EDITORIAL (22 DECEMBER 2018) Subsidiary (adj+) सहायक,assistant Blitzkrieg (n-) बमवर्ाा, military campaign Conglomerate (n+) समहू , group Deferral (n-) थगन, postponement Subtle (adj+) सक्ष्ू म, minute दक, misanthropistﴂCynical (adj-) नन Whodunnit (n-) ह配या का रहय, murder mystery Gridlocked (adj/v-) कनिन नथनि, traffic jam Harness (v-) उपयोग करना, use Bluster (v-) धमकाना, talk in a loud, aggressive way Plea (n-) िका , दलील, appeal

Inference (n-) अनमु ान, guess Move fast and fix things Individual users’ privacy cannot be safeguarded on platforms such as Facebook without institutional reform… Facebook’s motto was to “move fast and break things”. By now we have all heard various variations of it to mock the social networking platform which is identified globally for privacy breaches and misinformation campaigns — even interfering in the election processes of major democracies. Individual users’ privacy cannot be safeguarded on platforms such as Facebook without institutional reform… The latest in this torrent of disclosures is the investigation by The New York Times documenting a range of private deals struck by Facebook for reciprocal sharing of user data with the knowledge of top management. Some deals permitted access even to private chats. Scandals unnoticed… Even prior to the disclosures by Cambridge Analytica, Indian civil society activists had fought against Facebook very publicly on net neutrality. The company had proposed to offer users without Internet on their phones a platform called “Free Basics”, with a bouquet of essential websites. This deal was opposed on grounds of net neutrality by those who recognised that Facebook would become a gatekeeper to the Internet. This was appealed against in the Supreme Court. The apex court sensed the seriousness in this plea and announced that a Constitution Bench would be constituted. When in August 2017 the right to privacy judgment came, there was hope that it would lead to greater accountability with the horizontal application to private platforms such as WhatsApp and Facebook. Instead, as documented in an order in September 2017, the Union government submitted it had constituted a data protection committee headed by retired Supreme Court judge, Justice B.N. Srikrishna, on the same issue. In a sense, this amounts to pushing for a deferral of the hearing. The WhatsApp-Facebook case is still pending in the Supreme Court. Cambridge Analytica alarm… By March 2018 the Cambridge Analytica exposé gathered steam. Blockbuster reports by The New York Times and The Observer VOCABULARY of “Move fast and fix things” documented the compromising of personal data of Facebook users to micro-target them with subtle forms of political Facilitating (v+) आसान कर देना,making easy campaigning without their knowledge. Altruistic (adj+) परोपकारी, benevolent

This was reportedly aimed at influencing their voting preferences and the Q.9 Current of ? outcome of elections. 1. 2. N. Biren Singh Q.1 What is the full form of ‘NALSA’ ? 3. 4. 1. National Legal Services Association 5. Neiphiu Rio 2. Nation Legal Services Authority Ans: 2 3. National Legal Sample Authority Q.10 Sarbananda Sonowal ? 4. National Legal Services Authority Q.11 Biplab Kumar Deb ? 5. National Legal Surveillance Authority Q.12 Zoramthanga ? Ans: 4 Q.13 Neiphiu Rio ? Q.2 Who is current Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment ? Q.14 Which poisonous gas, which ultimately leaked and caused the 1. Anant Geete 2. Jual Oram Bhopal tragedy ? 3. Dharmendra Pradhan 4. Radha Mohan Singh 1. Methyl Isocyanide 2. Methyl Isocyanate 5. Thaawar Chand Gehlot 3. Ethyl Isocyanate 4. Hydrogen Isocyanate Ans: 5 5. None of these Q.3 Anant Geete ? Ans: 2 Q.4 Jual Oram ? Q.15 When did the disaster in Bhopal, take place ? Q.5 Dharmendra Pradhan ? 1. 3rd Dec, 1984 2. Midnight 1-2 Dec, 1984 Q.6 Radha Mohan Singh ? 3. Midnight 3-4 Dec, 1984 4. Midnight 2-3 Dec, 1984 Q.7 Which Article is related with "equality before the law”? 5. None of these 1. Article 10 2. Article 11 Ans: 4 3. Article 18 4. Article 14 5. Article 23 Ans: 4 Q.8 Which Article is related with "right to life and personal liberty” ? 1. Article 10 2. Article 11 3. Article 18 4. Article 30 5. Article 21 Ans: 5

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