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NATIONAL AFFAIRS - September 2015

Sep 2015

Dec 15, 2017

Eight States Support to Law against Instant

Eight states have backed the draft Bill to end the practice of instant triple talaq and make it a punishable offence.
The draft Bill, called 'The Muslim Women Protection of Rights in Marriage Act' and the proposed amendments to the Negotiable Instruments Act are expected to be taken up by the Union Cabinet for approval. If cleared, they will be introduced in the winter session of Parliament.
Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand and six other states have concurred with the government on the draft Bill, while responses of other states are awaited.

BJP Retains Kandivli Ward

The BJP has improved its tally in the Shiv Sena-ruled Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) by one more seat after the party candidate Pratibha Girkar defeated Neelam Madale of Congress in the by-election held in ward no 21 in suburban Kandivli.
The BJP's strength in the country's richest municipal corporation, which has 227 members, has now gone up to 83 seats against the Sena's 85.

Parliament Winter Session

Parliament winter session is all set to begin. Nearly 25 pending bills and 14 new ones, including Goods and Services Tax (GST) and Muslim women rights, will be picked up in the session spread over 22 days.
Main issues in the session will be supplementary demand for grants, Constitutional amendment Article 123 (Constitutional status to backward classes), Muslim women Right on Marriage 2017 Bill.
Among the 25 Bills, few crucial Bills expected to be taken up are:
1. The Goods & Services Tax (Compensation to States) Ordinance, 2017
2. Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill
3. Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Ordinance, 2017
4. Indian Forest (Amendment) Ordinance, 2017
5. Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2016
6. Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Bill, 2013
7. Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2016

A Big Step in Defence

Prime Minister Narendra Modi formally commissioned the first of six Scorpene diesel-electric submarines into the Navy. This is the Navy’s first modern conventional submarine in almost two decades since the INS Sindhushastra was procured from Russia in July 2000.
Kalvari’s induction in the Navy is a big step in defence preparedness.
The Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd (MDL) has undertaken the project to construct the six submarines with technology transfer from the Naval Group (Formerly DCNS) of France.
The Scorpene submarines can undertake different missions including anti-surface warfare, anti-submarine warfare, intelligence gathering, mine laying and area surveillance.

Dec 14, 2017

Disaster Relief Package for Three States

The Centre has approved a total package of Rs. 305.14 crore for Manipur, Mizoram and Kerala to help the states battle natural calamities in each of the three states in recent months.
While Manipur has been allotted Rs. 130.65 crore, Mizoram has been sanctioned Rs. 49.02 crore. Both states witnessed widespread floods and landslides.
Kerala, which suffered one of the worst droughts ever earlier this year, has been provided with Rs. 125.47 crore.

Raje Completes 4 Years as Rajasthan CM

Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje has completed four years in office.
She is the 13th Chief Minister of Rajasthan since 2013; previously she served in the same post from 2003 to 2008. She was the first female Chief Minister of Rajasthan.

Coal Block Scam Case

A special court held former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda, former Coal Secretary Harish Chandra Gupta, former Chief Secretary of the State A. K. Basu and two others guilty in a coal block allocation scam case.
Special judge Bharat Parashar held them guilty of criminal conspiracy and corruption charges.

Afghan Women Officers Trained in Indian

From shooting an AK-47 to dealing with computer-simulated sieges, 20 Afghan women officers are being put through their paces at a military training academy in India.
They are the first Afghan women to attend the academy in the south Indian city of Chennai, which has been training men from the country`s military for several years.
The women receive weapons training and learn tactics and logistical and navigational skills at the academy, the only military training establishment in India for both men and women.

Dec 13, 2017

Call for Open Asia-Pacific Zone

Continuing with the strategic bilateral discussion, India and Australia discussed the need to maintain the Asia-Pacific region as a “free” and “open” zone under the “2+2” dialogue model which includes the foreign and defence secretaries of both sides. The discussion was the first meeting of this level since the two sides participated in the quadrilateral discussion for a new strategic partnership targeting the Asia-Pacific region.
Both sides agreed that a free, open, prosperous and inclusive Indo-Pacific region serves the long-term interests of all countries in the region and of the world at large.

Crucial Bridges Inaugurated

Minister of State for Defence Dr. Subhash inaugurated two crucial bridges in Eastern Arunachal Pradesh which will provide round the year connectivity to the strategic Dibang valley bordering China.
Out of the two, he first inaugurated the Injupani Bridge, a 140 metre long bridge on Roing-Koronu-Paya road, which is part of the Trans Arunachal Highway.
The minister then inaugurated the Deopani/Eze Bridge, which is 300 metre long bridge over the Eze river at Roing in Arunachal Pradesh. The bridges were built under Project Udayak of the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) in this region.

Esselerator Program Launched

Subhash Chandra launched the ‘Esselerator’ program under which the Subhash Chandra Foundation will identify and mentor aspiring entrepreneurs. Dr Chandra had launched the Subhash Chandra Foundation to commemorate 90 years of Essel Group and had pledged Rs. 5000 crore of his family wealth towards philanthropic initiatives of the Foundation.
Esselerator seeks to identify and mentor entrepreneurs across start-ups in the fields of Media & Entertainment, MediaTech and EduTech. The program aims to co-develop and nurture 'early & growth stage start-ups' that have the potential to grow into successful companies in the future.

Dec 12, 2017

Double Decker Train to Roll Out in 2018

The Railways is all set to roll out Uday express, a new long-distance double-decker train. The trains will run on three routes- Coimbatore- Bengaluru, Bandra-Jamnagar, and Vishakhapatnam- Vijaywada. The Uday Express or the Utrkisht Double- Decker air-conditioned Yatri express was was announced in the Rail Budget for 2016-17 and is aimed at catering to Business travellers. The first Uday express is likely to be first operational on the Coimbatore- Bengaluru route.

All Air Force Exams to Go Online

All examinations of the Indian Air Force will be conducted online. The Raksha Rajya Mantri Subhash Bhamre inaugurated the online examination web-portal of Indian Air Force. The Air Force is the first amongst the three services to take up Information-Technology enabled online examination. The C-DAC has designed the software for it.

Punjab Govt Ties Up with South Korean Firm

Punjab government is making all round efforts to provide skill training to the youth of the state and provide them job opportunities at both home and abroad. As a part of this initiative, a delegation including chief of Daora Trading company of South Korea, Seong G Kim, and CEO of Biotrack International Hee Seung Kang, called on Technical Education and Industrial Training Minister Charanjit Singh Channi.The South Korean delegation had proposed to provide job avenues to 10,000 youth from Punjab annually, and for this purpose, the delegation members had also proposed opening a centre in the state teaching Korean language.

Dec 11, 2017

Father of DNA Fingerprinting Passes Away

Prof Lalji Singh, father of DNA fingerprinting in India, passed away in Varanasi . Founder of Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, Hyderabad, he was also former director of Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) and a former vice-chancellor of BHU.Singh was known for his work in molecular basis of sex determination, wildlife conservation, forensics and evolution, and migration of humans.

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