15, March 2019

Scientists re-confirm possibility of Mega-quakes in Himalayas News Flash A new study has reconfirmed possibility that large earthquakes are imminent in the Himalayas. Multiple Himalayan segments have accumulated enough stress to trigger devastating mega-quakes measuring over 8 Mw (moment magnitude) anytime now, according to a new review in the text Himalayan Tectonics: A Modern Synthesis. The current paper identifies 15 Himalayan segments that have seen large historical quakes. Ten of these haven’t slipped in…

14, March 2019

9th round of India-US Strategic Security Dialogue News Flash The two nations made the announcement through a joint statement that they are committed to strengthen bilateral security and civil nuclear cooperation, including the establishment of six American Nuclear Power Plant in India. India and the US signed a historic agreement to cooperate in civil nuclear energy sector in October 2008. India plans to triple its nuclear power generation capacity by 2024. Commitments Work…

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13, March 2019

India gets first TIR shipment News Flash The first shipment under the United Nations ‘Transports Internationaux Routiers’ (TIR) convention arrived in India from Afghanistan through Iran’s Chabahar Port. FICCI has been appointed as National Issuing & Guaranteeing Association and system is managed worldwide by the International Road Transport Union (IRU), Geneva and overseen by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). TIR Convention India had joined the TIR Convention (the United Nations…

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12, March 2019

Contempt of court News Flash The Shillong Times is punished for contempt of the court by Meghalaya High Court as it published some unfavourable stories. The sentence combined schoolroom punishment with a serious threat to the press. The Indian Newspaper Society, the apex body of the print media industry, has decided to implead itself as a party in the appeal. As a result, the Supreme Court stayed the Meghalaya High Court judgment convicting The…

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11, March 2019

UN Environment Assembly News Flash The fourth session of the UN Environment Assembly, the world’s highest-level decision-making body on the environment, is set to begin in Nairobi, Kenya from 11-15 March 2019. Heads of state and ministers from 193 member-countries will deliberate on innovative solutions. After the U.S. and the European Union, India is the third country to have comprehensively assessed the environmental impact of nitrogen on its region. On the 4th of March 2019,…

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09, March 2019

Alternative Dispute Resolution in India News Flash The Supreme Court sent the decades-long Ayodhya dispute for mediation and appointed a three-member arbitration panel. The mediation process will be held in Faizabad and will start within a week. The court appointed (rt.) Justice F.M.Kalifulla as the chairman of the panel, which includes senior advocate Sriram Panchu and Sri Ravi Shankar. The mediation would be held in camera with “utmost confidentiality” and should be concluded in…

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08, March 2019

Appointment of Lokpal News Flash The Supreme Court asked Attorney General K.K. Venugopal to inform it within 10 days a possible date for a meeting of the selection committee for appointment of Lokpal and its members. Background The idea of creating an anti corruption ombudsman, in the form of a Lokpal, was first conceptualized in 1968. From that point in 1971, 1977, 1985, 1989, 1996, 1998 and 2001 efforts were made to enact legislation to…

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07, March 2019

Section 8 of RTI and Freedom of Press News Flash Attorney General in Supreme Court said that the reports published in The Hindu and other media publication on purchase of 36 Rafale fighter aircraft for the Indian Air Force were from ‘stolen documents’ from defence ministry and threatened to invoke provisions of Official secrets Act 1913. The Hindu group Chairman said that he has the protection of article 19 (2) and section 8 -1(i) and…

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05, March 2019

UNSC (Freezing and seizure) order News Flash Islamabad issued a United Nations Security Council (Freezing and Seizure) order to implement sanctions against designated terrorists and terrorist groups. The new sanctions will directly affect the Jaish-e-Mohammad, the Lashkar-e-Taiba, the JuD and its chief Hafiz Saeed. Pakistan was placed under the “grey list” in June last year by Financial Action Task Force (FATF). Aim It will put pressure from the global community to get control over…

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02 March 2019 Universal Basic Income and more

Universal Basic Income News Flash A UBI requires the government to pay a fixed amount of money to every citizen of country on regular basis without any conditions. Basically it is an unconditional cash transfer for all people. UBI cash remains with the individual regardless of whether he finds a new job, which gives him the motivating force to genuinely search for business. Background Despite rapid economic growth in the last three years, millions of…

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