1. Which Indian player has been selected for the 'i am badminton' awareness campaign?
a. PV Sindhu
b. Saina Nehwal
c. Pullela Gopichand
d. Srikanth Kidambi
S-a
EXPLANATION-
• World Champion P V Sindhu was unveiled as one of the ambassadors for Badminton World Federation (BWF)'s 'i am badminton' awareness campaign.
• The campaign provides a platform for players to express their love and respect for badminton by advocating and committing to clean and honest play.
• Besides Sindhu, other ambassadors include Canada's Michelle Li, Chinese duo of Zheng Si Wei and Huang Ya Qiong, England's Jack Shephard, Germany's Valeska Knoblauch, Hong Kong's Chan Ho Yuen and Germany's Marc Zwiebler, who is Athletes' Commission Chair.
2. Which country topped the World Press Freedom Index 2020?
a. Norway
b. China
c. Denmark
d. Iceland
S-a
EXPLANATION-
• Norway has ranked first in the list for the fourth year while China is at 177 position, which is just three places above North Korea at 180th.
• ‘World Press Freedom Index 2020’ stated as there were no murders of journalists in India in 2019 as compared to 6 in 2018, it showed that the security system in India seemed to have improved.
• Reporters without borders is a non-profit organisation that works to document attacks on journalists around the world. South Asia is generally featured poorly in the index.
• India has ranked 142 out of 180 in the Global press freedom index.
3. Which of the following has created a dashboard link on its website for providing list and details of Dhabas and Truck repair shops available across the country by various organisations like NHAI, States, Oil Marketing companies?
a. Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
b. Ministry of Rural Development
c. Niti Aayog
d. Ministry of External Affairs
S-a
EXPLANATION-
• Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has created a dashboard link on its website for providing list and details of Dhabas and Truck repair shops available across the country by various organisations like NHAI, States, Oil Marketing companies. The list can be accessed at www.morth.nic.in.
• This is intended to facilitate the truck / cargo drivers and cleaners in their movement while traveling between different places of the country for delivering required goods.
• National Highway Authority of India's centralized call number 1033 has also been activated to answer calls and provide information about the dhabaas and repair shops along National Highways.
• The Ministry said, people have to follow all necessary precautions and healthcare protocols of social distancing at these spots and use masks.
4. Which of the following is the owner of Hubble Space telescope?
a. NASA
b. ESA
c. JAXA
d. ISRO
S-a
EXPLANATION-
• Hubble Space Telescope celebrates the 30th anniversary on 24 April 2020. The unique design of the telescope has allowed being repaired and upgraded with advanced technology by astronauts.
• The telescope is one of NASA's longest-living and most valuable observatories. It has beamed transformational astronomical images to Earth for decades.
• Hubble is expected to sustain through the 2020s. Also, a second-generation space telescope named "James Webb Space Telescope" has been scheduled to launch in 2021.
• Hubble was named after astronomer Edwin Hubble who confirmed the Universe was expanding, among other findings. The space telescope was launched into space aboard the space shuttle Discovery on 24 April 1990. The idea of an orbiting telescope was first conceived by Lyman Spitzer in 1946.
5. Which of the following announced the launch of its third party fact checking system in Bangladesh to discourage the spread of fake news in the country?
a. Facebook
b. Twitter
c. Whatsapp
d. Google
S-a
EXPLANATION-
• Facebook announced the launch of its third party fact checking system in Bangladesh to discourage the spread of fake news in the country.
• Facebook in partnership with Boom Fact check will review and rate the stories, including photos and videos.
• The fact checking will build a more informed community in the region.
• It will debunk misinformation on topics from health and medicine to current affairs so that Facebook users in Bangladesh are able to identify factual information and news online.
When third party fact-Checkers rate a post as false or fake, it will appear less or at the bottom of news feed. This will reduce the spread of the post.
• In case a certain news item or post or video is suspected to lack authenticity, the third party fact checkers will write articles about the content which is shown in the related articles immediately below the story.
• If a person shares a news or item with false information, they will receive a notification about its lack of authenticity.
• Boom is an Indian fact checking website which is available in English, Hindi and Bengali.
• Facebook started its fact-checking programme in 2016 and now it covers 60 partners in 50 languages.
