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5 September: International Day of Charity observed
suffering within and among nations. It also seeks to
raise awareness and provide common platform for
charity related activities for charitable,
philanthropic and volunteer organizations and
individuals all over the world for their own purposes on national, regional and international
level.It is observed on the %th of September as it is the death anniversary of Mother Teresa.
It was first celebrated for the first time in 2013. On this day, all Member States,
international and regional organizations, as well as civil society are invited by UN to
commemorate this day for encouraging charity, including through education and pblic
awareness-raising activities. The International Day of Charity was instituted by United
Nations General Assembly (UNGA) by adopting resolution A/RES/67/105PDF on 17
December 2012.
7th RCEP Ministerial Meeting commence in Bangkok from 8-
10 September
The 7th Regional Comprehensive Economic
Partnership (RCEP) ministerial meeting of 10
members of ASEAN countries and their six FTA (free
trade agreement) partners is being held in Bangkok,
Thailand from 8-10 September 2019. Along with the
meeting 7th East Asia Economic Ministers Summit
and 16th ASEAN India Economic Ministers (AEM)
meeting are also being held. The meeting will be attended by Economic Ministers and senior
leaders of 10 ASEAN member countries and 8 East Asia Summit (EAS) countries. EAS
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Indo-Pacific regions. Union Minister of Commerce & Industry and Railways, Piyush Goyal is
representing India at the meet. He will also hold bilateral meetings with his counterparts
from Russia, Japan, China, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Australia, New Zealand. The
ongoing global uncertainties Which have added to urgency to conclude mega free trade
agreement (FTA) between these nations were discussed at the meeting. the 16 negotiating
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partners agreed that they should not lose long-term vision of deepening and expanding
value chains in RCEP. Matters related to promotion of trade and investment among partner
countries will be discussed in India ASEAN AEM and EAS-EMM ’
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region (IOR) and as close partners. Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership or the
RCEP is a proposed free trade agreement (FTA) between 10 member states of Association of
Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN - countries are Cambodia, Brunei, Indonesia, Vietnam, Laos,
Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Myanmar), and its 6 FTA partners -
India,Japan, China, Australia,South Korea and Newzealand.
Nuakhai’, a harvest festival welcoming the new crop,
celebrated in Odisha
Nuakhai Juhar is one of the most ancient festivals
celebrated in Odisha to welcome the new crop of
the season. The agricultural festival is mainly
observed by the people of western Odisha. On the
auspicious occasion,"Nuakhai Juhar! One of the
most ancient festivals of Odisha, may this
auspicious occasion further the spirit of prosperity,
especially among our hardworking farmers. Nuakhai Juhar is also called Nuakhai Parab or
National
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Nuakahi Bhetghat and is a greeting exchanged on the special day. Nuakhai is a combination
of two words, 'nua' meaning new and 'khai' means eat, it thus signifies "eating of new rice".
People worship food grain on this auspicious day. Special meals are prepared and everyone
eats it together. The farmers offer the first produce from their lands to Goddess
Samaleswari, the famous mother goddess of Sambalpur district of the state.Nuakhai is
celebrated across districts like Kalahandi, Sambalpur, Balangir, Bargarh, Sundargarh,
Nuapada, Jharsuguda, Sonepur and Boudh and also across several areas of Jharkhand.
Several cultural programmes - folk songs and dances are organised on this day to display the
state's local culture and tradition.
5 new governors appointed, Kalraj Mishra goes to
Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu BJP chief is Telangana governor
President Ram Nath Kovind today appointed four
new Governors and shifted Kalraj Mishra from
Himachal Pradesh to Rajasthan. Mishra, 78, will
succeed former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Kalyan
Singh, who completed his five-year tenure as the
Governor of Rajasthan. Former Union Labour
Minister Bandaru Dattatreya, 72, has been
appointed Governor of Himachal Pradesh, replacing Kalraj Mishra. Former Union Minister
Arif Mohammed Khan will be the Kerala Governor in place of former Chief Justice of India P
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Telangana, a post currently held by ESL Narasimhan. Former Uttarakhand Chief Minister
Bhagat Singh Koshyari will be the new Governor of Maharashtra in place of Vidyasagar Rao.
The appointments will take place from the dates they assume charge.
Indian polity
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01 September 2019
The West Bengal State Assembly passed West
Bengal (Prevention of Lynching) Bill, 2019. The Bill
aims to prevent and punish mob assaults and
lynching. The state government mentioned that the
Bill was passed as the Centre has failed to take the
initiative. The Bill was passed by a voice vote. The
Bill aims to prevent the spreading of hatred or
incidents of mob lynching. The State describes lynching as social malice. The State also
urged the Centre and other State governments to bring similar legislation.
Provisions of the Bill
The bill was passed after several cases in which the
people were beaten to death over rumors of cattle
smuggling and child theft. This offense will carry
the punishment of a jail term for three years to life
imprisonment. In case of assault leading to injury,
the penalty includes a fine of a minimum of Rs.1
lakh to a maximum of Rs.3 lakh. The Bill defined
terms such as lynching and mob. The Bill said that the West Bengal Lynching Compensation
Scheme may be framed under this Act.
‘Jai Bheem Mukhyamantri Yojana’
Ahead of assembly elections, the Delhi government
on Tuesday extended the benefits under its 'Jai
Bhim Mukhyamantri Yojana', which provides
financial aid for coaching to students from
Scheduled Castes (SC), to Other Backward Classes
(OBC) and economically weaker sections It includes
other backward class and general category students
‘J B M k Y j ’, ₹40,000
₹1 lakh for coaching for various competitive exams. This scheme is only for the scheduled
caste category students under ₹40,000
provided.The move comes at a time when only a few months are left for the scheduled
Delhi Assembly elections to be held early next year.According to Mr. Kejriwal, a civil service
aspirant will be provid ₹1 k 12-month coaching.An
₹8 k ,
he added.
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Aayush Centres
The Central government has set a target of setting
up 12,500 Ayush centres across India. The
announcement was made by Prime Minister
Narendra Modi at the Yoga Award Ceremony held
in New Delhi. He also said that the Centre will open
1.5 lakh health, wellness centres. The prime
minister also pitched for linking technology with
tradition in the practise of Ayush medicine. In its first, 4000 Ayush centres will be set up in
2019. Government is also making efforts to bring in more professionals in the field of Ayush
and necessary steps are being taken to that effect. Centre also plans to create a
homogenous system by creating an Ayush grid on the lines of one nation, one tax, and one
nation, one mobility card.
International Relations
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami
signed three agreements for collaboration in the
healthcare sector on his first day of his UK tour. The
Chief Minister is on the first leg of his three-nation
tour which he set out for on Wednesday. According
to reports, of the three agreements, two were
Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) and one
was Statement of Intent. While one MoU was signed between the government of Tamil
Nadu and International Skills Development Corporation, to develop the skills of the
healthcare staff in the state, another MoU was between the government of Tamil Nadu and
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Vijayabaskar and Health Secretary Dr Beela Rajesh, also signed a Statement of Intent with
the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine to improve the standards to control
the spread of communicable diseases like malaria and dengue. The delegation also visited
the Emergency Operations Centre of the London ambulance service, NHS and its call centres
to study the model of emergency response and dispatch of ambulances in London. The aim
is to replicate the model in Tamil Nadu.
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Rajya Sabha passes National Institute of Design
(Amendment) Bill, 2019
Rajya Sabha has passed National Institute of Design
(Amendment) Bill, 2019. Now it has to be passed by
Lok Sabha. The Bill seeks to amend National
Institute of Design Act, 2014, which declares
National Institute of Design (NID), Ahmedabad as an
institution of national importance. It seeks to
declare four National Institutes of Design (NID) in Andhra Pradesh (Amaravati), Assam
(Jorhat), Madhya Pradesh (Bhopal) and Haryana (Kurukshera) as institutions of national
importance as these institutes are registered as Societies under Societies Registration Act,
1860 and do not have power to grant degrees or diplomas. Once these four institutions are
declared of national importance, they will be granted the power to grant degrees and
diplomas. This step taken by the Government will not only help to produce highly skilled
manpower in design sector but also create job opportunities, both direct and indirect. It will
also provide sustainable design interventions for handloom, crafts, rural technology, small,
medium (SMEs) and large scale enterprises (LSEs) nd outreach programmes for capacity,
capability and institution building.
Lok Sabha passes Transgender Persons (Protection of
Rights) Bill, 2019
Lok Sabha passed Transgender Persons (Protection
of Rights) Bill, 2019 which seeks to prohibit
discrimination against transgender persons,
including in matters of employment. This bill that
lays emphasis on educating, skilling and making
transgenders employable was moved by Union
Minister for State for Social Justice and Empowerment Kishan Pal Gurjar. This bill prohibits
discrimination on the grounds of education, healthcare, employment, access to, or
enjoyment of goods, facilities opportunities available to public. A transgender person can
make an appliction to District Magistrate (DM) for a certificate of identity, indicating gender
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Minister for Social Justice, apart from redressing grievances of transgender person, will
advise central government as well as monitor impact of policies with respect to transgender
persons. A transgender, ss a person or individual whose gender does not match gender
assigned at birth. It includes trans-men and trans-women, persons with intersex variation
(means a person who at birth shows variation in his/her primary sexual characteristics,
external genitalia, chromosomes, or hormones from normative standard of male/female
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body), gender-queers, and persons with socio-cultural identities, such as kinnar and hijra.
Though maximaum demands of the transgender community have been included in the Bill
but the prejudice of the people regarding transgender have to be changed then only the
Bills passed for them will be effective.
Indian Policy
The Sagarmala is a series of projects to leverage the
’ nd waterways to drive
industrial development. It was originally mooted by
the Vajpayee government in 2003 as the waterways
equivalent of the Golden Quadrilateral. Sagarmala,
integrated with the development of inland
waterways, is expected to reduce cost and time for
transporting goods, benefiting industries and export/import trade. The Sagarmala
Programme is an initiative by the government of India to enhance the performance of the
country's logistics sector. The programme envisages unlocking the potential of waterways
and the coastline to minimize infrastructural investments required to meet these targets. It
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2018) to set up new mega ports, modernizing India's existing ports, developing of 14 Coastal
Economic Zones (CEZs) and Coastal Employment Units, enhancing port connectivity via road,
rail, multi-modal logistics parks, pipelines & waterways and promoting coastal community
development, with the aim of boosting merchandise exports by US$110 billion and
generating around 10,000,000 direct and indirect jobs. The Sagarmala Programme is the
flagship programme of the Ministry of Shipping to promote port-led development in the
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waterways and its strategic location on key international maritime trade routes. Sagarmala
aims to modernize India's Ports so that port-led development can be augmented and
coastlines can be developed to contribute to India's growth. It also aims at "transforming
the existing Ports into modern world-class Ports and integrate the development of the
Ports, the Industrial clusters and hinterland and efficient evacuation systems through road,
rail, inland and coastal waterways resulting in Ports becoming the drivers of economic
activity in coastal areas. To implement this, State governments would set up State
Sagarmala committees, headed by the chief minister or the minister in charge of ports. At
the central level, a Sagarmala Development Company (SDC) will be set upto provide equity
support to assist various special purpose vehicles (SPVs) set up for various projects.
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1st ever Mobile Science Exhibition flagged off in Leh
Leh, Sep 5 (IANS) Leh's first Mobile Science
Exhibition (MSE) van was flagged off on Thursday by
Union Tourism and Culture Minister Prahlad Singh
Patel from the iconic Leh Palace here. The vehicle
will hold lectures and sky observation sessions for
school students, among other programmes.
According to the officials in the Ministry of Culture,
the vehicle will travel across the Ladakh region to promote science and technology among
the youth. The Ministry will also flag-off 24 more such vans from different parts of the
country on Thursday. Originally launched in 1965 as Mobile Science Museum (MSM), these
vans have science exhibits and hold exhibitions throughout the year at schools in rural
areas, except during vacations. The programmes aim to popularise science and technology
among students as well as the people. Over next 5 years, 25 new vans will be added every
year. Twenty-five vans are being added in September 2019, which is also part of 100-day
achievement of this government.
Samudrayaan Project
India, after Chandrayaan project is planning to
explore the deep sea region with the 'Samudrayaan'
project to undertake deep ocean mining .The
'Samudrayaan' is a pilot project of the Ministry of
Earth Sciences for deep ocean mining for rare
minerals. The 'Samudrayaan' project proposes to
send men into the deep sea in a submersible vehicle for ocean studies. The project is
expected to become a reality by 2021-22. The project has been undertaken by the National
Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT). NIOT Director MA Atmanand said that NIOT has
similarly undertaken Samudrayaan as ISRO has envisioned carrying an astronaut to space
under its 2022 'Gaganyaan' mission. Under the proposed 'Samudrayaan' project, three men
will be sent into deep sea in a submersible vehicle to a depth of about 6000 metres to carry
out various deep underwater studies. The submersible vehicle, which will be indigenously
developed, would be capable of crawling on the sea bed at a depth of six-kilometer for 72
hours.The project will go deeper in phases with more trials and the ocean mining is
expected to commence in 2022.The submarines deployed currently go only about 200
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metres deep into the sea. The expenditure of the ambitious project is expected to be
around Rs 200 crore. The significance of Samudrayaan project that if it id successful then
India will join the league of developed nations in the exploration of minerals from oceans
Developed countries have already carried out such missions. India could be the first
developing country to undertake such a project. The 'Samudrayaan' will be a part of the Rs
6000 ' O ’ -principle approval but it is still
awaiting final approval from the Union Finance Ministry. The final approvals are expected to
come through in October 2019.
Chandrayaan-2
Chandrayaan-2 is an Indian lunar mission to explore
the unchartered south pole of the celestial body by
landing a rover. It is developed by the Indian Space
Research Organisation (ISRO),after Chandrayaan-1.It
consists of a lunar orbiter, the Vikram lander, and
the Pragyan lunar rover, all of which were
developed in India.The main scientific objective is to map the location and abundance of
lunar water via Pragyan, and ongoing analysis from the orbiter circling at a lunar polar orbit
of 100 × 100 km. The mission was launched to the Moon from the second launch pad at
Satish Dhawan Space Centre on 22 July 2019 at 2.43 PM IST (09:13 UTC) by a
Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark III (GSLV Mk III). The craft reached the
Moon's orbit on 20 August 2019 and began orbital positioning manoeuvres for the landing
of the Vikram lander. Vikram and the rover were scheduled to land on the near side of the
Moon, in the south polar region at a latitude of about 70° south at approximately 1:50 am
on 7 September 2019 and conduct scientific experiments for one lunar day, lasting two
Earth weeks. However, at about 1:52 am IST, the lander deviated from its intended
trajectory at around 2.1 kilometres (1.3 mi) from landing, and lost communication. Initial
reports suggesting a crash have been confirmed by ISRO chairman K. Sivan, stating that the
lander location had been found, and "it must had been a hard landing". The orbiter, part of
the mission with eight scientific instruments, remains operational and will continue its
seven-year mission to study the Moon. The Moon is the closest cosmic body at which space
discovery can be attempted and documented. It is also a promising test bed to demonstrate
technologies required for deep-space missions. Chandrayaan 2 attempts to foster a new age
of discovery, increase our understanding of space, stimulate the advancement of
technology, promote global alliances, and inspire a future generation of explorers and
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historical record of the inner Solar system environment. Though there are a few mature
models, the origin of Moon still needs further explanations. Extensive mapping of lunar
surface to study variations in lunar surface composition is essential to trace back the origin
and evolution of the Moon. Evidence for water molecules discovered by Chandrayaan-1,
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requires further studies on the extent of water molecule distribution on the surface, below
the surface and in the tenuous lunar exosphere to address the origin of water on Moon. The
lunar South Pole is especially interesting because of the lunar surface area here that remains
in shadow is much larger than that at the North Pole. There is a possibility of the presence
of water in permanently shadowed areas around it. In addition, South Pole region has
craters that are cold traps and contain a fossil record of the early Solar System.
Food Ministry puts blanket ban on single use plastic
products from 15 Sept
Union Ministry of Consumer Affairs Food and Public
Distribution has announced a blanket ban on all
types of single use plastic products in various
departments of Ministry and all its Public Sector
Units (PSUs) including Food Corporation of India
(FCI) starting from 15 September 2019. The decision
on this ban on use of single-use plastic products was
taken in a high level meeting held by Union Minister of Consumer Affairs Food and Public
Distribution, Ram Vilas Paswan. Union Minister. The high level meeting was held with
Secretaries of both Departments i.e. Consumer Affairs and Food, CMD FCI, DG Bureau of
India Standards (BIS), MD of central warehousing corporation (CWC), Director Legal
Metrology along with other senior officials of Ministry. Steps taken by Ministry so far is that
during the Swachhata Pakhwada and Swachhata Hi Sewa campaign, department of
fertilizers has distributed clo W ’ G ( HG) L x
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Swasya Group of village Maragondanahalli Grama Panchayat Ramohalli district, Karnataka
to its employees to reduce consumption of single use plastics. As per the department, it is a
small step to reduce single-use plastic usage and, to make people aware of viable
alternative, while at the same time to improve income and livelihood of rural women of
India.
Environment Ministry releases Rs 47,436 crore for
afforestation to various states
The Union Ministry of Environment has released Rs
47,436 crore of CAMPA funds to various states for
afforestation projects. The transferred funds will not
affect the state budget for forests, it will be an
additional fund. The funds were handed over by
Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar.The
Environment Ministry has released the additional
fund to the states to give a boost to forestry activities to achieve the objectives of the
Nationally-Determined Contributions (NDCs) of increasing forest and tree cover. The
increase in forest and tree cover will create an additional carbon sink equivalent to 2.5 to 3
billion tonnes of carbon dioxide by the year 2030. The Environment Minister said that the
funds will be used for compensatory afforestation, wildlife management, improvement of
wildlife habitat, assisted natural regeneration, soil and moisture conservation works in the
forest, catchment area treatment, forest fire prevention and control operations,
management of biological diversity and biological resources and research in forestry and
monitoring of CAMPA works. The CAMPA funds cannot be used for payment of salary,
travelling allowances and medical expenses. The Supreme Court ordered for the
establishment of Compensatory Afforestation Fund and Compensatory Afforestation Fund
Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA) in 2001. This was after the top court
observed that the funds collected for afforestation were underutilized by the states. The
court ordered for central pooling of funds under the Compensatory Afforestation Fund. The
National Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (National
CAMPA) was set up to manage the fund. In 2009, states set up State CAMPAs, which receive
10 percent of the funds from National CAMPA for afforestation and forest conservation
activities. In the same year, the apex court also permitted the release of Rs 1000 crore every
year to States/UTs for compensatory afforestation and other activities. As per the CAG
report 2013 noted that the funds continued to be underutilized. The Compensatory
Afforestation Fund Bill 2015 was then introduced by the government in Lok Sabha in May
2015 to regulate the collected funds. The bill was then sent for examination under a
standing committee and it was passed by Rajya Sabha in July 2016. With the approval of the
Supreme Court in January 2019, after notification of CAF Rules, an amount worth Rs.54,685
crore from Ad-hoc CAMPA was brought under the control of the Union Government.
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Overall, 27 States and UTs have created accounts for receiving the government funds and
those states will be the beneficiary of the additional funds announced by the government.
The fund shall be utilized as per the provisions of the CAF Act and CAF Rules.
Researchers discover five new fish species in Arunachal
Pradesh
Five new species of fish have been discovered from
different districts of Arunachal Pradesh. The
discovery was made by a fisheries and aquatic
ecology research team from the zoology
department of Rajiv Gandhi University (RGU). The
research team was headed by Professor DN Das.
The RGU research team published the details of the
discovery in various International journals. According to Prof DN Das, the head of the
research team, the majority of remote water bodies in the state are still not easily accessible
to researchers due to dense rainforests, steep terrains and communication problem. He,
however, said that the research team was confident that systematic exploration may result
in more discoveries of new Ichthyo species from the state in the future.
Following are the five newly discovered fish species:
Mystus Prabini: The fish species was discovered in Sinkin and the Dibang rivers in
Lower Dibang Valley district.
Exostoma Kottelati: The species was discovered in the Ranga River in Lower
Subansiri district.
Creteuchiloglanis Tawangensis: The species was discovered in the Tawangchu river
in Tawang district of the Arunachal Pradesh.
Garra Ranganensis: The species was discovered in the Ranga River.
Physoschistura Harkishorei: The species was discovered in the Dibang and the Lohit
rivers in Lower Dibang Valley district.
Amazon fires
Seven countries sign forest protection pactSeven
South American countries have agreed measures to
protect the Amazon river basin, amid global
concern over massive fires in the world's largest
tropical forest. Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador,
Guyana, Peru and Suriname signed a pact, setting
up a disaster response network and satellite monitoring.The countries were represented in
Leticia by presidents, vice-presidents and ministers. At a summit in Colombia, they also
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agreed to work on reforestation. More than 80,000 fires have broken out in the Amazon
rainforest this year. The Amazon is a vital carbon store that slows down the pace of global
warming, and 60% of it is located in Brazil. The number of fires between January and August
2019 is double that of the same period last year, according to the country's National
Institute for Space Research (Inpe). President Bolsonaro has drawn intense domestic and
international criticism for failing to protect the region. Environmentalists say his policies
have led to an increase in fires this year and that he has encouraged cattle farmers to clear
vast swathes of the rainforest since his election last October .Meanwhile, Brazil's leading
meat export industry group and agricultural businesses have joined an environmental
campaign calling for an end to deforestation in public lands in the Amazon and demanding
government action. Bolivia has also seen fires rage across the forest near its borders with
Brazil and Paraguay. Several international retailers have said they are suspending purchases
of Brazilian leather because of the links between cattle ranching and the fires devastating
parts of the Amazon rainforest.
NGT asks centre to prepare plan for protection of Great
Indian Bustard
Noting the high mortality of Great Indian Bustard,
the National Green Tribunal has directed the
government to prepare within two months a time-
bound action plan for protection of these birds. A
bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh
Kumar Goel constituted a joint committee to
prepare the action plan for implementation of suggestions submitted by the Wildlife
Institute of India (WII) over the issue. The panel comprises director general and additional
director general, Forest (Wildlife) from the Ministry of Environment and Forests, nominees
of Ministry of Power, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy and nominees of Energy
Departments of Gujarat and Rajasthan. The tribunal was hearing a plea filed by the Centre
for Wildlife and Environment Litigation. The plea said according to the 30th Forest Advisory
Committee meeting, power lines, especially high-voltage transmission lines with multiple
overhead wires, are the major threat to the critically endangered species as they have poor
frontal vision. It said 75 per cent of the birds have died due to collision with power lines in
the past 30 years. The Great Indian Bustard is an endangered species. Its scientific name is
Ardeotis nigriceps. Its largest populations are found in Indian state Rajasthan.It is listed in
the Schedule I of Indian Wlildlife (Protection)Act,1972 , Convention on Migratory Species
(CMS) or Bonn Convention,Appendix I of CITES (Convention on International Trade in
Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora), IUCN Red List- as Critically Endangered and
National Wildlife Action Plan (2002-2016). It has also been identified as one of the species
for recovery programme under Integrated Development of Wildlife Habitats of Union
Ministry of Environment and Forests, and Climate Change (MoEFCC).
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Venkaiah Naidu
Vice President of India M.Venkaiah Naidu released
B k P ’ ‘L k
K (K 2)’ H ‘ R
E (V 2)’ E rganized
at Pravasi Bharatiya Kendra in New Delhi. It is a
compilation of 95 speeches delivered by President
of India Ram Nath Kovind during his 2nd year in office starting July 2018 to July 2019
represents vision, aspirations and ethos of the country and also represents contours of New
India. The books are a collections of the Presidents's wisdom and visionary world view and
also a testament of faith in strength of India
Veteran Lawyer And Former Union Law Minister Ram
Jethmalani Passes Away At 95
Veteran Indian lawyer and former Union Law
Minister Ram Jethmalani passed away early
morning on Sunday at the age of 95. He breathed
his last at his New Delhi residence. Jethmalani was
keeping ill since long and in the last two weeks he
had been on constant medical assistance, reports
said. His last rites will be performed at 4pm at Lodhi
crematorium. Ram Boolchand Jethmalani (14 September 1923 – 8 September 2019) was
born in Shikarpur, Sindh in the Sindh division of the then Bombay Presidency, now part of
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Pakistan in the family of Boolchand Gurmukhdas Jethmalani and Parbati Boolchand. He got
a double promotion in school and completed matriculation at the age of 13. He secured an
LL.B. degree from Bombay University with a first class first at the young age of 17. He
received LL.M. from Bombay University, since Sindh did not have a university of its own at
that time. He was an Indian lawyer and politician. He had served as India's Union Law
Minister and as chairman of the Bar Council of India. He has represented a sweep of cases
from the high-profile to the controversial for which he has often faced severe criticism. He
was the highest paid lawyer in the supreme court of india. He was elected a member of
parliament in the 6th and 7th Lok Sabha on a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ticket from
Mumbai. He has served as Law Minister of India and also as Minister of Urban Development
during the prime ministership of Atal Bihari Vajpayee against whom he later contested
election in the general elections of 2004 from Lucknow constituency. However, in 2010 he
came back to BJP and was elected to Rajya Sabha on its ticket from Rajasthan. He has been
criticised as being opportunistic because of this. Jethmalani was a well known face amongst
the legal community in India. Even though his forte was criminal law, he had appeared in
many high-profile civil cases. From 1993 to 1998, he was one of the lawyers who
represented Harshad Mehta during the Harshad Mehta scam and the Narasimha Rao
bribery case. On 7 May 2010, he was elected as the president of Supreme Court Bar
Association.
Sameer
The renowned Bollywood lyricist who has written
‘ j B N H ’
which was released recently to commemorate the
20th anniversary of Kargil Vijay Diwas (26th July
2019). The song features Bollywood megastar
Amitabh Bachchan, Olympic bronze medallist boxer
Mary Kom, actors Salman Khan, Vicky Kaushal,
Anupam Kher, Kangana Ranaut, and Suniel Shetty. The Kargil War was between India and
Pakistan took place between May and July 1999 in the Kargil district and along the Line of
Control (LOC) after which India launched Operation Vijay to clear the Kargil sector occupied
by the Pakistani Army.