Constituent Assembly had debated many names for the new born Republic, and some of them were “Bharat, Hindustan, Hind and Bharatbhumi or Bharatvarsh and names of that kind”. “India” was incorporated merely for the limited purpose of recognition of the Republic by other countries.

Article 1 of the Constitution, which said: “India, that is Bharat, shall be a Union of States.”

“The fact is that the terms Bharat and India can be used interchangeably, especially in view of the authorised Hindi version of the Indian Constitution, but the government cannot stipulate that everyone use only one name.

“Article 348(1) of the Constitution states that all proceedings in the Supreme Court and in every High Court shall be in English language until Parliament passes a law.

Answer: (A) 

Explanation:

UNESCO’s initiatives to combat air pollution include implementing an internal carbon tax on all flight tickets and investing in emission reduction measures. The World Air Quality Project allows residents to make informed decisions by real-time Air Quality data. In collaboration with UNEP, environmentally conscious practices have been introduced such as digital working via the ‘Virtual Meetings’ project. 

Answer: (C)

Explanation:

Aditya L1: Aditya L1 is the first space based Indian mission to study the Sun. The spacecraft is placed in a halo orbit around the Lagrange point 1 (L1) of the Sun-Earth system, which is about 1.5 million km from the Earth. A satellite placed in the halo orbit around the L1 point has the major advantage of continuously viewing the Sun without any occultation/eclipses.

The spacecraft carries seven payloads to observe the photosphere, chromosphere and the outermost layers of the Sun (the corona) using electromagnetic and particle and magnetic field detectors.

Chandrayaan-2: XSM detects X-rays emitted by the Sun and its corona, measures its intensity, and supports the CLASS payload. Presently, the XSM is the only instrument operational providing soft X-ray spectral measurements of the Sun over a broad energy range. This has yielded very interesting observations of the micro flares occurring outside active region as well as elemental abundances in the quiet Sun corona.

Answer: (C) 

Explanation:

As world leaders gather in Delhi on Friday ahead of the G-20 Summit, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is on a mission to revive the Black Sea Grain Initiative (BSGI or BSI), in talks on the side-lines of the summit. The deal that facilitates export of grain from Russia and Ukraine lapsed in July.

The BSI, which was signed to avert massive shortages of wheat, sunflower oil, and other commodities due to the Ukraine conflict, lapsed on July 17 after Russia refused to renew the deal citing “unkept promises” by Western countries.

On Thursday, Mr. Guterres said the UN was “deeply engaged” in resolving the issue, that would mean giving Russia more access to financial markets despite EU and U.S. sanctions and in return receiving guarantees that Russia will not threaten or bomb Ukrainian ships or ports exporting grain. Source: In News