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NATIONAL AFFAIRS - September 2015

Sep 2015

Apr 22, 2018

Death Penalty of Raping Children up to 12 Years of Age

The Cabinet approved an ordinance to award death penalty to those who are convicted of raping children up to 12 years of age. In case of rape of a girl aged under 16 years, the minimum punishment to be awarded has been increased from 10 years to 20 years, which is extendable to life imprisonment. The minimum punishment to those raping a girl aged under 12 will be 20 years imprisonment. The Cabinet has also decided to put in place measures for speedy investigation and trial of rape cases. The ordinance will now be sent to the President for his approval.

Yashwant Sinha Ends All Ties with BJP

Former finance Minister Yashwant Sinha quit the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He said that he is taking 'sanyas' from any kind of party politics.

Sinha had joined the BJP in the mid-90s.

Yashwant Sinha held the portfolio of External Affairs Minister in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government. He became the Finance Minister in the same government for the next term. The veteran leader's son Jayant Sinha is currently the Minister of State for Civil Aviation in Narendra Modi's cabinet.

Apr 21, 2018

Municipal Corporations Elections Jharkhand

The ruling BJP swept all the five municipal corporations for the posts of mayor and deputy mayor, polls for which were held on party lines for the first time in Jharkhand.

India Eyes AK-103 Assault Rifles

As part of its modernisation process, the Indian Army is eyeing the Kalashnikov AK-103 7.62x51 mm assault rifles for its soldiers. The Army needs over 7,68,000 assault rifles for its soldiers.

According to Russian news portal SputnikNews.com, senior Ministry of Defence officers along with a team of Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) officials will be in Moscow later this month to visit Kalashnikov rifle works at Izhevsk to discuss fast-tracking the government to government agreement for licensed production of the upgraded Kalashnikov AK-103 7.62x51mm assault rifles in India.

Apr 20, 2018

Punit Awarded with 'Outstanding Contribution to Media' Award

AIMA Managing India Awards awarded Mr. Punit Goenka, MD & CEO, Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (ZEEL) with the 'Outstanding Contribution to Media' Award.
The AIMA Awards facilitates outstanding achievers who have made a fundamental difference in the industry setting new benchmarks and created an edge above peers for others to emulate.
The 8th edition of the Award ceremony was held in New Delhi in the presence of Mr. Nitin Gadkari, Minister for Shipping, Road Transport and Highways, Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Government of India.

Mukesh Ambani in World's Greatest Leaders of 2018

Richest Indian Mukesh Ambani and human rights lawyer Indira Jaising have been named by Fortune magazine as the World's Greatest Leaders of 2018.
While Ambani is at number 24, Jaising has been ranked number 20. The Fortune's 2018 ranking of the 50 greatest leaders released also has architect Balkrishna Doshi in the list which includes Apple CEO Tim Cook, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and football coach Nick Saban.

Apr 19, 2018

Rakesh Singh Named as BJP Chief in Madhya Pradesh

The BJP leadership named Rakesh Singh as Madhya Pradesh state party chief. He will replace Nandkumar Singh Chauhan who had expressed a 'desire' to be relieved of his duties.

Chauhan had become the party chief in August of 2014

Apr 18, 2018

All BJP Ministers Asked to Resign from J&K Cabinet

The BJP has asked all its ministers to resign from the Mehbooba Mufti cabinet in Jammu and Kashmir.

As per reports, this is not a move by the BJP to pull out of the coalition government in the state with the PDP, but merely a reshuffle.

The development comes in light of the strain that the alleged rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl has placed on the uneasy partnership between the BJP and the PDP.

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