Daily Current Affairs Quiz 9 January 2023

a) Gujarat

Members of the Jain community have been staging protests in Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, and New Delhi for the past two weeks over demands related to two holy sites — Sammed Shikhar on Parasnath hill in Jharkhand and Shetrunjay hill in Palitana of Gujarat.

The Jains are demanding that Shetrunjay hill and the area around it be protected so as to maintain its holiness.

c) Article 19

Article 19(2) lists down eight grounds on which the right to freedom of speech and expression can be reasonably restricted.
The Supreme Court has ruled with a 4:1 majority that statements made by a minister, even if these statements are traceable to any affairs of the State or for protecting the government, cannot be attributed to the government.

b) Rehman Rahi

Professor Rehman Rahi, a well-known poet and the first Jnanpith awardee from Kashmir, died here on January 9, 2023. He was 98. Rahi published multiple books of poetry and translated the writings of some of the world’s most famous poets into Kashmiri. In 2007, he got the top literary honour in the country, the Jnanpith award, for his collection ‘Siyah Rood Jaeren Manz’ (In Black Drizzle). In addition, he received the Padma Shri award in 2000 for his contributions. Rahi earned the Sahitya Akademi Award for his book of poems ‘Nawroz-i-Saba’ in 1961.

d) None of the above

In India, the census was first started under British Viceroy Lord Mayo in 1872 and the first synchronous census in India was held in 1881. Hence, statement 1 is incorrect.

As per norms, a census can be conducted only three months after the freezing of boundary limits of administrative units such as districts, sub-districts, tehsils, talukas and police stations. Hence, statement 2 is incorrect.

The decennial Census is conducted by the Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs. Census is conducted under the provisions of the Census Act, of 1948. The population census is a Union subject under Article 246 of the Indian Constitution. Hence, statement 3 is incorrect.

Decennial census put off till September to freeze boundaries.

b) Space Kidz India

Space Kidz India, a Chennai-based space tech start-up is set to launch their satellite made by 750 girls from government schools aboard an Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launch vehicle.
A targeted launch date of January 16 has been set for the satellite named AzaadiSAT. Space Kidz India selected 10 girl students from 75 government schools across the country for this mission. The project is also supported by Niti Aayog.