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NATIONAL AFFAIRS - September 2015

Sep 2015

Sep 02, 2018

Justice Ranjan Gogoi Recommended as Next CJI

Senior Supreme Court judge Justice Ranjan Gogoi is set to become the next Chief Justice of India (CJI). His name has been recommended for the post by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra to the government.

It is a norm that the prior to his retirement, the Chief Justice of India sends the name of his successor to the government. CJI Dipak Misra is slated to retire on October 2 and as per seniority Justice Gogoi is the next in line.

All-women SC Bench

The Supreme Court will repeat history this week as an all-women Bench, comprising Justices R. Banumathi and Indira Banerjee, will hold court on September 5. The court had seen an all-women Bench for the first time in 2013, when Justices Gyan Sudha Misra and Ranjana Prakash Desai sat together for hearing a case.

Sep 01, 2018

Uniform Civil Code is Undesirable

A common civil law for all communities in India is neither necessary nor desirable at this stage, the law commission has concluded, rejecting a suggestion that it was time for a uniform civil code in the country.

The Centre had asked the commission more than two years back to examine if it was time to bring in a uniform code on personal laws of various communities.

Government to Collect Data on OBCs

The government will collect data on Other Backwards Classes (OBCs), for the first time, in the Census 2021 in a move that has been demanded by OBC leaders and which is politically significant, especially because it comes ahead of elections in key states later this year and the parliamentary polls next year.

India has been collecting data on Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) since 1951, when the first census after Independence was conducted, but has not collected data on OBCs.

Aug 31, 2018

Argentina Requests Early Release of Loan

Argentina has asked for an early release of a $50 billion loan from the International Monetary Fund amid a growing economic crisis.

Over the last week we have seen new expressions of lack of confidence in the markets, specifically over our financing capacity in 2019," Macri said. "This decision aims to eliminate any uncertainty."

The Argentine peso has lost more than 40 per cent of its value against the US dollar in 2018 and inflation is rampant.

Exercise Kakadu 2018

INS Sahyadri reached Darwin in Australia to take part in Exercise Kakadu 2018 - a multi-nation maritime engagement which would help in closely engaging with regional partners.

INS Sahyadri is under Captain Shantanu Jha and would participate in the naval exercise which is aimed at strengthening mutual confidence among regional navies.

Exercise Kakadu first took place in 1993 and is considered a premier multilateral regional maritime engagement exercise hosted by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) and supported by the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF).

Gujarat Land Bills Cleared

President Ram Nath Kovind has given assent to two land amendment Bills in Gujarat that propose to allot surplus agriculture land, meant for landless farmers, to industries and civic bodies.

The two bills are the Gujarat Agricultural Lands Ceiling (Amendment) Bill, 2015, and the Gujarat Agricultural Lands Ceiling (Amendment) Bill, 2017.

Pakistan's Objections on Hydro Projects Rejected

India has rejected Pakistan's objections on its two hydropower projects on the Chenab River as the crucial high-level bilateral talks on the Indus Waters Treaty concluded in Lahore.

This is the first official engagement between India and Pakistan since Imran Khan became Prime Minister.

Aug 30, 2018

India's Wettest Place

This year Mahabaleshwar in Maharashtra pipped Cherrapunji to become the wettest place in India.

Between June 1 and August 28, the erstwhile wettest place on earth in Meghalaya got 4,730.2 mm rainfall as compared to 6,960 mm in the same period last year.

Mahabaleshwar, which falls in the hilly terrain of Western Ghats so far has received 5,619 mm rainfall, about 100 mm more than what it got in the entire season in 2017.

AFSPA Extended in Assam

The Assam government extended application of the controversial Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 (AFSPA) in the state for six more months with immediate effect.

The Act gives special rights and immunity to security forces in carrying out various operations in disturbed areas.

Three New Districts in Arunachal Pradesh

The Arunachal Pradesh Assembly passed a Bill for the creation of three new districts, Pakke-Kesang, Lepa Rada and Shi Yomi - in the State. Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein had introduced the Arunachal Pradesh Re-Organisation of Districts (Amendment) Bill, 2018, in the House. The Assembly passed the Bill by voice vote.

Aug 29, 2018

New Scientific Advisory Body Constituted

The central government constituted a new 21-member advisory panel on science, technology and innovation under the chairmanship of Principal Scientific Advisor, K. VijayRaghavan, that will also co-ordinate the implementation of programmes through various bodies.

The council will advise the PM on science, technology, as well as innovation and also coordinate the implementation of the PM's vision.

M. K. Stalin Elected DMK Chief

Despite tall talks by ousted DMK leader M. K. Alagiri, his estranged brother M. K. Stalin was unanimously elected as the party president. His final 'coronation' was formally announced at the party headquarters in Chennai during the DMK's General Council meeting which was convened to condole the demise of party patriarch Karunanidhi.

MoU Signed for Lakhwar Multipurpose Project

Union Water Resources Minister Nitin Gadkari inked Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Chief Ministers of Uttarakhand, Haryana, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi for construction of Lakhwar multi-purpose project in the Upper Yamuna Basin.

India's Next Envoy to the UK

Senior diplomat Ruchi Ghanashyam has been appointed as India's next High Commissioner to United Kingdom. Ghanshyam is currently serving as Secretary West at Ministry of External Affairs in Delhi.

Ghanashyam will be India's second woman high commissioner in London in nearly six decades after Vijaya Laxmi Pandit who served as High Commissioner from 1954 to 1961. Ghanashyam will take over the assignment shortly from serving envoy Yashvardhan Sinha.

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