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  1. DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS July 22, 2024 ‘ Science and Technology (Mains) Microsoft CrowdStrike Outage ●The Indian Computer Emergency Context Response Team (CERT-In) issued a Recently, The Indian Computer severity rating of “Critical” for the Emergency Response Team, CERT-In, incident. has issued a severity rating of ‘Critical’ What is Crowdstrike? for Microsoft CrowdStrike Outage. ●Crowdstrike is a cybersecurity firm. It About deploys a unified security programme to stop breaches in real-time. ●Microsoft’s Azure cloud service faced ●The Falcon Sensor platform runs with an outage on July 19. It affected users high privileges and is built to protect across the world including India. endpoints or the devices that are ●The outage disrupted flight operations connected to the computer networks. and air traffic, forcing airports to shift to ●A mishap in this security platform can manual operations. Brokerages and cause the operating system to crash. This stock exchanges were also affected is reflected on the computer with the Blue during the outage. Screen of Death (BSOD). ●It also affected many digital operations ●After BSOD flashes on a user’s screen, such as live streaming of News Channels the system slips into a boot loop cycle and online classes for students. means that users won’t be able to access

  2. their devices which are linked to software like apps, or programs which CrowdStrike’s Falcon platform. may cause conflicts that result in BSOD. ●Faults in hardware systems like RAM, What is the Blue Screen of Death hard disk drive (HDD), solid-state drive (BSOD)? (SSD), motherboard, or other physical components can also lead to a BSOD ●BSOD is a warning that users see on screen. their computer when the system ●Malware Attack: Malware injected by interrupts operations and displays it on threat actors could also corrupt system a blue screen. files in a computer, causing it to show the ●After any error in the computer when the Blue Screen of Death. users try to access their affected devices ●Outdated or incompatible drivers are a during the outage, they often see the frequent cause of BSOD errors with a BSOD warning. message to troubleshoot problems. ●It is also referred to as the “Stop Error”. It is the warning that is issued when a Troubleshooting the BSOD critical problem forces Windows to ●In order to fix the BSOD error screen, it reboot. ●Minidump File: Before rebooting the is essential to find out the cause and system, the Windows operating system troubleshoot the issue. It can be done saves a file on the computer. It carries with the help of the alphanumeric code some data about the error. This file is shown in the message.’ ●A number of steps can be taken to restore called a ‘minidump’ and is crucial in determining the cause of the error. the device after BSOD trouble. Sometimes it is advised to visit the Other glitches causing BSOD Warning software experts. ●BSOD warnings can be caused due to Possible Causes of Recent Outage various glitches such as problems in hardware drivers, and incompatible There are a number of reasons which has been cited for the recent outage including:

  3. ●Human Error: It can be caused due to an Conclusion error by a developer who could have The outage is a lesson for those companies downloaded an update without sufficient that depend on single and popular platforms quality control. like Microsoft. Some of the companies that ●Cyber Attack: This complex and were based on freeware such as Linux did not intriguing scenario can be caused due to a face outages. Other cloud service providers deep cyber-attack which can involve an such as Google Cloud or Amazon Web attacker activating a “Doomsday Services (AWS), did not suffer any outage. Command” or “Kill Switch”. Both Google and Amazon have built their ●Software Update: This outage could cloud platform on Linux. Other Mac and have been caused by the software update Linux hosts have not been affected by the which was made by cybersecurity firm outage. However, the present situation has CrowdStrike could have conflicted with been restored to normalcy as CrowdStrike the changes introduced in the latest has shared a fix that has been deployed. Windows update. Source: The Hindu Polity (Prelims) Blanket Immunity to Governors About Context ●The apex has agreed to examine the Recently, the Supreme Court agreed to contours of Article 361 of the examine constitutional provisions Constitution which grants "blanket granting immunity to Governors. immunity" to governors from any kind of criminal prosecution.

  4. ●A plea was filed by a contractual women of office in any court in respect of any act employee of the governor’s house who done or purporting to be done by him in had alleged molestation by Governor C.V his personal capacity. ●These acts or acts may be done by him Anand Bose. ●The Supreme Court has issued a notice to before or after he entered upon his office the West Bengal Government regarding as President, or as Governor of such it. State. ●Two months Notice Period: Both the Article 361 ●Article 361 is an exception to Article 14 governor and President are served a (right to equality) of the Constitution. It notice period of two months. Until the provides that the president or the expiration of two months, notice governor is not answerable to any court delivered to the President or the for the exercise of the powers and duties Governor, no civil proceedings can be of his office. started. ●No Criminal Proceedings: The article Conclusion states that ‘No criminal proceedings The President and Governor of the state are whatsoever shall be instituted or the heads of the country and state continued against the President, or the respectively. Any criminal or civil case can Governor of a State, in any court during be filed against them for political purposes. his term of office.’ Hence, the makers of the constitution have ●No Arrest: Article 361 also states that provided them a shield against such acts in ‘No process for the arrest or the form of Article 361 of the constitution. imprisonment of the President, or the Further, admission by the Supreme Court of Governor of a State, shall issue from any India to examine constitutional provisions court during his term of office.’ granting immunity to Governors will ●No Civil Proceeding during the Term reinterpret Article 361. of Office: Article 361 states that ‘No civil Source: The Hindu, Indian Constitution proceedings in which relief is claimed against the President or the Governor of a State, shall be instituted during his term

  5. Art and Culture (Prelims) Art and Culture Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj to kill Context Bijapur Sultanate general Afzal Khan in Shivaji Maharaj’s iconic ‘Wagh Nakh’ the Battle of Pratapgarh in 1659. has been put on display at ●The weapon was brought to India from Maharashtra’s Satara Museum. London’s Victoria and Albert Museum on July 17 to commemorate the 350th About anniversary of the Maratha ruler’s ascension to the throne. ●It has been brought for a loan period of three years from London. ●It has been put on display at Maharashtra’s Satara Museum. After seven months, it will be exhibited for nine months each in Nagpur and Kolhapur. After that, it will be housed in a Mumbai museum. ●The iconic Wagh Nakh, or tiger claws Source: The Hindu was used by Maratha warrior king

  6. QUESTION provided to the President and 1. Consider the following statements governors of a state: with reference to Blue Screen of Death; 1) It is provided under Article 361 of the constitution. 1) It is a warning that users see on their computer when the system interrupts 2) 361 is an exception to Article 14 (right operations. to equality) of the Constitution. 2) It is also referred to as the “Stop 3) The governor and the President are Error”. liable for Civil Proceedings only after the expiration of two months' notice 3) It can be caused due to various served to them. glitches such as problems in hardware drivers or incompatible software like Which of the following statements apps. is/are Correct? Which of the following statements A. One Only is/are Correct? B. Two Only A. One Only C. All Three B. Two Only D. None C. All Three Answer: C D. None 3. Discuss the ‘immunity’ provided to Answer: C the Governor and President by the Constitution of India under Article 2. Consider the following statements 361. with respect to blanket immunity

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