Ahead of Lok Sabha polls, public broadcaster Prasar Bharati launched a news-wire-like service to offer free content across mediums, which will be free of copyright or credit obligations.

Unveiling Prasar Bharati-Shared Audio Visuals for Broadcast and Dissemination, in Wednesday, Union I&B said it will be offered as a “free service for one year to all news organisations registered with the ministry”.

This may include newspapers, periodicals, TV channels and even social media news channels registered with the I&B Ministry, and the content provided will include newsfeed, videos, audio, text and images, available on the websites of DD News and Akashvani News as well as updated News on Air mobile app, as per officials. However, the content won’t be available to end users.

Source – News-sharing service by Prasar Bharati launched

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Evidence in the Nijjar killing in Canada can only be known once Canadian authorities complete their investigation and take the trial to court, New Zealand’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, indicating it was too early to comment on the issue that has damaged India-Canada ties for the past few months. At the end of a four-day visit to India, the first by him as part of the recently formed coalition government in New Zealand, Mr. Peters also said that India and New Zealand shared common views on Indo-Pacific security challenges, and should work more closely together.

“Is the investigation complete?” he asked in response to a question from The Hindu on how New Zealand, a member of the intelligence partnership with Canada, views Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s allegations in Parliament that Indian government agents were allegedly involved in the plot to assassinate a Khalistani separatist Canadian activist, who was killed in June 2023. Since then the issue has snowballed, especially after the U.S. authorities filed the indictment of an Indian national for ordering the assassination of another Khalistani separatist, at the behest of a senior Indian intelligence official. However, Canadian authorities, who made their charge publicly before the U.S., have yet to take their case to trial.

Source- The Hindu

14th MAR 2024

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Passage 1

1. The service launched is known as?

A. PB-SHABD

B. PB-SAMACHAR

C. PB-JANSAM

D. PB-SUJAY

2. Who is the current Union I&B Minister?

A. Piyush Goyal

B. Anurag Thakur

C. S Sonowal

D. Smirti Irani

3. Prasar Bharti was established under the Prasar Bharati Act in?

A. 1995

B. 1996

C. 1997

D. 1999

4. Identify the correct one. Prasar Bharati is?

A. Statutory and non-autonomous

B. Statutory and autonomous

C. Non-Statutory and non-autonomous

D. Non-Statutory and autonomous

5. The TRAI was established on 20th February, ___ by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Act.

A. 1994

B. 1995

C. 1996

D. 1997

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6. Who is the Deputy PM of New Zealand mentioned above?

A. Matt Docey

B. Andrew Hoggart

C. William Sio

D. Winston Peters

7. Deputy PM asked in response to a question from The Hindu on how New Zealand, a member of the which intelligence partnership?

A. Five eyes

B. SIGNIT

C. INSA

D. None

8. U.S. authorities filed the indictment of an Indian national for ordering the assassination of which of this another Khalistani separatist, at the behest of a senior Indian intelligence official?

A. Gurpatwant Singh Pannun

B. Harshdeep Nijjar

C. Hemantdeep Singh Khilani

D. Gurdeep Singh

9. Which of this is not a member of the intelligence agency mentioned in the passage?

A. UK

B. Australia

A. USA

D. India

10. Who is the current PM of New Zealand?

A. Winston Peters

B. Christopher Luxon