1. What is the limit of users to define 'Significant Social Media Intermediary'?

The central government has recently designated 5 million (50 lakh) registered users in India as the Social Media Intermediary (Significant Social Media Intermediary) to define it as an important social media intermediary. The term 'significant social media intermediary' is mentioned in the Information Technology (Intermediate Guidelines and Code of Digital Media Ethics) Rules 2021.

2. India has agreed to establish a hotline with which neighboring country?

Foreign Minister of India S.K. Jaishankar and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi recently had a phone conversation. During this negotiation, the two countries have agreed to establish a hotline between the various deadlock. Foreign ministers also acknowledged the displacement of troops from the northern and southern banks of Lake Pangong Tso.

3. According to the second advance estimates of GDP released by the Ministry of Statistics and Program Implementation, what is the GDP growth rate for FY 2020-21?

According to the Second Advance Estimates of GDP released by the Ministry of Statistics and Program Implementation, GDP for the financial year 2020-21 is recorded at -8%. The NSO and the Ministry of Statistics and Program Implementation also released quarterly estimates. After two consecutive quarters of contraction, India's GDP grew by 0.4 percent for the October-December quarter (Q3). With this, it is being said that the country has gone out of recession.

4. According to the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), which country is the largest defense expenditure in the world in 2020?

The British think-tank International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) said military spending touched the figure of $ 1.8 trillion in the year 2020. Global military spending increased 3.9% over the previous year. The United States became the world's largest defense spending country in 2020, followed by China.

5. Recently Michael Sommer, who has been in the headlines, is called the 'Grand Chief and Father of the country'.

Michael Somare, who was the first Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea, died recently at the age of 84. He was also called 'Grand Chief and Father of the Nation'. Papua was the longest serving leader of New Guinea after gaining independence from Australia in 1975.