ANSWER: B

• Tragedy stuck recently at Tirkut Hills close to Baidyanath Temple in Jharkhand’s Deogarh after some cable cars in a ropeway collided with each other.
• Also known as Baidyanath Jyotirlinga temple, Deoghar temple is one of the twelve Jyotirlinga in India.
• A Jyotirlinga is a shrine where Lord Shiva is worshipped in the form of a fiery column of light.
• The other 11 Jyotirlingas are
  • Somnath in Gujarat,
  • Mallikarjuna at Srisailam in Andhra Pradesh,
  • Mahakaleswar at Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh,
  • Omkareshwar in Madhya Pradesh,
  • Kedarnath in Uttrakhand,
  • Bhimashankar at Pune in Maharashtra,
  • Viswanath at Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh,
  • Tryambakeshwar at Nashik in Maharashtra,
  • Aundha Nagnath at Aundha in Hingoli District in Maharashtra,
  • Rameshwar at Rameshwaram in Tamil Nadu and
  • Grushneshwar at Ellora near Aurangabad, in Maharashtra.

ANSWER: C

• Supreme Court directed FTII not to exclude candidates suffering from colour blindness from film making and editing courses.

About Colour blindness:

• Inability to distinguish between certain colours– usually greens and reds, and sometimes blues as well.
• Causes: Most cases are people born with the condition (congenital colour blindness), but some can develop it later in life.
• Medical conditions like glaucoma, diabetes, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s etc may increase the risk.
• The most common kinds of color blindness are genetic and mostly men are affected by it (since it is passed down through X chromosome and men have only 1 X chromosome).

ANSWER: D

• The country has announced a pre-emptive default on all its foreign debt totalling $51 billion as a “last resort” while the island nation struggles to cope with a grave economic crisis. This has led to a situation called Sovereign Default.
• The immediate debt default was to ensure “fair and equitable treatment of all creditors” ahead of an International Monetary Fund assisted recovery programme for the nation.
• Sovereign Default- It refers to the failure of the government of a sovereign entity to pay back principal and interest payments when they are due.
• Consequences of default – Disposing of the debts reduces the total debt owed by a state to its creditors, and subsequently, the principal and interest repayments.
• It receives a lower credit rating, becoming less attractive to investors, and it will become difficult for the state to access new funds from the international bond market.
• Sri Lanka is not the first country to default in its external loans. In 2020 Lebanon, Argentina, Belize, Zambia, Suriname, defaulted. Greece became the first developed country to default on its debt to the IMF in 2015.

ANSWER: D

• Tashi Gyaltson, Chairman/Chief Executive Councillor, Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, LAHDC, Leh inaugurated the Community Museum in Gya – Sasoma villages of Leh district in Ladakh. This is a first of its kind museum in India.
• The Community Museum is a joint collaboration between National Museum Institute(NMI), New Delhi, Delhi and Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council(LAHDC), Leh, Ladakh.
• The Museum aims to preserve and take forward the rich cultural heritage of the region.
• Gya-Sasoma villagers in Leh have contributed to a variety of articles and collections to establish the Community Museum in traditional Ladakhi house.
• Along with the villagers, women associations of the villages, Department of Museology NMI and LAHDC, Leh has participated in the establishment of the community Museum.
  • Gya, situated on the Leh-Manali National Highway, is the first village and oldest inhabitation in Upper Ladakh.

Features of the Museum

• The traditional house, where the Museum is established has several architectural spaces and features.
• The museum features several traditional utility items, textiles, dresses and the antiquities of the day-to-day life of Gya-Sasoma.

ANSWER: B

• The Government of Uttarakhand is set to implement the ‘Him Prahari’ Scheme which is meant for ex-servicemen and youngsters.
• The scheme is aimed at stopping the migration of people from Uttarakhand and will focus on areas where migration occurs at a rapid phase so that people stay put, and not move out.
• The Uttarakhand Govt is seeking the cooperation of the Union Government to implement the scheme in areas bordering the Uttarakhand.
• The scheme will also prioritise settling ex-servicemen in areas bordering the state.
• The estimated expenditure of the scheme is around Rs 5.45 crore.
• The Him Prahari Scheme was announced by the Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) Uttarakhand unit in its 2022 Election Manifesto.