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Posted 25 Apr 2024

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Voyager 1

  • NASA’s Voyager 1 Resumes Sending Engineering Updates to Earth
    • Earlier it stopped sending data back to Earth from Nov, 2023.

 

  • About Voyager 1
    • Launched in 1977 to fly by Jupiter and Saturn.
    • The probe is now in interstellar space, the region outside the heliopause.
    • It was also the first spacecraft to cross the heliosphere.
      • The boundary where the influences outside our solar system are stronger than those from our Sun.
    • Discovered a thin ring around Jupiter and Jovian moons: Thebe and Metis.
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  • voyager
  • interstellar space

Payment aggregator (PA)

  • PayU has received an in-principle approval from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to operate as a PA.

 

  • About PAs
    • It is a financial technology company that simplifies the process of accepting electronic payments for businesses.
    • It acts as an intermediary between the business and the financial institutions.
    • It is incorporated as a company under the Companies Act, 1956 / 2013.
    • Non-bank PAs require authorisation from RBI under the Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007.
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  • Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
  • Payment aggregator (PA)
  • Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007.
  • Companies Act, 1956 / 2013.

Nomination in Election

  • Recently a candidate was elected unopposed to the lok sabha as the nomination papers of the opposite candidate was rejected by the returning officer.

 

  • Nominations in election
    • Section 33 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 (RoPA) contains the requirements for a valid nomination.
    • For filing of nomination in a constituency
      • Candidate from recognised political party should have one proposer
      • Candidates from independent and unrecognised parties should be subscribed by ten proposers.
      • The proposers should be electors from that respective constituency.
    • Section 36 of the RP Act, provides that the Returning Officer  can reject a nomination based on signature of the candidate or proposer found not genuine.
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  • RPA 1951
  • Elections

Article 244(A)

  • The people of the Diphu Constituency (Assam) have been demanding the implementation of Article 244(A) of the Constitution.

 

  • About Article 244(A)
    • Inserted by the 22nd Constitutional Amendment Act, 1969.
    • It enables the formation of an autonomous State comprising certain tribal areas in Assam.
    • The formed autonomous state shall have its own  local Legislature or Council of Ministers or both for local administration.
    • Provides for more powers to tribal areas than the Sixth Schedule by providing control over the law and order in the region.
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  • special provisions to tribal areas
  • schedule VI

Crystal Maze 2

  • The Indian Air Force has successfully tested a new version of a medium-range ballistic missile.

 

  • About Crystal Maze 2 (aka ROCKS):
    • Origin: medium-range ballistic missile developed by Israel.
    • Range: strike range of over 250 km
    • Type: Air-to-surface missile
    • Aim: designed to strike high-value stationary and relocatable targets in GPS-denied environments
    • Missile can target long-range radar and air defense systems.