rate' and 'Net Demand and Time Liabilities' are related to banking operations.</p>", "question": "<p>The terms 'Marginal Standing Facility Rate' and 'Net Demand and Time Liabilities', sometimes appearing in news, are used in relation to (UPSC 2014)</p>", "options": [{"option_id": "5ef8c1147737d43d4ee5ef0f", "is_correct_answer": true, "title": "<p>banking operations</p>"}, {"option_id": "5ef8c1147737d43d4ee5ef10", "is_correct_answer": false, "title": "<p>communication networking</p>"}, {"option_id": "5ef8c1147737d43d4ee5ef11", "is_correct_answer": false, "title": "military strategies"}, {"option_id": "5ef8c1147737d43d4ee5ef12", "is_correct_answer": false, "title": "<p>supply and demand of agricultural products</p>"}], "question_id": "5ef8c1147737d43d4ee5ef0e"}, {"explanation": "<p><strong>Prasar Bharati, which is the</strong> Broadcasting Corporation for India<strong> </strong>is a statutory autonomous body established under the Prasar Bharati (Broadcasting Corporation of India) Act, 1990 and came into existence in November 1997. It is the Public Service Broadcaster of the country.</p>", "question": "<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Consider the following statements:</p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prasar Bharati is the Broadcasting Corporation for India</li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prasar Bharatiis a statutory autonomous body.</li>\n</ol>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Which of the statements given above is/are correct?</p>", "options": [{"option_id": "5ef8c1567737d43d4ee5ef15", "is_correct_answer": false, "title": "<p>1 only</p>"}, {"option_id": "5ef8c1567737d43d4ee5ef16", "is_correct_answer": false, "title": "<p>2 only</p>"}, {"option_id": "5ef8c1567737d43d4ee5ef17", "is_correct_answer": true, "title": "Both 1 and 2"}, {"option_id": "5ef8c1567737d43d4ee5ef18", "is_correct_answer": false, "title": "Neither 1 nor 2"}], "question_id": "5ef8c1567737d43d4ee5ef14"}, {"explanation": "<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sittwe Port – Myanmar</p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gwadar Port – Pakistan</p>", "question": "<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Match the following pairs</p>\n<table class=\"table table-bordered\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><strong>Sr. No.</strong></p>\n</td>\n<td>\n<p><strong>Name of Port</strong></p>\n</td>\n<td>\n<p><strong>Country</strong></p>\n</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>1</p>\n</td>\n<td>\n<p>Hambantota Port</p>\n</td>\n<td>\n<p>Sri Lanka</p>\n</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>2</p>\n</td>\n<td>\n<p>Sittwe Port</p>\n</td>\n<td>\n<p>Thailand</p>\n</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>3</p>\n</td>\n<td>\n<p>Gwadar Port</p>\n</td>\n<td>\n<p>Iran</p>\n</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> </p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Select the correct answer using the code given below:</p>", "options": [{"option_id": "5ef8c1977737d43d3d8aec3e", "is_correct_answer": true, "title": "<p>1 only</p>"}, {"option_id": "5ef8c1977737d43d3d8aec3f", "is_correct_answer": false, "title": "<p>2 and 3 only</p>"}, {"option_id": "5ef8c1977737d43d3d8aec40", "is_correct_answer": false, "title": "1 and 2 oly"}, {"option_id": "5ef8c1977737d43d3d8aec41", "is_correct_answer": false, "title": "2 only"}], "question_id": "5ef8c1977737d43d3d8aec3d"}, {"explanation": "<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Statement 1 is incorrect</strong> - Mappilas had been among the victims of oppressive agrarian relations protected by the British. There were several rebellious outbreaks in the region during the 19th and early 20th centuries. The Khilafat movement launched in 1919 and Gandhi’s non-cooperation struggle provided a fresh stimulus to the grievances of Mappilas. Now their sense of local injustice was sought to be linked with the pan-Islamic sentiments created in the aftermath of the collapse of the Ottoman Empire that rendered the Ottoman caliphate irrelevant. </p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Statement 2 is correct</strong> - The Moplah peasants revolted against the Hindu landlords’ oppression who were loyal to British government, but the movement later took communal colour.</p>", "question": "<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Consider the following statements with reference to Moplah Rebellion:</p>\n<ol style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li>It was contemporary to Civil Disobedience Movement.</li>\n<li>It was primarily an agrarian movement.</li>\n</ol>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Which of the above statements is/are correct?</p>", "options": [{"option_id": "5ef8c1ce7737d43d4b7a2d8c", "is_correct_answer": false, "title": "<p>1 only</p>"}, {"option_id": "5ef8c1ce7737d43d4b7a2d8d", "is_correct_answer": true, "title": "<p>2 only</p>"}, {"option_id": "5ef8c1ce7737d43d4b7a2d8e", "is_correct_answer": false, "title": "Both 1 and 2"}, {"option_id": "5ef8c1ce7737d43d4b7a2d8f", "is_correct_answer": false, "title": "Neither 1 nor 2"}], "question_id": "5ef8c1ce7737d43d4b7a2d8b"}, {"explanation": "<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">China and Pakistan are not members of ASEAN.</p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Membership. 10 States \u2015 Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.</p>", "question": "<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Which of the following countries are not members of ASEAN?</p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brunei</li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cambodia</li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Indonesia</li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">China</li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pakistan</li>\n</ol>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Select the correct answer using the code given below:</p>", "options": [{"option_id": "5ef8c21b7737d43d4b7a2d93", "is_correct_answer": false, "title": "<p>2 and 4 only</p>"}, {"option_id": "5ef8c21b7737d43d4b7a2d94", "is_correct_answer": false, "title": "<p>2 and 5 only</p>"}, {"option_id": "5ef8c21b7737d43d4b7a2d95", "is_correct_answer": true, "title": "4 and 5 only"}, {"option_id": "5ef8c21b7737d43d4b7a2d96", "is_correct_answer": false, "title": "1 and 2 only"}], "question_id": "5ef8c21b7737d43d4b7a2d92"}]
COLOMBO PLEA FOR POSTPONING DEBT REPAYMENT HANGS FIRE
A request was made personally by Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to postpone its debt repayment due to the present economic crisis caused due to COVID-19. However, so far, Indian Government has not responded on this aspect of deferment of debt repayment by Sri Lanka.
Reasons for Loan Deferment by Srilanka
China Angle
PTI DENTING NATIONAL INTEREST- PRASAR BHARATI
Prasar Bharati in a letter to Press Trust of India (PTI) has expressed displeasure over the kind of reporting done by the agency as PTI carried an interview with Chinese ambassador Sun Weidong, where the Chinese Ambassador blamed India for the India-China violent standoff.
Press Trust of India
Prasar Bharati
The Prasar Bharati (Broadcasting Corporation of India) Act, 1990
CHINA SEA RIGHTS SHOULD BE ROOTED IN UN TREATY- ASEAN
In one of their strongest remarks opposing China’s claim to virtually the entire disputed waters of South China Sea on historical grounds, Southeast ASIAN leaders in their annual ASEAN Summit said that 1982 UN Convention on the Laws of the Sea should be the basis of sovereign rights and entitlements in the South China Sea rather than some historical assertion
Chairman’s Statement of the 36th ASEAN Summit 26 June 2020 Cohesive and Responsive ASEAN
BLACK HOLE MERGED WITH UNUSUAL COMPACT OBJECT
In August of 2019, the LIGO-Virgo gravitational-wave network witnessed the merger of a black hole with 23 times the mass of our sun and a mystery object 2.6 times the mass of the sun. Scientists do not know if the mystery object was a neutron star or black hole, but either way it set a record as being either the heaviest known neutron star or the lightest known black hole.
New Detection – Filling the Mass Gap
About Gravitational Waves
What causes Gravitational Waves?
How do we know about Gravitational Waves?
RBI EXTENDS BORROWING TIME FOR BANKS
In order to enhance the money supply in the economy, the RBI had decided to relax the requirements of daily maintenance of CRR and enhanced the borrowing limit under the MSF in March 2020. These measures were applicable until the end of June. The RBI has now decided to further extend these measures till the end of September.
Relaxation in daily maintenance of CRR
Relaxation in borrowings under Marginal Standing Facility (MSF)
1921 AND THE MALABAR REBELLION
This article explains as to why there is a controversy in Kerala over a new film project on the protagonist of an uprising against the British?
Manoj bhartiy 1 week ago