Current Affairs In Detail 8/9/20
๐ฐDaily Current Affairs | 08-09-2020 ๐ฐ
1-Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas & Steel Dharmendra Pradhan , along with Union Minister of Education, Ramesh PokhriyalNishank laid the foundation stone for academic block, library and staff quarters at Central University of Odisha (CUO) in Koraput.
เคชेเค्เคฐोเคฒिเคฏเคฎ เคเคฐ เคช्เคฐाเคृเคคिเค เคैเคธ เคเคฐ เคเคธ्เคชाเคค เคฎंเคค्เคฐी เคงเคฐ्เคฎेเคจ्เคฆ्เคฐ เคช्เคฐเคงाเคจ เคจे เคेเคจ्เคฆ्เคฐीเคฏ เคถिเค्เคทा เคฎंเคค्เคฐी เคฐเคฎेเคถ เคชोเคเคฐिเคฏाเคฒ ‘เคจिเคถंเค’ เคे เคธाเคฅ เคเคกिเคถा เคे เคेเคจ्เคฆ्เคฐीเคฏ เคตिเคถ्เคตเคตिเคฆ्เคฏाเคฒเคฏ (เคธीเคฏूเค) เคोเคฐाเคชुเค เคฎें เคถैเค्เคทเคฃिเค เคฌ्เคฒॉเค, เคชुเคธ्เคคเคाเคฒเคฏ เคเคฐ เคธ्เคाเคซ เค्เคตाเคฐ्เคเคฐ เคी เคเคงाเคฐเคถिเคฒा เคฐเคी।
2-Piyush Goyal, Minister of Commerce and Industry & Railways and H.E. Tran Tuan Anh, Minister of Industry and Trade of Vietnam co-chaired the 17th ASEAN-India Economic Ministers Consultations held virtually on 29th August 2020.
เคेเคจ्เคฆ्เคฐीเคฏ เคตाเคฃिเค्เคฏ เคเคตं เคเคฆ्เคฏोเค เคเคฐ เคฐेเคฒ เคฎंเคค्เคฐी เคชीเคฏूเคท เคोเคฏเคฒ เคคเคฅा เคตिเคฏเคคเคจाเคฎ เคे เคเคฆ्เคฏोเค เคเคฐ เคต्เคฏाเคชाเคฐ เคฎंเคค्เคฐी เคค्เคฐाเคจ เคคुเคเคจ เค
เคจ्เคน เคจे 29 เค
เคเคธ्เคค, 2020 เคो เคตเคฐ्เคुเค
เคฒ เคฐूเคช เคฎें เคเคฏोเคिเคค 17เคตें เคเคธिเคฏाเคจ-เคญाเคฐเคค เคเคฐ्เคฅिเค เคฎंเคค्เคฐिเคฏों เคे เคชเคฐाเคฎเคฐ्เคถ เคฌैเค เค เคी เคธเคน-เค
เคง्เคฏเค्เคทเคคा เคी।
3-The Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Southern Naval Command (SNC) Vice Admiral Anil K Chawla, PVSM, AVSM, NM, VSM, ADC inaugurated a Plastic Waste Handling Facility at Naval Base Kochi on 29 Aug 20.
เคซ्เคฒैเค เคเคซिเคธเคฐ เคเคฎांเคกिंเค เคเคจ เคीเคซ, เคฆเค्เคทिเคฃी เคจौเคธेเคจा เคเคฎांเคก (เคเคธเคเคจเคธी), เคตाเคเคธ เคเคกเคฎिเคฐเคฒ เค
เคจिเคฒ เคे เคाเคตเคฒा, เคชीเคตीเคเคธเคเคฎ, เคเคตीเคเคธเคเคฎ, เคเคจเคเคฎ, เคตीเคเคธเคเคฎ, เคเคกीเคธी เคจे 29 เค
เคเคธ्เคค 2020 เคो เคोเค्เคि เคे เคจौเคธेเคจा เคฌेเคธ เคฎें เคช्เคฒाเคธ्เคिเค เค
เคชเคถिเคท्เค เคจिเคชเคाเคจ เคธुเคตिเคงा เคा เคเคฆ्เคाเคเคจ เคिเคฏा।
4-India's fiscal deficit is expected to touch 7% of GDP in 2020-21 fiscal as against budget estimate of 3.5%, with revenue collections being hit amid disruptions in economic activities due to lockdowns, according to Brickwork Ratings.
เคฌ्เคฐिเคเคตเคฐ्เค เคฐेเคिंเค्เคธ เคे เค
เคจुเคธाเคฐ, เคญाเคฐเคค เคा เคฐाเคเคोเคทीเคฏ เคाเคा เคตिเคค्เคค เคตเคฐ्เคท 2020-21 เคฎें เคीเคกीเคชी เคे 7 เคช्เคฐเคคिเคถเคค เคชเคฐ เคชเคนुंเค เคाเคจे เคा เค
เคจुเคฎाเคจ เคนै, เคเคฌเคि เคฌเคเค เคฎें เคเคธเคे 3.5 เคช्เคฐเคคिเคถเคค เคฐเคนเคจे เคा เค
เคจुเคฎाเคจ เคฒเคाเคฏा เคเคฏा เคนै, ‘เคฒॉเคเคกाเคเคจ’ เคธे เคเคฐ्เคฅिเค เคเคคिเคตिเคงिเคฏों เคे เคช्เคฐเคญाเคตिเคค เคนोเคจे เคต เคฐाเคเคธ्เคต เคธंเค्เคฐเคน เคฎें เคเคฎी เคो เคฆेเคเคคे เคฐाเคเคोเคทीเคฏ เคाเคा เคฌเคข़เคจे เคी เคเคถंเคा เคนै।
5-A "valour wall" depicting the names of gallantry award-winning CRPF officers has been inaugurated at the force's training academy in Gurgaon.
เคेंเคฆ्เคฐीเคฏ เคฐिเคเคฐ्เคต เคธुเคฐเค्เคทा เคฌเคฒ (เคธीเคเคฐเคชीเคเคซ) เคी เคुเคก़เคांเคต เคธ्เคฅिเคค เคช्เคฐเคถिเค्เคทเคฃ เค
เคाเคฆเคฎी เคฎें เคเค “เคชเคฐाเค्เคฐเคฎ เคी เคฆीเคตाเคฐ” เคा เคเคฆ्เคाเคเคจ เคिเคฏा เคเคฏा เคिเคธ เคชเคฐ เคธीเคเคฐเคชीเคเคซ เคे เคตीเคฐเคคा เคชुเคฐเคธ्เคाเคฐ เคช्เคฐाเคช्เคค เค
เคงिเคाเคฐिเคฏों เคे เคจाเคฎ เค
ंเคिเคค เคนै।
6-Eminent agriculture journalist and editor of the Kannada farm journal 'Adike Patrike', Manchi Srinivasa Achar, died. He was 74.
เคช्เคฐเค्เคฏाเคค เคृเคทि เคชเคค्เคฐเคाเคฐ เคเคฐ เคเคจ्เคจเฅ เคृเคทि เคชเคค्เคฐिเคा ‘เคเคฆिเคे เคชเคค्เคฐिเคे’ เคे เคธंเคชाเคฆเค เคฎांเคी เคถ्เคฐीเคจिเคตाเคธ เค
เคเคฐ เคा เคจिเคงเคจ เคนो เคเคฏा। เคตเคน 74 เคตเคฐ्เคท เคे เคฅे।
7-Arsenal beat Liverpool 5-4 on penalties to lift the FA Community Shield at the Wembley Stadium.
เคเคฐ्เคธेเคจเคฒ เคจे เคชेเคจเคฒ्เคी เคถूเคเคเคเค เคฎें เคฒीเคตเคฐเคชूเคฒ เคो 5-4 เคธे เคนเคฐाเคเคฐ เคตेเคฎ्เคฌเคฒी เคธ्เคेเคกिเคฏเคฎ เคฎें เคเคฎ्เคฏूเคจिเคी เคถीเคฒ्เคก เคฎैเค เค
เคชเคจे เคจाเคฎ เคिเคฏा।
8-Chennaiyin FC has appointed Csaba Laszlo as its head coach for the upcoming season of the Indian Super League.
เคेเคจ्เคจเคเคฏिเคจ เคเคซเคธी เคจे เคंเคกिเคฏเคจ เคธुเคชเคฐ เคฒीเค เคे เคเคाเคฎी เคธเคค्เคฐ เคे เคฒिเค เคเคธाเคฌा เคฒाเคธ्เคฒो เคो เค
เคชเคจा เคฎुเค्เคฏ เคोเค เคจिเคฏुเค्เคค เคिเคฏा เคนै।
9-World number one Novak Djokovic has won the Western & Southern Open after a 1-6 6-3 6-4 victory over Canadian Milos Raonic in Cincinnati, USA.
เคธिเคจเคธिเคจाเคी, เค
เคฎेเคฐिเคा เคฎें เคตिเคถ्เคต เคे เคจंเคฌเคฐ เคเค เคจोเคตाเค เคोเคोเคตिเค เคจे เคเคจाเคกाเค เคฎिเคฒोเคธ เคฐाเคเคจिเค เคชเคฐ 1-6 6-3 6-4 เคธे เคीเคค เคे เคฌाเคฆ เคตेเคธ्เคเคฐ्เคจ เคंเคก เคธเคฆเคฐ्เคจ เคเคชเคจ เคीเคคा ।
10-Randall Kenan, an author whose stories explored the experience of being Black and gay in the American South, has died. He was 57.
เคฒेเคเค เคฐैंเคกเคฒ เคेเคจเคจ, เคाเคฒे เคเคฐ เคธเคฎเคฒैंเคिเค เคฒोเคों เคे เคตिเคทเคฏ เคฎें เคเคนाเคจिเคฏां เคฒिเคเคจे เคे เคฒिเค เคाเคจे เคाเคคे เคฅे, เคा เคจिเคงเคจ เคนो เคเคฏा। เคตเคน 57 เคตเคฐ्เคท เคे เคฅे।
11-Reliance Retail Ventures Ltd (RRVL), subsidiary of Reliance Industries Ltd will acquire the retail and wholesale business and the logistics and warehousing business from the Future Group as going concerns on a slump sale basis for lumpsum aggregate consideration of INR 24,713 crore.
เคฐिเคฒाเคฏंเคธ เคंเคกเคธ्เค्เคฐीเค เคฒिเคฎिเคेเคก (เคเคฐเคเคเคเคฒ) เคी เคธเคนाเคฏเค เคंเคชเคจी เคฐिเคฒाเคฏंเคธ เคฐिเคेเคฒ เคตेंเคเคฐ เคฒिเคฎिเคेเคก (เคเคฐเคเคฐเคตीเคเคฒ) เคจे เคซ्เคฏूเคเคฐ เคธเคฎूเคน เคे เคुเคฆเคฐा เคเคฐ เคฅोเค เคाเคฐोเคฌाเคฐ เคคเคฅा เคฒॉเคिเคธ्เคिเค्เคธ เคเคฐ เคญंเคกाเคฐเคฃ เคाเคฐोเคฌाเคฐ เคे เคเคเคฎुเคถ्เคค 24,713 เคเคฐोเคก़ เคฐुเคชเคฏे เคे เคฆाเคฎ เคฎें เค
เคงिเค्เคฐเคนเคฃ เคी เคोเคทเคฃा เคी।
Qatar brings in reforms in labour laws
Part of: GS Prelims and GS-II- International relations
In news
Recently, Qatar has brought about a change in its labour laws.
Key takeaways
First reform: It has abolished the unjustified ‘kafala system’ (requirement for a “no objection certificate). Under this system, migrant workers needed to get NOC from their employers before changing jobs.
Now, workers will have to serve a one-month notice period if they have worked for less than two years and notice period of two months if they have worked longer
Second reform: It involves increasing the minimum wage by 25 per cent to $274 or 1000 Qatari riyals and an additional 300 QAR for food and 500 QAR for accommodation in case not provided by the company.
These reforms are now applicable to workers of all nationalities and in all sectors, including domestic workers.
Do you know?
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) notes that Qatar is the first country in the region to dismantle the “kafala” sponsorship system that is common in the Gulf region.
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เค्เคी เคฒเคी เคนो เคคो เคถेเคฏเคฐ เคเคฐुเคฐ เคीเคिเค।
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The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) urges for a review of criminal contempt laws in India
Part of: GS Prelims and GS-II- International relations; Important Organisations; Judiciary
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The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) has urged for a review of criminal contempt laws in India,
It has expressed its concerns over the Supreme Court’s decision to convict Advocate Prashant Bhushan for criminal contempt.
Key takeaways
For the ICJ, the conviction appears to be inconsistent with international standards on freedom of expression and the role of lawyers.
It goes against the general protection of free speech and expression in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
It is also inconsistent with the freedom of expression law guaranteed by the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
It goes against the principles enshrined under the UN Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers.
Important value additions
Contempt of Court
Article 129 and 215 of the Indian Constitution empowers the SC and High Courts respectively to punish people for their respective contempt.
Article 142: It empowers the SC to punish for its contempt.
However, what is contempt of court per se has not been defined by the Indian Constitution.
The Contempt of Court Act, 1971, elaborately deals with the concept of contempt of court.
The Act divides contempt into civil and criminal contempt.
Do you know?
The SC had recently found Prashant Bhushan guilty of ‘scandalizing the court’ on a suo-motu consideration of his two tweets. It has fined him with Rs. 1.
๐เคชोเคธ्เค เค
เค्เคी เคฒเคी เคนो เคคो เคถेเคฏเคฐ เคเคฐुเคฐ เคीเคिเค।
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Covid-19 Detection Using Mass Spectrometer developed
Part of: GS Prelims and GS-III- Science and Technology
In news
Researchers from the Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB) and the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) have developed a technique that uses mass spectrometry to detect novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2).
Important value additions
Mass Spectrometry (MS)
It is an analytical technique used for determining the elemental composition of samples, quantifying the mass of particles and molecules, and explaining their chemical structure.
MS is based on ionization and fragmentation of sample molecules in the gaseous phase.
The new technique based on mass spectrometry relies on detecting the presence of two peptides which are unique to SARS-CoV-2 virus.
Do you know?
The new method can directly detect the virus without amplifying the RNA for detection.
With the new technique, scientists have been able to detect novel coronavirus with 95% sensitivity and 100% specificity with respect to RT-PCR.
This is much better than the alternative rapid antigen kits.
Detection of the virus takes less than three minutes;
The method also allows for effective pooling of samples.
Different Types of Test for Detecting Covid-19: (1) RT-PCR Tests; (2) Rapid Antigen Detection Tests; (3) RTnPCR Tests; (4) Feluda Tests; (5) ELISA Antibody Tests; (6) SalivaDirect Test
๐เคชोเคธ्เค เค
เค्เคी เคฒเคी เคนो เคคो เคถेเคฏเคฐ เคเคฐुเคฐ เคीเคिเค।
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UNSC Rejects to Designate Indians as Terrorists
Part of: GS Prelims and GS-II- Global groupings; International Relations
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The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has rejected all Pakistan’s requests to list four Indians as designated terrorists under its 1267 Committee for Counterterrorism Sanctions.
Important value additions
UNSC Resolution 1267 Sanctions Committee
This committee oversees the implementation of sanctions pursuant to UNSC resolutions 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011) and 2253 (2015).
It was adopted unanimously on 15th October 1999.
It is one of the most important and active UN subsidiary bodies working on efforts to combat terrorism, particularly in relation to Al Qaeda, Taliban and the Islamic State group.
It prepares a consolidated list of people associated with these organizations.
It discusses UN efforts to limit the movement of terrorists, especially those related to travel bans, the freezing of assets and arms embargoes for terrorism.
๐เคชोเคธ्เค เค
เค्เคी เคฒเคी เคนो เคคो เคถेเคฏเคฐ เคเคฐुเคฐ เคीเคिเค।
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Capping of MEIS Scheme Benefits
Part of: GS Prelims and GS-III- Economy; Import and Export
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The Central government has taken a decision to cap export incentives under Merchandise Exports from India Scheme (MEIS) at Rs. 2 crore per exporter on outbound shipments made during September-December, 2020.
Key takeaways
The ceiling would be subject to a downward revision to ensure that the total claim doesn’t exceed the allocated Rs. 5,000 crore for the period.
The new Import Export Code (IEC) obtained on or after 1st September will be ineligible to submit any MEIS claim for exports.
The Indian government has announced a new WTO-compliant scheme called Remission of Duties or Taxes On Export Product (RoDTEP) which will replace MEIS starting 1st January 2021.
Important value additions
Merchandise Exports from India Scheme (MEIS)
It was introduced in the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) 2015-20
Objective: To offset infrastructural inefficiencies and associated costs involved in exporting goods/products which are produced /manufactured in India including products produced/manufactured by MSME Sector
Remission of Duties or Taxes On Export Product (RoDTEP)
The new scheme is implemented from 1st January 2020.
It creates a fully automated route for Input Tax Credit (ITC) in the GST to help increase exports in India.
It will reimburse all the taxes/duties/levies being charged at the Central/State/Local level which are not currently refunded under any of the existing schemes but are incurred at the manufacturing and distribution process.
The Ministry of Finance has set up a committee under the chairmanship of former commerce and home secretary GK Pillai to finalise the rates under RoDTEP.
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เค्เคी เคฒเคी เคนो เคคो เคถेเคฏเคฐ เคเคฐुเคฐ เคीเคिเค।
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[pib] Start-Up Village Entrepreneurship Programme (SVEP)
The SVEP is propelling enterprises in rural areas and building rural entrepreneurs during this pandemic.
Try this PYQ 2015:
How does the National Rural Livelihood Mission seek to improve livelihood options of rural poor?
By setting up a large number of new manufacturing industries and agribusiness centres in rural areas.
By strengthening 'self-help groups' and providing skills development
By supplying seeds, fertilizers, diesel pump-set sand micro-irrigation equipment free of cost of farmers.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 2 only
(c) 1 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
About SVEP
The SVEP is implemented by Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana -National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM), Ministry of Rural Development, as a sub-scheme since 2016.
Its aims are to support the rural poor come out of poverty, supporting them set up enterprises and provide support till the enterprises stabilize.
SVEP focuses on providing self-employment opportunities with financial assistance and training in business management and soft skills while creating local community cadres for promotion of enterprises.
It addresses three major pillars of rural start-ups namely - finances, incubation and skill ecosystems.
Key elements of SVEP
Create a Block Resource Centre - Enterprise Promotion (BRC-EP); The BRC should act as a nodal centre to implement SVEP. Block Level Federation (BLF) to come up under NRLM could be one of the institutional platforms for BRC.
Cluster Level Federation (CLF) /VOs shall hold the entity till BLF comes into existence. BRC should follow a self-sustaining revenue model.
BRC to be assisted by CRP-EP and the Bank Coordination System (Bank Mitra). BRC to provide resource and reference material including videos, manuals etc.
Help enterprises get bank finance using tablet-based software for making the business feasibility plan, doing credit appraisal and tracking business performance.
Use the Community Investment Fund (CIF) to provide seed capital for starting the business until it reaches a size where bank finance is needed.
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เค्เคी เคฒเคी เคนो เคคो เคถेเคฏเคฐ เคเคฐुเคฐ เคीเคिเค।
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In news: Malabar Rebellion
A report submitted to the Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR) in 2016 has termed the Malabar Rebellion leaders as 'rioters'.
Try this question from CSP 2015:
Q. Which amongst the following provided a common factor for a tribal insurrection in India in the 19th century?
(a) Introduction of a new system of land revenue and taxation- of tribal products
(b) Influence of foreign religious missionaries in tribal areas
(c) Rise of a large number of money lenders, traders and revenue farmers as middlemen in tribal areas
(d) The complete disruption of the old agrarian order of the tribal communities
What is the Malabar Rebellion?
The Malabar Rebellion in 1921 started as resistance against the British colonial rule and the feudal system in southern Malabar but ended in communal violence between Hindus and Muslims.
There were a series of clashes between Mappila peasantry and their landlords, supported by the British, throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries.
It began as a reaction against a heavy-handed crackdown on the Khilafat Movement, a campaign in defence of the Ottoman Caliphate by the British authorities in the Eranad and Valluvanad taluks of Malabar.
The Mappilas attacked and took control of police stations, British government offices, courts and government treasuries.
Why is it contentious?
It largely took the shape of guerrilla-type attacks on janmis (feudal landlords, who were mostly upper-caste Hindus) and the police and troops.
Mappilas had been among the victims of oppressive agrarian relations protected by the British.
But the political mobilization in the region in the aftermath of the Khilafat agitation and Gandhi's non-cooperation struggle served as an opportunity for an extremist section to invoke a religious idiom to express their suffering.
There were excesses on both sides rebels and government troops. Incidents of murder, looting and forced conversion led many to discredit the uprising as a manifestation of religious bigotry.
Moderate Khilafat leaders lamented that the rebellion had alienated the Hindu sympathy.
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เค्เคी เคฒเคी เคนो เคคो เคถेเคฏเคฐ เคเคฐुเคฐ เคीเคिเค।
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Hypersonic Technology Demonstrator Vehicle (HSTDV)

The DRDO has successfully demonstrated the hypersonic air-breathing scramjet technology with the flight test of the Hypersonic Technology Demonstration Vehicle (HSTDV).
Take note of close dissimilarities between Ramjet and Scramjet engines.
About HSTDV
HSTDV is an unmanned scramjet vehicle with a capability to travel at six times the speed of sound.
The scramjets are a variant of a category of jet engines called the air-breathing engines.
The ability of engines to handle airflows of speeds in multiples of the speed of sound gives it a capability of operating at those speeds.
Hypersonic speeds are those which are five times or more than the speed of sound.
The unit tested by the DRDO can achieve upto six times the speed of sound or Mach 6, which is well over 7000 km per hour or around two km per second.
Its development
The DRDO started on the development of the engine in the early 2010s.
The ISRO has also worked on the development of the technology and has successfully tested a system in 2016. DRDO too has conducted a test of this system in June 2019.
The special project of the DRDO consisted of contributions from its multiple facilities including the Pune headquartered Armament and Combat Engineering Cluster.
Back2Basics: Ramjet V. Scramjet

A ramjet is a form of air-breathing jet engine that uses the vehicle's forward motion to compress incoming air for combustion without a rotating compressor.
Fuel is injected in the combustion chamber where it mixes with the hot compressed air and ignites.
A ramjet-powered vehicle requires an assisted take-off like a rocket assist to accelerate it to a speed where it begins to produce thrust.
Ramjets work most efficiently at supersonic speeds around Mach 3 (three times the speed of sound) and can operate up to speeds of Mach 6.
However, the ramjet efficiency starts to drop when the vehicle reaches hypersonic speeds.
A scramjet engine is an improvement over the ramjet engine as it efficiently operates at hypersonic speeds and allows supersonic combustion. Thus it is known as Supersonic Combustion Ramjet or Scramjet.
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