• PRIME MINISTER Narendra Modi will not be travelling to Russia for the annual summit with President Vladimir Putin to maintain a diplomatic balancing act between the Russia and Ukraine.
  • RTI activist asked copy of SC Collegium discussion. But SC rejected.
  • With the party reduced to 17 seats in a House of 182,
  • On Thursday, replying to a question on what if the
  • Leader of Opposition: In Gujarat Vidhan Sabha, Congress did not get 10 per cent of the total seats in the Assembly. In case opposition parties individually fail to get 10 per cent of the total seats, it is left to the Speaker on whether to grant the status to the largest opposition party or not.
  • NOTA: In Gujarat Vidhan Sabha, Somnath – winner gets 922 Votes whereas the number of NOTA votes was 1,530.
  • Pvt. Members Bill to 1)implement a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in the country, 2)define the role and powers of the Governors. To amend Article 153 and substitution of Articles 155 and 156 of the Constitution, 3) Pvt Members Bill to regulate the appointment of judges through the National Judicial Commission.
  • Maulana Azad Fellowship to give financial assistance to six notified minority communities – Muslim, Buddhist, Christian, Jain, Parsi and Sikh — to pursue M Phils and PhDs. It’ll be discontinued from 2022–23, because already many such schemes.
  • National Commission for Women (NCW) plea in SC, to increase the marriageable age for Muslim women from 15 to 18. 1) Presently, under the Indian Christian Marriage Act, 1872, Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act, 1936, Special Marriage Act, 1954, and Hindu Marriage Act, 1955- the “minimum age for marriage” for a man is 21 and woman 18 years. 2) However, under the Muslim Personal Law persons who attain puberty are eligible to get married, i.e. on attaining the age of 15 years…while they are still minor”. 3) But this is against the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012, and Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006.
  • 55 crore Indian voters have so far linked their Aadhaar numbers with their Voter IDs.
  • INDIA abstained from voting on a US-led resolution at the UN Security Council that allowed humanitarian aid to sanctioned entities including Pakistan based terrorist groups Lashkare-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed.
  • SAFAR app was showing the overall air quality index (AQI) in Delhi at 249 (poor), while that of Mumbai (overall) was at 309 (very poor). Interview ke liye reasoning: https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-climate/behind-mumbais-unusually-foul-air-changes-in-wind-patterns-8316299/
  • Wildlife (Protection) Act (WLPA), 1972- amendment. Details in Monthly PDF. 1) elephant is the only animal in WLPA’s Schedule-I that can still be owned legally — by means of inheritance or gift. 2) fruit bats, common crows and rats — as vermin or nuisance animals that spread diseases or destroy crops. 3) Killing non-Vermin can be done in two situation- A) wild boar / nilgai can be declared vermin at a certain place for a certain time. B) IF animal becomes dangerous to human life. 4) Union can declare a specific species as vermin in given area: e.g. nilgais and monkeys (Rhesus macaque). More details in https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/parliament-passes-wildlife-bill-questions-remain-on-elephants-vermin-8314079/
  • China-GCC summit: 1) historic new phase of relations with China 2) Saudi inked an MOU with Huawei on cloud computing and building high-tech complexes in Saudi cities.
  • Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP)- fighter jet development with 3 nation: 1) Japan’s F-X programme 2) British Tempest Project 3) Italy.