Android Studio Plugins marketplace not working

Android Studio About:
Android Studio 3.6.2
Build #AI-192.7142.36.36.6308749, built on March 18, 2020
Runtime version: 1.8.0_212-release-1586-b04 amd64
VM: OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM by JetBrains s.r.o
Windows 10 10.0
GC: ParNew, ConcurrentMarkSweep
Memory: 1237M
Cores: 8
Registry: documentation.show.toolbar=true, ide.new.welcome.screen.force=true, debugger.watches.in.variables=false
Non-Bundled Plugins: pl.charmas.parcelablegenerator

• I am not using any Proxy and have tried disabling all firewalls and anti-viruses yet no difference.

• Tried using Auto Detect Proxy Settings and No Proxy Settings both gives no different results. Using Check Connection button to https://plugins.jetbrains.com/androidstudio connects successfully, i am also able to go to that link via browser successfully

• adding the following to the Manage Plugin Repository result in connection failed error
  https://plugins.jetbrains.com 
  https:// plugins.jetbrains.com/androidstudio

I have uploaded the idea.log file as per https://uploads.services.jetbrains.com/ 
while including the following in Help | Debug Log Settings:

#com.intellij.util.io.HttpRequests
#com.intellij.util.proxy.CommonProxy

Log File Name: EvilNeo - 4-17-2020 idea.log

A quick glance at the log file I've noticed the following error lines 

2020-04-17 08:29:52,843 [   6650]   INFO - .ide.plugins.PluginManagerMain - https://plugins.jetbrains.com 
java.io.IOException: org.xml.sax.SAXParseException; lineNumber: 2; columnNumber: 3; The markup in the document preceding the root element must be well-formed.

2020-04-17 08:29:53,132 [   6939]  ERROR - plication.impl.ApplicationImpl - Use JsonReaderEx.setLenient(true) to accept malformed JSON at line 1 column 1