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world focus magazine world focus magazine  Published this article page no  125 It is the only spacecraft to study all four of the solar systems giant planets Jupiter Saturn Uranus and Neptune at close range. o It officially entered interstellar space in November 2018. It joined its twinVoyager 1as the only humanmade objects to enter the space between the stars.  This space between the stars is dominated by the plasma that was ejected by the death of nearby giant stars millions of years ago. o The sun sends out a constant flow of charged particles called the solar wind which ultimately travels past all the planets to some three times the distance to Pluto before being impeded by the interstellar medium. o This forms a giant bubble around the sun and its planets known as the heliosphere.  It was the first humanmade object to fly past Uranus in 1986 and Neptune in 1989 making it the only spacecraft to have had a close look of the icy planets. 75 8. CULTURE 8.1. DARA SHI...

competition success review annual subscription competition success review annual subscription  Published this article page no   90 Pnotes are offshore derivative instruments of underlying Indian assets. These are issued by registered Foreign Portfolio investors (FPIs) to overseas investors or hedge funds who wish to be part of the Indian stock market without registering themselves with SEBI directly. E.g. Citigroup and Deutsche Bank  Benefits They provide access to quick money to the Indian capital market. Moreover it enables the investors to avoid the cumbersome regulatory approval process. Investors save time money and scrutiny associated with direct registration.  Concerns Often Pnotes have been seen as an instrument that is being misused to launder money or fund illegal activities because of the anonymity involved. Moreover hedge funds acting through Pnotes may cause economic volatility in Indias exchanges. 40 o In July 2017 SEBI notified stricter Pnotes nor...

knowledge questions magazine knowledge questions magazine   Published this article page no  142 Socialisation: It is important to ensure adequate opportunities for social bonding and invest in the emotional wellbeing of students, which is largely compromised due to the siloed nature of digital lessons. Data protection: There should be well-documented processes and policies on how the data is being collected, stored, processed, analysed and used. Contact details of data privacy and legal offices of EdTech firms should be made available to end-users. Raising awareness: Educational institutions and government education departments should facilitate awareness campaigns, conduct regular auditing and performance reviews of these Edtech programmes. Dos and Donts released by Ministry of Education (MoE) for various stakeholders Avoid Automatic debit option for payment of subscription fee. Do not blindly trust the advertisements of the ed-tech companies Go through the child safety guide...

junior science refresher junior science refresher  Published this article page no    90 A significant population of the Meitei also are settled in domestic neighbouring states such as Assam Meghalaya and Tripura and contiguous areas of Bangladesh and Myanmar. o They speak Meiteilon (Manipuri) a TibetoBurman language. It is one of the officially recognized languages of India which was included in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution in 1992. About Zo Kutpui. China launched its New Generation AI Development Plan and currently soliciting submissions from AI experts to develop its own governance principles. It is a quarterly cleanliness assessment of cities and towns in India and will be integrated with 5th edition of Swachh Survekshan 2020.    The performance of cities in SS League 2020 is crucial to their ranking in Swachh Survekshan 2020 due to the 25% weightage of the quarterly assessments to be included in the annual survey.    Delay in diagnosis o...

competition success review competition success review Published this article page no   143 The 1997 judgment of a Constitution Bench held that the power under Section 4(a) of the AFSPA to use deadly force should be employed only under certain circumstances.The court noted that the power to cause death is relatable to maintenance of public order in a disturbed area and is to be exercised under definite circumstances.These preconditions include a declaration by a highlevel authority that an area is disturbed. The officer concerned decides to use deadly force on the opinion that it is necessary to maintain public order. But he has to give due warning first.The persons against whom the action was taken by the armed forces should have been acting in contravention of any law or order for the time being in force in the disturbed area.  The central government has approved the implementation of Phase II of the InterOperable Criminal Justice System (ICJS) project by the Ministry o...

Mahindra current affairs magazine Mahindra current affairs magazine   Published this article page no  54 Death penalty also known as capital punishment is a practice sanctioned by law whereby a person is put to death by the state as a punishment for a crime.  It is a matter of active controversy in various countries and states and positions can vary within a single political ideology or cultural region.  India retains capital punishment for a number of serious offences. o Although as per the Article 21 of the Constitution deprivation of life of anyone is unconstitutional. But it is also says if there is a procedure established by law then state can deprive a person from his life. o It is now awarded only in cases of hardened criminals and only in rarest of the rare cases. Arguments in favour of death penalty  Deterrent Theory of Punishment Death penalty acts as a deterrent. If the death sentence is removed the fear that comes in the mind of people committin...