SAMअर्थ

2021-06-18 22:12:17 Milkha Singh passes away due to COVID-19 complications

✓He had become the first Indian athlete to win gold in the then British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff in 1958, a record which stood for more than 50 years when Krishna Poonia won the gold in discus throw event in 2010 CWG at Delhi.

✓Singh had emerged as the winner in the 400m final at Cardiff edging out Malcolm Spence of South Africa with a timing of 46.6 seconds.

✓While Singh had also won four Asian Games gold medals including the 200m and 400m wins in the 1956 Asian Games and 400m and 4X400m relay in 1962 Asian Games, Singh’s biggest moment of glory or miss came in the 1960 Rome Olympics where he finished fourth in the 400m final at the Rome Olympic Stadium to miss out on the bronze medal in a photo-finish to Spence.

✓ Singh’s then-national record timing of 45.6 seconds at Rome was broken by Paramjeet Singh later in 1998. Open / Comment

2021-06-18 18:51:49 https://t.me/Getias?voicechat=b6726438f57b4092d7 Open / Comment

2021-06-18 18:43:31 https://t.me/Getias?voicechat=b6726438f57b4092d7 Open / Comment

2021-06-18 14:59:22 In the context of the recent ban of several Chinese mobile apps by the Government of India, consider the following statements:

1. Powers to impose the ban were invoked under Information Technology Act, 2000.

2. Individuals using banned Chinese apps are liable to be penalized under the Indian Penal Code.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct? Open / Comment

2021-06-18 14:43:23 Madras Native Association (MNA)

It was founded by activist and merchant Gazulu Lakshimnarasu Chetty in 1852 to protest the unjust policies of the British regime.

MNA represented the landed and business classes of Madras Presidency who had specific grievances against the Company administration, particularly in the revenue, educational and judicial spheres.

MNA pointed out how the ryotwari and zamindari systems had reduced the agricultural classes to the deepest poverty and destitution. It also highlighted the torture tactics resorted to by revenue inspectors to collect revenue from peasants. This led The Court of Directors to form a commission to investigate the “alleged cases of torture” by subordinate Indian police officers who collected Government revenue.

It criticized Christian missionary activities and also opposed state support for missionary activities. It opposed the introduction of the Bible in schools and pleaded for the extension of the grants-in-aid system to Hindu educational institutions. Open / Comment

2021-06-17 22:41:40 Zambia

✓Zambia is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central, Southern and East Africa.

✓Its neighbors are the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Tanzania to the north-east, Malawi to the east, Mozambique to the southeast, Zimbabwe and Botswana to the south, Namibia to the southwest, and Angola to the west. Open / Comment