Daily Current Affairs Quiz – 30/10/2022

Several years ago, a colleague wrote an article, ‘De-Macaulaying Indian Education’ and asked me to comment on it. The title was a bit awkward, but that was hardly a problem, I assured him. What he did not appreciate was the critical point that Macaulay contributed little to the British policy on education in India. It would have been just the same even if Macaulay had not written his poisonous note.

Several years ago, a colleague wrote an article, ‘De-Macaulaying Indian Education’ and asked me to comment on it. The title was a bit awkward, but that was hardly a problem, I assured him. What he did not appreciate was the critical point that Macaulay contributed little to the British policy on education in India. It would have been just the same even if Macaulay had not written his poisonous note.

By re-appointing Suella Braverman, an immigration hardliner and an apologist of the empire who was fired by Ms. Truss after weeks into her job, as Home Secretary, Mr. Sunak is sending mixed signals.

The Indian Muslim community can be stratified along three lines — Ashrafs (elite class), Ajlaf (backward class) and Arzal (most backward class). According to estimates, Ashrafs constitute 15%-20% of the Muslim population. Pasmanda, literally meaning ‘those left out’ or ‘marginalised’, is a collective expression for Ajlaf and Arzal — who constitute the remaining 80%-85%.

Andhra Pradesh featured second, behind Punjab, with 2.1% of GSDP, 14.1% of revenue receipts and 30.3% of own tax revenues being spent on freebies. The debt is no longer sustainable as the debt growth has outpaced GDP growth in the last five years, the study concluded.

Agatha Christie’s And Then There were None (November 6, 1939), apart from being the world’s best-selling mystery story (it has sold over a 100 million copies) is also the first of Christie’s novels with a nursery rhyme theme. Her ‘How Does Your Garden Grow?’, first published in 1935, is a short story.

NavIC (Navigation with Indian Constellation), or the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS), is a constellation of seven satellites akin to the U.S. GPS, the European Galileo and the Russian GLONASS, and can be used to track location.

Spain struck in the final minute of regulation time to seal its place in the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup final….Spain, which reached its third final at this level, can now defend its crown on Sunday.

A day after the Competition Commission of India (CCI) slapped a penalty of ₹936.44 crore on Google, the company on Wednesday said it was reviewing the decision to evaluate the next steps.