UPSC Daily Quiz | 6 May 2024

Explanation: 

•  India has issued a strong objection to China for conducting construction activities in the Shaksgam valley in a “illegal” attempt to change the situation on the ground.
•  The Shaksgam valley is a strategically key region that is part of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).

Explanation: 

•  In India, May Day was first celebrated on May 1, 1923, after the Labour Kisan Party of Hindustan was initiated and Comrade Singaravelar (Singaravelu Chettiar) helmed the celebrations.
•  In two meetings — one at Triplicane Beach and the second at the beach opposite Madras High Court — the Comrade, known for being one of the leaders of the Self Respect movement in the Madras Presidency and for his fight for the rights of backward classes, passed a resolution stating the government should allow everybody a national holiday on Labour Day.

Explanation: 

•  Nepal has announced the production of a new Rs 100 currency note with a map of the controversial areas of Lipulekh, Limpiyadhura, and Kalapani, which India has already labelled as “artificial enlargement” and “untenable.”
•  Nepal completed the process of updating its political map on June 18, 2020, by modifying its Constitution to include three strategically vital areas: Lipulekh, Kalapani, and Limpiyadhura.
•  India maintains Lipulekh, Kalapani and Limpiyadhura belongs to it.
• Nepal shares a border of over 1,850 km with five Indian states – Sikkim, West Bengal, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.

Explanation:

•  The government will put on sale around 20 critical mineral blocks in the fourth round of auction by the end of June.
• Critical minerals such as copper, lithium, nickel, cobalt and rare earth elements are essential components in many of today’s rapidly growing clean energy technologies –- from wind turbines and electricity networks to electric vehicles.

Explanation:

• Underlining that the state and central consumer courts incorrectly applied the ‘eggshell skull’ legal principle, the Supreme Court on recently restored the compensation of Rs 5 lakhs awarded by the district consumer forum in a medical negligence case.
•  The eggshell skull rule is a common law principle applied in civil litigation. Essentially, when the offender would be liable for all injuries that might be intensified due to the peculiar conditions of the injured person that the offender might not have known.
•  Simply put, the defendant would be held responsible for injuries caused to a person when he hit him on the head, even if the victim had a particularly delicate skull or an ‘eggshell’ for a skull.
• The rule is applied for claiming an enhanced compensation ,for damage that is more than what could have been ordinarily anticipated to be caused by the defendant.