Recently, Astra Missile has been successfully flight tested from Su-30 MKI as a part of User trials. Consider the following statements about the Astra Missile:

1. Developed by DRDO, it is an Air-to-Surface missile.
2. It is a beyond visual range missile (BVRM), capable of engaging different targets at different altitudes.
3. With a range of 500 km, it can carry a payload of 15 kg with it.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Recently, US have designated the leader of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, Mufti Noor WaliMehsud, as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT).Consider the following statements about the SDGT:

1. Individuals or entities designated as SDGTs have either already taken part in terrorist activities or are believed to be potential threats by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the United States Department of the Treasury.
2. An individual is designated as an SDGT by the US under the provisions of Executive Order 13226.

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Recently, the Tripura government distributed free ducklings for people residing near Rudrasagar Lake in order to increase income of the citizens as well as boost tourism. Consider the following statements regarding the Rudrasagar Lake:

1. Rudrasagar Lake is located in Kailashahar, North Tripura.
2. It has identified as one of the wetlands of National Importance for conservation and sustainable use and designated as a Ramsar site under Ramsar convention on wetlands of international importance.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Recently the Ministry of Commerce & Industry launched a common digital platform for the issuance of electronic Certificates of Origin (CoO).Consider the following statements about CoO:

1. Certificate of Origin is an instrument which establishes evidence on origin of goods imported into any country.
2. There are two categories of Certificate of Origin, preferential and non-preferential.

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Article 370 is a contentious provision in the Constitution which incites many sentiments of the general public and political parties alike. This article has been in the news numerous times due to its combative nature

Recently on 5th April 2019, South Korea launched the world’s first nationwide 5G mobile networks, giving access to super-fast wireless technology to its users. However, the buzzword around 5G technology is doing the rounds since long and has pitted major superpowers against one another to gain an edge over their rivals.

India's Parliament plays a lesser role in formulation and execution of foreign policy than in other parliamentary democracies. This is not what the founders of modern India envidaged. The record of discussions in the Constituent Assembly soon after Independence shows that India's founding elite wanted Parliament to be supreme in the conduct of international affairs.

It is an international forum that brings together the world's 20 leading industrialized and emerging economies which accounts for 85 per cent of world GDP, 80% of total global trade volume and two-thirds of its population. It serves as a convention for deliberate economic communication between industrialized and developing countries.

China recently became the third country to land a probe on the Moon on January 2, 2019 but its operation is a more significant issue since the probe landed on the dark side of the moon- a historic feat which no other country has achieved.