provides to the point notes on all important current affair topics, includes notes on G20,G7 and other international groupings.
information on Antarctica conflict, Padma awardees, various laws like sedition, hijab case ETC
Present scenario:
- A three judge bench consisting of the sedition law directed that all pending trials,
appeals, proceeding on charges under sedition law to be kept in abeyance
( temporary suspension). Also requested states to not register any fresh cases
under it. No criminal law has ever been stalled before.
Bench consisting of NV. Ramana, Hima Kholi, Surya Kant.
- Kedarnath vs State of Bihar case:
The 5 judge constitution bench upheld the validity of the the section However,
the court attempted to re-strict the scope for its misuse.
Unless accompanied by an incitement or call for violence, criticism of the
government cannot be labelled sedition.
The court issued guidelines, when criticism of govt. cannot be labelled sedition. It
said not all speech with "disa ection","hatred" or "contempt"against the state
but only speech that is likely to incite "public disorder" would qualify as sedition.
The phrase "public disorder" is not itself contained in Section 124a, the court
read into it.
The Kedar Nath guidelines put the onus on police to distinguish between
legitimate speech from seditious speech.
- Sedition law in other countries:
In the United Kingdom, the sedition law was repealed under Section 73 of the
Coroners and Justice Act, 2009, citing a chilling e ect on freedom of speech and
expression.
Australia repealed its sedition law in 2010, and Singapore did so last year.
In the United States, sedition is a federal felony under the Federal Criminal
Code,Section 2384.
- Pendency of sedition cases
399 cases since 2014
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,Pendency of these cases was at 95% in 2020
Karnataka, Assam, Jammu Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, Nagaland
have the highest no of cases.
- Article 372: all laws in force in the territory of India
immediately before the commencement of the constitution
shall continue in force there in until altered, repealed etc.
Punishment under the law:
Imprisonment upto 3 years to a life term, a ne may be added
Barred from govt. job
Have to live w/o passport,
First instance of sedition law:
Queen empress vs Jogendra Chandra Bose ( 1891)
Wrote an article critiquing the age of consent act
Used on bal gangadhar tilak and Gandhi
Thomas Cup:
India won the Thomas cup against Indonesia , the ultimate
team title in badminton.
Srikanth, Satvik, Chirag were the players.
Holicum India’s business acquired by Adani:
It became India’s largest transaction ever in M&A in the
infrastructure and material space. Adani cements was set up a
year ago. Now, it becomes the 2nd largest cement
manufacturer
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,PM to visit Nepal on Buddha Purnima:
- With the nancial support from ministry of Culture, India is
set to lay the foundation stone for international centre for
Buddhist culture and heritage in Lumbini.
- Importance of Lumbini:
Lumbini is believed to be the birthplace of Buddha, located in
Rupandehi district of Nepal. Lumbini is barely 10 km away from
indo-Nepal border.
- Indo- Nepal border dispute:
Kalapani is the rst big reason behind Indo-Nepal border
controversy, followed by Lipulekh. Lipulekh is located in a far
west point near Kalapani, an area of territorial dispute between
India and Nepal. Both the countries claim these regions as part
of their territory. India claims Kalapani as part of Pithoragarh
district of Uttarakhand’s and Nepal claims it as a part of its
Dharchula district.
Other developments:
the Union Cabinet had cleared a plan to build a new bridge
connecting India and Nepal over the Mahakali river and link
Dharchula in Uttarakhand with Nepal’s Dharchula.
Launched India’s RuPay card in Nepal.
4th country to do so, after Bhutan Singapore and UAE
Nepal signed a framework agreement to join the India-led
International Solar Alliance (becoming the 105th member
country).
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, UNCCD: united nation convention to combat
deserti cation
Deserti cation is a type of land degradation in which a
relatively dry land region becomes increasingly arid, typically
losing its bodies of water as well as vegetation and wildlife.
- What is UNCCD?
Was founded in Paris.197 members, formed in 1994. India became a
part in 1996.
It is the Sole legally binding international agreement to address
deserti cation.
- What is COP15?
COP 15 took place from 9-20th May in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire,
West Africa. Theme was Land. Life. Legacy: from scarcity
to prosperity.
Drought, land restoration, and related aspects such as land
rights, gender equality and youth empowerment are among the
top considerations at COP15.
Cop14 was held by India in Greater Noida IN 2019. Theme
was restore land, safe future”
- The UNCCD envisions restoring one billion hectares of
degraded land by 2030, creating a land degradation-
neutral world.
Drought is the 2nd worst disaster after ooding. Africa was the
worst hit, with 134 droughts, of which 70 occurred in East
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