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US President Donald Trump signed an executive order this week to create rules to remove the liability shield for platforms such as Twitter under Section 230 of the US Communications Decency Act. This law had come into effect to protect internet companies from liability from content on their platforms after a famous legal case, which involved a firm that was depicted in a film. Which film was it?

The Social Network

The Wolf of Wall Street

The Big Short

Catfish

Hockey great Balbir Singh Sr. Passed away in Mohali earlier this week. Which of these is NOT TRUE about the three-time Olympic Gold medallist?

Balbir Singh Sr was part of the Indian team that won India its last hockey gold

In the 1952 Helsinki Olympics, Balbir scored five of India’s six goals against Netherlands

Balbir was the coach, manager and camp director in 1975 when India won the World Cup

Balbir Singh Sr was the only Indian among 16 athletes to be chosen as ‘Iconic Olympians’ by the International Olympic Committee across the modern Olympic history.

A severe locust plague has taken India by storm, threatening to direly impact the nation's agricultural production. A single locust swarm can swell up to ~1,000 sq. km. In size! How many adult locusts usually make up a single square kilometre of a swarm?

1-10 million

40-80 million

200-220 million

5-6 lakh

SpaceX and NASA on Saturday heralded a new era of space exploration. SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft successfully launched two astronauts into orbit. Which of these facts about the event is NOT TRUE?

This is the first time since 2011 that astronauts will be launched from American soil on an American rocket to the International Space Station.

This is the first time a private company has launched astronauts into orbit

It took under 15 minutes for the astronauts to reach Earth’s orbit

SpaceX is the only private company enlisted by NASA to launch its astronauts into space

The Ministry of Home Affairs has issued new guidelines for the reopening of the lockdown starting June 1. Which of these statements is NOT correct?

Red, Green and orange zones are done away with

Curfew will be in place from 9 pm to 5 am every day

Gyms and bars can open in Phase 2 of the reopening

Temples can open from June 8

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