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NATIONAL AFFAIRS - February 2016

Feb 2016

Oct 04, 2021

World's 'Largest' Tricolour Unveiled in Leh

Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh, R. K. Mathur inaugurated in the Union Territory a national flag made up of Khadi cloth, the largest such national flag in the world.
The unveiling of the flag took place on a day when the country is observing the birth anniversary of the "Father of the Nation," Mahatma Gandhi, with whom Khadi is synonymous.
This national flag is the world`s largest flag made of Khadi. Its length is 225 ft, width 150 ft, and weighs 1400 kg. The flag covers a 37,500 sq ft area. It took 49 days to complete this flag.

Govt. Forms Panel to Draw Framework for Implementation of Assam Accord

The Assam government has set up an eight-member committee to prepare a framework for implementation of all clauses of the 36-year-old Assam Accord, especially the Clause-6 report prepared by a central panel pertaining to protecting the cultural, social and linguistic identity and heritage of the indigenous people.
The Commissioner and Secretary of the Implementation of Assam Accord Department, G. D. Tripathi, issued a notification announcing the formation of the sub-committee, which will submit its report within the next three months.
The latest panel will also lay emphasis on implementation of Clause 7, 9 and 10 along with update of National Register of Citizens, issues of flood and erosion, rehabilitation of families of martyrs and victims of Assam agitation.

Mamata Banerjee Secures Chief Minister's Seat, Wins Bhabanipur Bypolls

Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee secured her seat as West Bengal Chief Minister after leading the crucial Bhabanipur assembly constituency with a record margin of 58,832 votes.
The poll win was crucial for Mamata Banerjee in order to get as an MLA by the first week of November and continue as the Chief Minister.

Om Birla, Harivansh to Participate in G-20 Speakers Summit in Rome

The seventh G-20 Parliamentary Speakers Summit is scheduled to be held on October 7-8 in Rome, the capital of Italy.
An eight-member parliamentary delegation from India including Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh and Secretary Generals of both Houses of Parliament are set to participate in the summit.
Duarte Pacheco President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) will address the Summit in the opening session and Prime Minister of Italy, Mario Draghi will be the keynote speaker.
"The seventh G-20 Parliamentary Speakers Summit will also discuss, rebooting economic growth in terms of social and economic environmental sustainability and 'Sustainability and food Security after the COVID-19 pandemic'.

Baghel is AICC's Senior Observer for UP Assembly Polls

Ahead of the assembly elections in seven states scheduled to be held next year, Congress appointed Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel as All India Congress Committee (AICC) senior observer for the ensuing polls in Uttar Pradesh.
The state of Uttar Pradesh is scheduled to hold an Assembly election in 2022. Previously, in the 2017 Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, the Bharatiya Janata Party bagged 312 seats out of the 403-seat Uttar Pradesh Assembly while Samajwadi Party (SP) bagged 47 seats, Bahujan Samajwadi Party (BSP) won 19 and Congress could manage to win only seven seats. The rest of the seats were bagged by other candidates.
Notably, the Congress party has been out of power in the state since 1989, that is, for more than 30 years. The last Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh representing the Congress party was Narayan Dutt Tiwari from June 1988 to December 1989.

Oct 03, 2021

Supreme Court Clears Sandeep Moudgil's Name for Punjab and Haryana HC Judge

The Supreme Court collegium has cleared the name of advocate Sandeep Moudgil for elevation as a Judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court. With this, all five names, recommended by the High Court collegium for elevation in August 2020, have been cleared by the apex court.
Initially, the names of five advocates, including Vikas Suri, Vinod Sharma Bhardwaj, Pankaj Jain and Jasjit Singh Bedi, were finalised and forwarded. These were further forwarded by the Centre to the Supreme Court as late as in April this year. While Moudgil's name was pending, the other names were cleared by the SC collegium at its meeting held on September 1.

Navjot Singh Sidhu to Stay as Punjab Congress Chief

After much political drama, Navjot Singh Sidhu will continue as the Punjab Congress chief and a coordination panel is likely to be set up which will be consulted before taking significant decisions by the Punjab government in future.
Sidhu met Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi and this decision was reached. The meeting was also attended by Congress leader and central observer Harish Chaudhary, Minister Pargat Singh and Punjab Congress working president Kuljit Nagra.

Oct 02, 2021

TMC to Contest All 40 Seats in Goa Assembly Polls on its Own

A day after joining the Trinamool Congress (TMC), former Congress MLA Luizinho Faleiro said that the Mamata Banerjee-led party plans to contest all 40 seats in the next year's Goa Assembly polls on its own, without forging any alliance.
In the last Assembly polls, the Congress had won the highest number of 17 seats, restricting the BJP to 13 seats. However, surprising the Congress, the saffron party allied with regional parties and formed government under the leadership of senior leader Manohar Parrikar.

PM Modi Chairs 38th PRAGATI Meeting

Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired the 38th PRAGATI meeting to review multiple projects, grievances and programmes of central and state government. PRAGATI stands for Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation. In the meeting, eight projects were taken for review having a cumulative cost of around Rs 50,000 crore. 297 projects worth Rs. 14.39 lakh crore has been reviewed so far in the previous 37 PRAGATI meetings.
PRAGATI is an ambitious multi-purpose and multi-modal platform, launched in March 2015, by PM Modi as a unique integrating and interactive platform, aimed at addressing common man's grievances and simultaneously monitoring and reviewing important programmes and projects of the Government of India as well as projects flagged by State Governments.

SC Collegium Recommends 16 Names for Elevation as Judges of 4 High Courts

The Supreme Court collegium, headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) N V Ramana, has recommended 16 names for elevation as judges of the High Courts of Bombay, Gujarat, Orissa and Punjab and Haryana.
In its meeting, the collegium approved the proposal for elevation of 16 names -- six judicial officers and 10 advocates as judges of these four High Courts.
Besides the CJI, the three-member collegium which deals with the appointment in High Courts includes Justices U U Lalit and A M Khanwilkar.

Oct 01, 2021

Meghalaya Gets First Native Woman Head of Bureaucracy

Rebecca Vanessa Suchiang, a 1989-batch Indian Administrative Service officer, was appointed as Meghalaya's Chief Secretary, making her the first native woman of the state to head its bureaucracy. P. P. Trivedi was the first woman Chief Secretary of Meghalaya in the late 80s.
Suchiang had served in departments such as home, finance, personnel.

Aveek Sarkar Re-elected as Press Trust of India Chairman

Aveek Sarkar, the Editor Emeritus and Vice Chairman of the Ananda Bazar Group of Publications, was re-elected Chairman of Press Trust of India (PTI), the country's largest premier news agency. Sarkar is a man of varied interests and counts books, food, wine and art among his principal loves. He was captain of the Royal Calcutta Golf Club (RCGC) for 10 years. Sarkar's re-election for a two-year term was ratified by PTI's Board of Directors at their meeting.
K. N. Shanth Kumar, Director of The Printers (Mysore) Pvt. Ltd. which brings out Deccan Herald and Kannada language daily Prajavani, was elected as the Vice-Chairman.

Sep 30, 2021

Delhi Greenest City for Real Estate in India

According to a study by property consultant Knight Frank, Delhi is the greenest city for real estate in India but ranks 63rd globally.
London, Shanghai, New York, Paris and Washington DC are the world's top five green cities for real estate.
Globally ranked 63rd, Delhi is the greenest city for real estate in India. Followed by Chennai with a global rank of 224, Mumbai with a global rank of 240, Hyderabad with a global rank of 245, Bengaluru with a global rank of 259 and Pune with a global rank of 260.
In its research, the consultant measured 286 cities on a range of factors, such as well-developed public transport networks, urban green space, and a high number of green-rated buildings.

Former Goa Chief Minister Luizinho Faleiro Joins TMC

Two days after quitting the Congress, former Goa Chief Minister Luizinho Faleiro joined the Trinamool Congress.
He joined the party in presence of TMC general secretary Abhishek Banerjee and other senior leaders such as Sougata Ray and Subrata Mukherjee.
Faleiro along with a few other Congress leaders from Goa had met TMC supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.

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