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INDIAN INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENT
1. Gandhi was thrown out of the first-class compartment in ………….. station.
2. Gandhi regarded ……………. as his political guru.
3. Khilafat Movement was led by …………….
4. Government of India Act of 1919 introduced …………….. in the provinces.
5. The Civil Disobedience Movement in North West Frontier Province was led by …………….
6. Ramsay Macdonald announced ……………….. which provided separate electorates to the minorities and the depressed classes.
7. ………….. established Congress Radio underground during the Quit India Movement.
8. …………….. coined the term ‘Paksitan’.
9. ___________ was arrested during the anti-Rowlatt protests in Amritsar?
10. In ________, the first Forest Act was enacted.
Answers:
1. Pietermaritzburg railway
2. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
3. AH Brothers
4. Dyarchy
5. Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
6. Communal Award
7. Usha Mehta
8. Choudhry Rahmat Ali
9. Saifuddin Kitchlew
10. 1865
திருத்தப்பட்ட பணியிடங்கள் எண்ணிக்கை, அறிவிக்கை வெளியிடும் தேதி மற்றும் தேர்வுத் தேதிகள் ஆகியவை கொண்ட அட்டவணையை தமிழ்நாடு அரசுப் பணியாளர் தேர்வாணையம் வெளியிட்டிருக்கிறது.
தேர்வர்கள் தங்கள் தயாரிப்பை மேலும் தரப்படுத்திக் கொள்வதற்கான நேரமாகும்.
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1. A special session in election year
Mark your calendar
The government has convened Parliament's special session of five days from September 18. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi wrote on X on Thursday, "Amid Amrit Kaal, looking forward to having fruitful discussions and debate in Parliament."
Usually, Parliament sits for three sessions in a year — Budget, Monsoon and Winter. The Monsoon session of Parliament ended on August 11.
What's on agenda?
There was no official word on the agenda of the session. There is speculation that the government may introduce some key bills in the run up to the 2024 Lok Sabha election.
Sources say the special session could see parliamentary operations being shifted to Parliament's new building.
The success of Chandrayaan-3 mission and the government's goals for 'Amrit Kaal' may also be part of the discussions.
How routine is a special session?
Last time Parliament held a special session was on the midnight of June 30, 2017, to mark rollout of GST. However, it was a joint sitting of Parliament.
Before that, a six-day special session was held in August 1997 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of India's Independence.
Similarly, midnight sessions were held on August 9, 1992, to mark the 50th anniversary of 'Quit India Movement' and in 1972 to celebrate the silver jubilee of India's Independence.
For record, the first special session was on August 14-15, 1947, on the eve of India's Independence.
What Opposition says
Congress's Jairam Ramesh said the government's decision is aimed at managing "the news cycle" to counter INDIA bloc's Mumbai meeting and allegations against the Adani Group.
Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Priyanka Chaturvedi said the special session called during "India's most important festival of Ganesh Chaturthi is unfortunate and goes against the Hindu sentiments. Surprised at their choice of dates".
And...
The special session begins a day after PM Modi's birthday. The BJP marks the 16-day period from Modi's birthday to Gandhi Jayanti on October 2 as 'sewa pakhwara' during which various programmes are held across the country.
2. ‘Ready for polls in J&K anytime’
Polls 'yes', statehood to wait
The Centre told the Supreme Court on Thursday that it was ready to hold elections in Jammu and Kashmir "anytime from now". It said the work on updating voters list was almost over.
However, it remained non-committal on setting a time-frame for restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir, which had been turned into a Union Territory (UT) in 2019.
A 'temporary thing'
Union Home Minister Amit Shah has told Parliament that J&K's statehood will be restored in due course, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta told CJI DY Chandrachud-headed five-judge constitution bench.
"The UT is a temporary thing in J&K. We are dealing with an extremely extraordinary situation. The exact time frame for restoration of complete statehood in J&K cannot be given at the moment. It might take some time."
When to expect polls?
Mehta said it was for the Election Commission to decide when the elections for panchayats, municipal bodies and the legislative assembly would be held.
"It is for the Election Commission of India and the Election Commission of the UT to take the call on which election will take place first and how. The updating process of the voters' list is almost complete and will be over in a month."
What the government is doing
"Peace does not merely come by policing," Mehta told the court, "Various steps are being taken to restore the status of the state in Jammu and Kashmir."
Out of the 53 projects worth Rs 58,477 crore sanctioned under the Prime Minister's Development Package, 32 have been completed, Mehta said.
On suspended lecturer
What happened to political science lecturer Zahoor Ahmad Bhatt's suspension, the SC asked.
In response, Mehta said "some advice" has been given to the J&K government.
Bhat was suspended soon after he appeared in the apex court to argue against the scrapping of J&K's special status under Article 370.
3. CM offers a solution to the chaos in Manipur
Biren's concern
There are too many civil society organisations (CSOs) in Manipur and they speak in different voices, making it difficult to find a solution to the ethnic problem rocking the state for nearly four months, chief minister N Biren Singh said on Thursday, amid a fresh bout of violence in two districts.
"There are too many organisations. We are at a very crucial stage now. Both the central and the state governments are confused about whom to talk to. We will go with the public [opinion] and never work against the interests of the people," Singh said at an event.
Who speaks for whom
A number of CSOs are community-based. Meiteis and Kukis, the two warring communities, have their own such bodies.
Kukis are represented by organisations such as the Indigenous Tribal Leaders Forum (ITLF), Committee On Tribal Unity (COTU), Kuki Inpi and the Zomi Council.
On the other hand, outfits like the Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity (COCOMI), United Committee Manipur (UCM) and the All Manipur United Clubs Organisation (AMUCO) represent Meiteis.
'Speak in one voice'
He urged those bodies to present a concrete proposal to solve the crisis in one voice, so it can be conveyed to the Centre by the state government.
Two more deaths
In a fresh round of violence after a few hours of lull since Wednesday, two persons succumbed to splinter injuries in Manipur even as a heavy gun battle between two groups was reported from Khoirentak foothills in Bishnupur district and Chingphei and Khousabung areas in Churachandpur district, PTI reported.
Shutdown called
The ITLF called an emergency shutdown in Churachandpur with immediate effect, with the toll in the violence since Tuesday climbing to four.
Essential services, including water and medical supply, are exempted from the purview of the shutdown, a statement by the ITLF said.
Explosives recovered
Search operations were conducted by security forces in vulnerable areas of Kangpokpi, Thoubal, Churachandpur and Imphal-West districts and recovered 5 arms, 31 rounds of ammunition, 19 explosives, 3 packs of IED material, Manipur police wrote on X.
4. Hindenburg 2.0 gives fresh ammo to Opposition
A fresh charge
At a time when the Supreme Court is hearing the Adani Group-Hindenburg case, the business conglomerate was on Thursday hit by fresh allegations that it used family associates to secretly invest hundreds of millions of dollars through "opaque" Mauritius-based investment funds to fuel the spectacular rise in group stocks.
Investigative reports
Citing a review of files from tax havens and internal Adani Group emails, the Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) said two individual investors with "longtime business ties" to the Adani family used such offshore structures to buy and sell Adani shares between 2013 and 2018 -- a period during which the ports-to-energy conglomerate saw meteoric rise to become India's largest and most powerful businesses.
OCCRP is a non-profit global network of investigative journalists funded by Hungarian-American billionaire and philanthropist George Soros.
Key figures
OCCRP said Nasser Ali Shaban Ahli from the UAE and Chang Chung-Ling from Taiwan spent years trading Adani group stock worth hundreds of millions of dollars through two Mauritius-based funds that were overseen by a Dubai-based company run by a known employee of Vinod Adani.
Ex-SEBI chief
Market regulator SEBI had been handed evidence in early 2014 of alleged suspicious stock market activity by the Adani Group, OCCRP said citing a letter.
U K Sinha, who was then heading SEBI, is now a director and chairperson of an Adani-owned news channel.
The Hindenburg row
The fresh broadside, which comes months after US short-selling firm Hindenburg Research published an explosive report in January that accused Adani Group of running the "largest con in corporate history", sent all 10 listed Adani stocks down.
Impact on market
Shares of nine out of 10 Adani group companies closed in the red on Thursday, taking a combined hit of Rs 35,708 crore in market valuation after the OCCRP report.
Rebuttal
On the OCCRP allegations, the Group on Thursday termed them as "recycled allegations" and called them "yet another concerted bid by (George) Soros-funded interests supported by a section of the foreign media to revive the meritless Hindenburg report".
Fresh ammo for Oppn
Opposition parties, which stalled proceedings in Parliament for nearly one full session when the Hindenburg allegations first came out, were quick to latch on to the OCCRP to attack the government and Adani Group.
Maintaining that India's reputation is at stake ahead of the G20 Summit, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi asked why PM Modi was silent on the allegations and demanded a probe by a joint parliamentary committee (JPC). Watch here
NEWS IN CLUES
5. Have you been to this city?
Clue 1: Its native name translates to 'City of Gold'
Clue 2: It hosted the 2003 ICC World Cup final in which Australia beat India
Clue 3: The trial linked to a demonstration in this city made Nelson Mandela a national figure
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6. After one ‘no show’ message, a confirmation wait for G-20
Who?
China has not yet confirmed its President Xi Jinping's in-person participation at the upcoming G20 summit, people familiar with the matter said on Thursday amid reports that he may skip the conclave.
A majority of G-20 leaders including US President Joe Biden, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Japanese PM Fumio Kishida have already confirmed their participation at the summit.
In Beijing, a Chinese spokesperson said, "On the Chinese leaders attending the G-20 summit, I have nothing to offer at the moment."
Who then?
Chinese Premier Li Qiang is expected to represent Beijing at the September 9-10 meeting in New Delhi, as per two Indian diplomats.
A confirmed 'no'
Russia's President Vladimir Putin has already conveyed to PM Modi that he would not participate in the summit.
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will be visiting India for the G-20 meeting.
This comes after...
China muddied waters by releasing the 2023 edition of its 'standard map', showing Arunachal Pradesh and Aksai Chin as its territory besides claiming parts of Bhutan and Malaysia's maritime areas as its own.
Earlier
Modi and Xi held a conversation on August 23 on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in South Africa, agreeing to intensify efforts at "expeditious disengagement and de-escalation".
India and China are locked in a three-year standoff in eastern Ladakh. The two sides completed disengagement from several areas but certain friction points are yet to be resolved.
7. Informal talks, dinner and some speculation
Seat-sharing formula
While a comprehensive action plan for taking on the PM Modi-led NDA government in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections will be finalised at the end of the INDIA alliance meeting on Friday, the crucial discussions on a seat-sharing formula are likely to be left to state-level committees comprising leaders of various parties, Congress sources told TOI.
The Congress and a few other parties have also identified 400 parliamentary seats out of the total 543 where a one-on-one fight with the BJP is possible and will push for such contests, a senior Congress leader said.
The INDIA bloc is in no hurry to appoint a convenor, but it has been proposed that a coordination committee of 11 members be appointed, the leader said.
Day 1 developments
Top leaders of the opposition bloc held talks in an informal setting in Mumbai on Thursday evening to chart out a concrete roadmap and evolve a structure for cooperation among the alliance partners.
Before the meeting, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was seen chatting with Shiv Sena (UBT) leaders Aaditya Thackeray and Sanjay Raut and NCP's Supriya Sule and Jayant Patil.
Uddhav Thackeray and NCP supremo Sharad Pawar were also seen sharing light moments ahead of the meeting.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, former party chief Sonia Gandhi, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar, Tamil Nadu CM M K Stalin, Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Akhilesh Yadav and Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) chief Jayant Chaudhary among others were present in the meeting.
A dinner
"The meeting was good. You will know the details tomorrow," Shiv Sena (UBT) president Uddhav Thackeray told reporters.
Thackeray hosted dinner for the INDIA leaders after the meeting.
A logo
The INDIA bloc is likely to announce a coordination committee as well as unveil a logo for the alliance.
The opposition leaders had earlier met in Patna and Bengaluru.
8. India’s economy is in the fast lane but…
What
India recorded GDP growth of 7.8% during the April-June period of 2023-24, the highest in the past four quarters, on the back of double-digit expansion in the services sector, retaining its position as the world's fastest-growing major economy, as per government data released Thursday.
A GDP growth of 13.1% was recorded in the first quarter (April-June) of 2022-23, 6.2% in the second (July-September), 4.5% in the third (October-December) and 6.1% in the last quarter (January to March).
More
According to the National Statistical Office (NSO) data, the agriculture sector gross value added (GVA) recorded growth of 3.5%, up from 2.4% in the April-June quarter of 2022-23.
The expansion in 'financial, real estate and professional services' GVA was 12.2%, up from 8.5% in the year-ago quarter.
India remained the fastest-growing major economy as China posted a 6.3% growth in April-June 2023.
'As per expectations'
Chief economic advisor V Anantha Nageswaran said that GDP growth is in line with expectations. He further said that food inflation is likely to subside with arrival of fresh stock and government interventions, even though deficient rains in August poses some risk in terms of adverse economic impact.
Food inflation in July surged to 11.51%, a level last witnessed in October 2020.
Rising crude prices may warrant attention, said Nageswaran, adding that prolonged geo-political uncertainty and tighter financial conditions also pose risk to growth.
But
The manufacturing sector seems to have witnessed a slowdown. The GVA decelerated to 4.7% in the first quarter of the current fiscal compared to 6.1% in the year-ago period.
Also, India's unemployment rate remained high at 7.95% in July.
As per a Reuters report, economists say that the price effect could reverse in coming months, and growth could cool off. After 'above average' rainfall in July, August has been uncharacteristically arid, which pushed up prices of food staples, curtailing discretionary spending. Dry weather could also hit agriculture output.
9. You have just lived through the hottest and driest month
The hottest
August was not just the driest month since 1901 but it was also the hottest ever recorded in India, said the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Thursday while sharing that four out of five hottest August mean temperatures were recorded in the last seven years, an indication of growing extreme weather events due to climate change.
Relief expected
But a bit of relief is expected in September as the monsoon rainfall activity in the month is going to be 'normal' in the country as a whole.
Overall situation
"Overall, the monsoon season (June-September) in the country as a whole is not going to be deficient," said IMD chief M Mohapatra in an indication that the total deficit at the end of the four-month season may not exceed 10%.
It means 2023 will not end as a drought year like 2014 and 2015, even as the cumulative monsoon rainfall (June 1-August 31) already reached a deficit of 10% as on Thursday.
"Normal to above normal rainfall is most likely over many areas of northeast India, adjoining east India, foothills of Himalayas and some areas of east-central and south peninsular area. Below normal rainfall probability is, however, most likely over most areas of the remaining part of the country," said the IMD chief.
It means even northwest India, including Delhi-NCR region and Rajasthan, Gujarat and Maharashtra are likely to get 'below normal' rainfall.
Impact on agriculture
So far, east Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Gangetic West Bengal, Kerala, south interior Karnataka, Rayalaseema, Madhya Maharashtra and Marathwada had deficient rainfall. It has, however, not impacted the overall acreage of Kharif crops, including even the water-guzzling paddy.
*5. Answer to NEWS IN CLUES*
Johannesburg: At least 73 people were killed and 52 others injured after a massive fire broke out on Thursday in a multi-storey building in the central business district of Johannesburg - South Africa's biggest city. It is still unclear what exactly caused the fire in the building which, according to news agency PTI, was occupied mostly by migrants.
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